Tag Archive: smart

Dec 24

A holiday chuckle just for you

A couple weeks ago a friend told me that she loves it when I write about the newspaper because it reminds her that some people work in offices with people they like. 🙂

Well, today I have just the thing!  For the past several months, I’ve been writing down the funny things that my co-workers …

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Apr 08

The sign of a good place to be

I spent about six hours in the newsroom today – the first time I’ve ever gone in on a day off.  I went because I was deep in the midst of a big project and there’s software on my computer there that made it much simpler.  Plus, my colleague Andrew is a whiz at just …

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Feb 07

The miracle of not being the smartest person in the room

I grew up in a home where being smart was prized above almost everything.  With a father who was a writer and a mother who was an editor, it was a given that I would learn how to write well.  I learned math from cribbage and spelling from Scrabble.  By the time I was six …

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