Cowardice or practicality, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes As every captain must decide whether to head in to port or continue the mission, I had to choose to limp home or explore strange new worlds. Continue reading Cowardice or practicality, 1979
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Potential for collaboration, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps this was another lost opportunity. Not all ideas are good ideas, but if they’re good enough to write down, they’re worth following up on. Continue reading Potential for collaboration, 1979
Nothing to lose, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the hashtag generation, in those days # meant number and @ meant at, as in 5 pencils @ 10¢. Typewriters had them on the same key. How cozy! Continue reading Nothing to lose, 1979
… except when it’s not, 1979
Reading Time: < 1 minutes My assignment ‘crumped,’ but I still hadn’t learned my lesson. Tomorrow is not another day. Today is the most important day there is. Continue reading … except when it’s not, 1979
Fifteen dollars is fifteen dollars … , 1979
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Stringer rates mean writers pay their own expenses. I was less than enthusiastic about another long round trip for less pay than a bag boy would get. Continue reading Fifteen dollars is fifteen dollars … , 1979
A belated, unpublished review, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes This journal entry stands out mostly because it gives me the chance to share a positive review that is 44 years overdue Continue reading A belated, unpublished review, 1979
Ideas, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes I suppose I could have had a niche professional specialty: editorial consultant for law firms.But I was still suffering from law school PTSD. Continue reading Ideas, 1979
I’ll know I tried, 1979
Reading Time: < 1 minutes For a writer, the first submission is like the first kiss. You know the time is right. You work yourself up to it. It’s tentative. It could go either way or not at all. Continue reading I’ll know I tried, 1979
Imagination is hopping, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes I should have spent less time watching TV and more time doing my homework. That’s a dad talking, two lifetimes later. Continue reading Imagination is hopping, 1979
Amazing! The groundhog never loses!
Reading Time: < 1 minutes This is a glass-half-empty or glass-half-full situation. This time Phil is the pessimist and Chuckles is the optimist. Continue reading Amazing! The groundhog never loses!