that_girl
- Location: Wood Dale, IL
- Tell us about yourself: I love coffee. I blog. I grew up in IN & PA but have Chicago cred: I lived in South Lawndale as a baby.
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It's weird how the forecasts vary so much. Skilling (and apparently weather.gov) tend to aim 5-10 degrees higher than weather.com ... I'd take 60, but 70 would be glorious!...
Not to get too off-subject, but I worked at a Target for six months while between "real" jobs. And while yes, retail does suck, I actually rather liked a lot of it. I was always treated fairly, my re...
Yep, when I worked there it was a Scripps Co, but I heard about the Belo days a decent amount. It really is a small world, eh?...
Blue, you're paying exceptionally good attention. Yes, I worked there for two years before moving up here. But it wasn't that long ago (2003-2005) so we may not overlap too much :)...
Huge difference between writing to be clear and writing to dumb something down. Talk about willfully obtuse....
Wow, Navin. That was sorta mean. I don't have a background in gender studies. I'm a little pedantic, but I'm hardly "willfully obtuse." What I am is opposed to jargon-filled press releases masqueradi...
longwindedusername, give me a freakin' break. You can't regulate what people choose to comment on. If you don't think there's anything wrong with this post, more power to you, but we're free to expres...
Thanks Matilda :) I was extremely overworked and underappreciated - which is why I'm no longer working for a newspaper. Best career decision yet....
Bwahaha. You're a professional writer. Let me tell you, getting paid to write doesn't mean you can write clearly. I was a newspaper copy editor for four years. If I had gotten something like this, I ...
Fun fact: Shani Davis was partially the inspiration for Frozone. And he totally looks it....
According to the ever-popular reference Wikipedia, while Paczki Day is "Fat Thursday" in Poland, many Polish-Americans just use Mardi Gras as their Paczki Day. Which means I can eat some this weekend...
I live in a smallish suburb, in a large-ish apartment complex, in a building of 12 apartments. Even though the door to the building requires a lock, I always lock the door when leaving for more than 1...
I'd like to add that I'm fine with snow. I'm fine with driving in it, most of the time. I plan to go in tomorrow come hell or high water. It's mostly just that I didn't feel it necessary to waste 2-3 ...
That's just silliness. I don't usually work from home, but it's lovely to have the option -- pretty much everyone at my office has a laptop and a docking station instead of a full-fledged computer....
Thank god for telecommuting. Looked at the traffic map, saw a mess of accidents, decided the home office was in order....
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