My Jeep is in the shop while I’m at work. It’s been making a terrible squealing noise when I start it for the past four weeks. “We hope to have it done by the time you’re done with work,” the guy said. “I hope so, too.” Otherwise I’ll be camping in the auto shop. For [...]
April 30, 2007 2 Comments
April 25, 2007 Leave a Comment
The no-calorie Zinger.
I pretty much just ate Zingers at work today. One of my coworkers brought them, and since I’d kidnapped one of her Zingers last year, leaving a proper ransom note, I knew no one would stop me from eating the tasty chemically preserved cakes. I love Zingers. Upon opening my desk drawer today, otherwise known [...]
April 23, 2007 Leave a Comment
It’s the notes in the margin that count.
When I was a reporter, I spent half of my time taking notes at meetings, and the other half drawing in the margins of my notebooks. I still have my notebooks, and when I look through them, I’m amazed at the stuff I collected over three years’ worth of newspaper reporting. First, there’s the caricatures [...]
