Re: Deadlines

Subject: Re: Deadlines
From: "Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:27:43 -0500


Paul DuBois <paul -at- kitebird -dot- com> wrote:


>
>On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 06:42:58AM -0500, Dick Margulis wrote:
>> Paul,
>>
> I suppose some techwrlers are jealous, but I think most of us
>> are just scratching our heads wondering how anyone could live like that.
>
>Ah, the wonderful ambiguity of language. Do you mean you are wondering:
>
>1) How anyone could make a living doing that?
>
>or
>
>2) How anyone could possibly live with themselves for doing that kind of work?
>

Paul, I think this is a case of the wonderful am_tri_guity of language, because I didn't mean either of those ;-)

What I meant was I am wondering what having that (odd, from my perspective) worldview feels like, in a "Being John Malkovich" kinda way. I meant nothing disparaging at all.

Dick

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