Another perfect letter of recommendation for a former colleague

I prepared this letter to accompany a friend’s application to graduate school. Let me know what you think. Not sure whether I should send this or some variation of this letter I wrote earlier for another occasion.

 

Dear _____________________________,

I consider it an honor to have been selected from an exclusive pool of potential recommenders that included several heads of state to write this letter expressing what is likely already obvious: Matthew J. XXXXX, Esq., will be the finest . . . → Read More: Another perfect letter of recommendation for a former colleague

‘Funnyman,’ a one-act play

FUNNYMAN

ACT I

Logan sits in a computer lab, waiting for the last few students to finish their assignments. The sound of clacking keyboards fills the air as they rush to finish before another class comes in to use the lab. The hallway outside the lab is empty, except for the tall, googly-eyed guy with long, scraggly hair. 

Funnyman enters the lab.

FUNNYMAN: (impatiently, as if the lab might start at any moment) Um, we have a lab in here . . . → Read More: ‘Funnyman,’ a one-act play

I do other things too, you know

Lest you think I do nothing but ride the bus all over the place (Though I sort of wish that could be a job. If I were a creative writer for a living I would buy a bus pass and do all my thinking on the bus. There’s something about the stop and go bumpiness or the changing scenery of a bus ride that gets my mind in motion, too.), here is a list of the things I have done . . . → Read More: I do other things too, you know

A new challenge

You will be pleased to learn that I accomplished everything on my end-of-the-year list. No further information about those accomplishments will be available at this time.

In the new year, my challenge will be to find a way to (*wife edit*: NOT) buy a new motherboard and processor for my computer baby. I must have it. Intel has just released a new line of processors and the one I want would give me about 50 percent more performance on average . . . → Read More: A new challenge

This blog so popular even my monitor reads it

See what my monitor had to say. Then add your reply and engage it in conversation. Please excuse its difficulty with written language — I’m sure you understand this is its first foray into the realm of sentient communication.

  • Snake in the building at work @statesman. Security must be getting lax. Do they just let anybody in? - 4 days ago
  • Election night at the newspaper: hmmm..... waiting.... do dee doo.... OHGOSHTHENUMBERSAREIN GET'EMINTHEPAPERNOWNOWNOW - 1 week ago
  • Eating Mike & Ikes takes me back to the days when I got them by the handful from my piano teacher. - 1 week ago
  • For my son, even playing cars involves shouting at the top of your lungs. BOOM! HI-YA! UUUUUGH! - 1 week ago
  • When I swallow, the inside of my right ear itches. Diagnosis? - 2 weeks ago

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