Archive for January, 2007
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Nine Set Sail
Weeks ago I posted about the downsizing at work. Tomorrow is the last day for five people who took voluntary buyouts.
There were nine positions to be cut. Two part-timers were let go and some proofreaders were switched to contract laborers, accomplishing some of it. Five people volunteered to leave and the rest of it was […]
No Comments » - Posted in Career, Musings by Steven Gardner
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Great Invitations
Dad got a letter and frankly I was crushed. It was an invitation to join a secret society and the letter was full of invitations to join the world of the wealthy. “It is really amazing how much promise we see in you,” they wrote. That’s what really set me off. They see promise in […]
No Comments » - Posted in Musings, Family by Steven Gardner
Monday, January 15th, 2007
Paigeing My Past
In the winter of 1985 I was an intern for U.S. Sen. Pete Wilson, R-Calif., when a group of us from BYU went to a Friday afternoon class with Lee Roderick.
Roderick was running Scripps League Newspaper’s Washington, D.C. bureau (where I would later do another internship) and was president of the National Press Club. Another […]
No Comments » - Posted in Pop Culture, Career, Sports by Steven Gardner
Friday, January 12th, 2007
A Case for Dale Murphy
As years progress, former Atlanta Braves star Dale Murphy’s chances of induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame grow slimmer. It’s not just a shame, it’s an injustice.
His numbers begin with two MVP awards and two other times among the top 10. There were five Gold Glove awards and five times he was among […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Sports by Steven Gardner
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
A Celebration Fit for the YouTube Generation
On New Year’s Day I took a walk at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. It was supposed to be a bike ride, but the back tire on my bike arrived flat, so I walked. Because I was walking I took a route I wouldn’t have otherwise, and found evidence that someone had been there the day […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Pop Culture by Steven Gardner
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
‘ . . . society’s march toward eroticized adolescence’
Among the list of the New York Times most e-mailed stories last week was one I found frightening, being the father of a girl who in four years will be attending junior high school. Middle School Girls Gone Wild is the story of a parent attending a talent show. Some girls do a dance routine. […]