What a Way to Be PissedClient: By the way, I’m really pissed at you.Me: Yea? Why?Client: I couldn’t find a damn thing wrong with that article you sent. I had nothing to edit!Me: I hope I piss you off more often. It feels good when you finally synch with someone. That’s all it is. I…
Month: August 2007
Supposably Better Then Them GuysOne of my biggest peeves is the misuse of commonly used words. What irks me is the recent upward trend of the abuse. I’ve heard seemingly intelligent people spewing out (or writing out) misspellings left and right. Here’s my list, with the correct terms in parentheses. Feel free to add your…
Calling in SickIt happens – you get sick right about the time your big deadline hits. And unless you’re sporting super-human powers, you just can’t work with a fever/flu/cold/etc. Yet there’s that work, waiting for you. More often than not, the deadline is something you’ve carefully budgeted time for – given a healthy constitution. There…
Not Raining, but PouringNDAs and TestsI don’t know what let loose this past week, but I’m now sporting four new clients (and possibly a fifth), and most of it is ongoing work. That’s a good thing, for the two ongoing gigs I had already have waned and become stuck in approval/budget cycles. Thank God for…