Time for an ideas meeting
As an editor, I had to attend my share of stultifying meetings. Anything with the word “analysis” or “budget” or “strategic” in the title would usually fall into that category. But we had fun meetings...
View ArticleSchool dazed and confused
The last week of school killed me, on the work-life balance front. We had the talent shows–a second, extracurricular, and ridiculously long one followed the school one. We had family night at the Y,...
View ArticleThanks, Captain Obvious!
I am feeling a little stumped for blog fodder right now, not to mention pressed for time. It didn’t help that I had some kind of one-day guinea pig flu (not as bad as swine flu, but crappy nonetheless)...
View ArticleHappy birthday to me. Kind of.
Really, to my family fitness site. It’s been live for a year now. So today is also known as “the day I start getting paid based on traffic.” Which means … please click! Early, often, every day! Some...
View ArticleThere is no mention of woods or what bears do there
For homework, Jo had to write a funny story about a bear. The result: Once a bear fell out of a tree. He landed on a bag of gummy bears. He was furious that someone would turn baby bears into gummy...
View ArticleThe right fit
One of my favorite tasks as a magazine editor was copyfitting. As an issue of the magazine came together, a printed copy of each page or multi-page article was circulated among the staff. The assigning...
View ArticleLetter to the President
Recently my little concerned citizen/fanboy asked me to help him write a letter to President Obama. He dictated, I typed. Dear Barack Obama, From Opie. How much work do you have to do? I bet it’s a...
View ArticleRusty
Both Julie and Liz have written recently about their passion for writing, and how their blogs provide an important outlet for that writing. Me, not so much. I can write. I do it all day long, in fact,...
View ArticleSeeing science
I don’t usually think of myself as a scientist or even someone who has much knowledge of or interest in science. During my junior and senior years of college, I roomed with an engineer and a pre-med...
View ArticleWho ARE you?
Cranky question of the week: Where have all the writers’ bios gone in magazines? Am I the only person who ever reads (read) those? Anytime a writer refers to him- or herself in the first person, I like...
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