The Scribblerist

Entries from August 2007

Work = Drugs

August 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment

“Work is like heroin – It kills brain cells and you go back to it every day.”

Categories: Overheard · The Working World

Humor is Zing

August 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Finding an obscure subject, an engaging protagonist, and a dramatic situation is difficult. Let the news do it for you.

Categories: Ministry of Silly Walks

How to blog? (Rule #12: Use Broad Titles to Snag Search Engines)

August 16, 2007 · 1 Comment

A good blog is funny, entertaining, and aggregates lots of silly news. A great blog, like this one, is provides Grade-A content. Dumb Little Man discusses the finer points of blogging here

 As D.L.M. points out, marketing yourself is very, very important for both bloggers and writers. How do you think Michael Chabon got where he is? Writing brilliant books like Kavalier & Clay? Pffft.

Categories: Comment · Marketing

Finer Lessons of Law

August 13, 2007 · 2 Comments

Attorney 1: Blah blah blah blah

Attorney 2: Blah blah blah blah

1: Ha ha ha

2: Ha ha ha

1: Blah deal blah blah money

2: Deal blah blah money

1: Blah blah

2: Right, but is the language vague enough? I mean, we don’t want them to understand what we’re saying…

1: Ah, well…

2: Blah blah

1: Blah blah

2: Money power blah

1: Blah blah Power money

2: Ha ha ha

1: Ha

Categories: Overheard · The Working World

Blessed Electronic Awakening

August 13, 2007 · 7 Comments

Neophyte blog blooms

Keys crunch underfoot like stones

Welcome to my plot

New buds open slow

Child sun rises fierce and bright

I hit snooze again

 

Categories: Haiku