Saturday, December 09, 2006

Are we still on this?

More depressing proof that time stood still after the fire.

deadline

It is as though the Christmas trees are covered in sacks.

Friday, December 08, 2006

some preface

The history of technical communication is primarily a history of writing at work. Since its inception as a writing course within the engineering department of agricultural and mechanical (A&M) colleges founded by the Morrill Act (1862; 1877), technical communication has struggled to attain legitimacy as an academic field by positing theories, methodologies, pedagogies and ethics that “can be applied to the workplace” (Anderson). When the first technical writing courses began within engineering departments in 1908, the term technical writing referred to the workplace writing of engineers; the corresponding “Engineering English” courses emphasized “the usefulness of English in advancing the professional practice” of engineering (Harabager).

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

website launch itinerary

#4 Champagne.
To aid with smooth application of reindeer ears onto setup crew.

I guess it's nobler to be whipped by your friends than by some dumb guy, Hilary sighed, forking over the mittens.

Friday, December 01, 2006

blot

Due to the fact that Aveda dyes tend to romanticize their shades (ie, my natural hair color is "espresso"), it strikes me as particularly insulting that my fantasy ash / wheat mix is officially named "drab".

Have they never *seen* a girl with cool skin tones sporting those trendy golden highlights? It looks, oh maybe not drab, but ghastly, and plus she's overcompensating.

You see, the problem here is that that girl would never be caught dead in a color named "drab".

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"Maybe if I stand here and wait, another answer will come" Hilary mused doubtfully, watching the snowflakes plummet to their death.

She traced the mandala of a hand turkey in the frost on the window and the snowflakes danced among the noncompossible worlds.