It will be much like 2003.
Category: Mangan’s memoirs
My favorite Christmas song
“Cry of a Tiny Babe,” by Bruce Cockburn Mary grows a child without the help of a man Joseph get upset because he doesn’t understand Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream Says "God did this and you’re part…
A Christmas thought
It was about 4:30 this afternoon and we were getting near the end of the do-four-days’-work-in-three routine that we always do three times a year, every year, for the privilege of not having to work on the actual holidays, when…
Need another day off
Sorry, now Melissa has what I had, and my reward for infecting her is looking after her while she coughs, hacks and sniffles the next week away. Tomorrow, though, for sure. Till then, read Howie’s new blog, or John Perry…
Mucous? We got your mucous
Today, like yesterday and the day before and the day before that, I’m confronted with life’s eternal question: how can one head produce so much snot? I’m saving my strength so I can go in to work and infect all…
The people you meet
While trolling through a bunch of Saddam pages over at the News Page Designer site (thanks to newsdesigner for the link), I startd noticing the names of people I’ve worked with in the past. So I figured I’d document them…
Newsie movie reviewed
I saw “Shattered Glass” over the weekend. Review is here.
What I’m thankful for
… that it’s somebody else’s job to put out Friday’s paper. The Metro Desk folks at the Mercury News have a big ol’ feast planned … it’s almost like not having to work because there’s one edition and five stories…
Sorry, folks
My head is full of phlegm this morning and I can’t make my brain work … Be back tomorrow or the next day for sure. (Note this will not stop me from going to work, because I won’t need my…
A new ‘about’ page
I’ve been meaning to do a better “about this site” page, so this morning I finally got around to it. It’s the post below; feel free to skip over any details you already know.