Whining and drivel...the final frontier

[Gus Lemming <lemming -at- PTS -dot- MOT -dot- COM>]

To the technical documentation world:

Thanks to all who directly responded to my last thread.  Consider me well
 spanked.

To Virginia:  sorry for the badly aimed thread.  I'm not sure, however, if there
 is
a Santa Claus.

To Oklahoma:  you truly are OK (with the possible exception of Barry Switzer).

To the bit.listserv.techwr host cpu at Oklahoma State:  bleep, bleep, bloop.

The sun was in my eyes.  My dog ate my homework.  I am sharing the same brain
 with
my officemate, and he was using it that day.  I ingested an unusally large dose
 of
monitor phosphor through my pupils, and was prone that entire day to episodes of
stream of consciousness.

Sorry to anyone offended.  I was just trying to inject some levity.  In some
cases I suppose, it turned out to be tavern-level humor.  I violated one of the
rules of any writer worth their snuff; know your audience.

It reminds me of my technical writing professor.  This guy was really cool.
He was my college's writer in residence for a year, and he came from the real
 world.
You know, not like so many professors who couldn't deal with reality and escaped
 to
a life of academia.  Every now and then, he used to come over to my house for
 beers,
and I would pick his brain with all these wide-eyed questions about life after
graduation.

Anyway, not only did this guy teach tech writing, he was a published author too.
And I really wanted to do some kind of creative writing, even if it was writing
copy for an ad agency (which I did for a few years).  However, I was uncertain
if I could really do it, so I would also ask many questions about tech writing.
I'll always remember what he said, "Chase your dreams.  Don't worry about
 technical
writing, it will always be there."  I think I now know exactly what he was
 saying.

Do the following:

1.  Take care,

Gus Lemming