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20080404 Friday April 04, 2008
Tech Writers Falling in Love
A conversation

A: Look here, darling, I've got something to tell you right now, and it is of highest priority.

B: You make me curious. Continue.

A: I've found some reasons to feel some affection towards you.

B: Can you be more precise in this statement, please?

A: I've found four reasons to feel an affection towards you increased up to 100 percent.

B: Go ahead ...

A: These are the reasons, in order from top to bottom:

  1. You look so beautiful.
  2. You give me reason to live.
  3. I get excited when I think of you.
  4. We can exchange more than words.

B: This is a numbered list, shouldn't it be a bullet list?

A: You're right as always, darling. I love the way you edit my words right out of my mouth.

B: Thank you for saying that. Al least you got the punctuation right. But you could have read the Sun Editorial Style Guide, Chapter 3, and follow that advice.

A: You're welcome, darling - better I wake up now.


This can happen to a tech writer when mixing up the following:

  • reviewing a newly written Sun book all day long
  • reading High Fidelity by Nick Hornby late at night
  • trying to live a personal life, as much as possible, if possible at all

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