Occupational Hazard

["Nancy Mignone" <n_mignone -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Not too long ago many participated in a thread and, I believe, a poll about 
whether or not techncal writing affected one's ability to write outside the 
field.

I am certain my profession has adversely affected my ability to read. I skim 
for "bulletted points" and "bold," until words like these stop me dead:

The rooom was large and low-ceilinged, the striped wallpaper faded to 
inoffensiveness. A huge dark wardrobe faced a huge dark bed. The rest of the 
furniture shrank away into corners, battered and apologetic.

Of course, in a few days I will have forgotten these sentences, because the 
book in which they appear will be just another book skimmed.

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