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“Friends, Good Friends and Such Good Friends”

“Friends, Good Friends and Such Good Friends” is the title of an essay by Judith Viorst that, when I was an editor of writing textbooks, was in far too many anthologies that used an outdated form of writing instruction.  (rhetorical modes)
It’s also a way to describe my old publishing friends whom I don’t work with [...]

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The view from my window

I know better than to blog about work.  It should just never be done, and I’m not going to start.  I have to say that it’s odd getting back to the workforce.  And, it’s particularly challenging starting out at the bottom wrung again.  However, this is the view from my window:

All I can think when [...]

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Nervous much?

I walked into my new job knowing that the company I was working for had just let go of 20% of its workforce.  Then the market did this:
However, none of this worries me too much.  The way I figure it, I should hopefully have at least a year of employment guaranteed, maybe less.
Yet, now that [...]

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Back? Ready? Whoseitwhatsit?

So, I’ve been changing things up around here.
Wish I could be writing more, but I started work almost three weeks ago. So far, no serious complaints.
It’s been interesting coming to work in times like these. Just before I started there was a massive 20% lay off at the firm. [...]

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