Pre-emption
This morning's posts have been delayed by the unfortunate circumstances of getting actual work done. I'll try to never let it happen again.
What most of you don't know is that I have an honorary Doctor of Pharmacy Degree conferred by the good Doctor herself, granted in return for taking a shoebox full of highly technical medical terms, assorted would-be tables, columns and bullets (indicated by countless tab-tab-tabs and space-space characters) and turning the whole mess into a logically laid-out presentation, paper or policy. We're talking hundreds of these over the past half-dozen years. She can earn an advanced professional degree but she can't remember how to center text. I dunno.
This, just to let you know I have this important credential to keep current, and occasionally I am called away from more important blogging matters to revise a policy going before the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee on Vitamin K administration or other trivia. Type, type, type. I try not to think of myself as just another secretary with good legs, more than just another pretty face. I earn my keep around here. And I make a darn fine pot of coffee too.
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As a young newly-wed, I had occasion to use the telephone at my in-laws' home. I needed to write down a telephone number and used the conveniently placed pad and pencil for that purpose--even though there was a note on top saying, "DO NOT WRITE ON THIS PAD". (What a great sense of humor, thinks I.) Much to my embarrassment, it was not a joke. The "conveniently placed pad" was Pop's prescription pad for when physicians called. I hope that your pharmacist needn't put up with such inconsideration (no honorary doctorate for me!)
Posted by: Cop Car | October 28, 2003 7:46 AM
Oh, the ignominious labors of the housespouse. My working spouse wants editing and proofreading of his self-evaluations, student recommendations and formatting of his doctoral thesis. The Chinese in Malaysia (and presumably, elsewhere) allow one child to learn the language of the outsiders. That way, someone in the family can communicate with the foreigners. We who are computer literate in our families are the Chinese children who have learned the language of the foe.
Posted by: trish | October 28, 2003 8:34 AM