Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 14:21:34 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Ted White or where are the strange dieters?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> twhite8 at cox.net 10/3/04 2:07:24 PM >>>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Madeleine Yeh" <myeh at wap.org>
>To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
>Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 9:48 AM
>Subject: [WSFA] Re: Ted White or where are the strange
>dieters?
>
>>     Ted;
>>     You are forgiven.  Shall I save you a piece for next
>> time? It has beautiful color but the chocolate taste isn't
>> very apparent.  Walnuts are tasty.  My job ended Thursday
>> so I had the leisure for a bread experiment.  I might not
>> have been able to make this if I had been employed.  Does
>> anyone know of a Unix system administration job  out
>> there?
>>     What is your new job like?  I hope you enjoy it.
>
>Thank you.   Will a piece "save" for a month?  If not, I'll make
>do
>without.
>
>My new job?  I'm working for a court reporting company
>(located on 17th St,
>opposite Farragut Square).  I'm an editor/proofer; I check the
>transcript
>against the actual recording of the proceeding and make
>corrections (fixing
>up "(inaudible)"s where I can), do minor editing and ensure
>the correct
>legal formatting.   I've learned to work in Total Eclipse, a
>program
>expressly designed for legal reporting, which functions
>differently from
>any word-processing program I've ever worked in.   The time
>goes quickly,
>but leaves me exhausted.

David Palmer, author of some well received novels during the late
1980s, is a shorthand court reporter.  I believe he's pretty much given
up writing because of the same situation Ted has found himself in:
"exhausted."

from: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/7474/blcourt2.html

Q: Now, I'm going to show you what has been marked as State's Exhibit
No. 2 and ask if you recognize taht picture.
A: John Smith.
Q: That's you?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: And you were present when that picture was taken, right>
-David R. Palmer, Ocala, FL

My postings will be rather few through the 12th, as I head off to the
Frankfurt Bookfair in a few hours, returning stateside on the 11th.  I
expect to have web access while in Frankfurt, but I may not have the
energy to deal with it either.

mjw

"To read science fiction is to read Simak. The reader who does not like
Simak stories does not like science fiction at all."  - - Robert A.
Heinlein