We feted Jim Schlosser at Natty Greene’s on Friday night. Susan was Jim’s editor for a time. A number of former staffers, current staffers and spouses of staffers showed.
One of the former staffers, Seth Effron, now deputy press secretary for Gov. Easley, presented Jim with the state’s highest honor, the Order of the Long Leaf [...]
Ramblin’ Prose
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Category Archives: Work Life
Good for Jim
She had a bad day
When Susan left to drop the kids off at school this morning, she was crying. I asked her what was wrong, but she waved me off and told me she’d tell me later.
When she did call me, I was relieved that it wasn’t something I did. It was a mommy thing. It was that kind [...]
The City
I made a very quick trip to New York this past weekend for some training for my new occupation. I left Sunday evening and finally got to the hotel sometime around 9:45 p.m. Then got up the next morning for an all-day training session and returned to Greensboro Monday evening/Tuesday morning.
My outbound and inbound flights [...]
Stepping out with another blog
Made my first post at Triad Diary, the paper’s blog about life in Greensboro.
Herb is bitter I didn’t post it here first. I’ll try to get a photo and post it here.
Work life after 50
With today’s revelation, here’s a resource for my friends at the N&R: A compilation of articles about job hunting and career planning for people aged 50 years and older from CareerJournal.com.
Update: More job hunt resources at Job-Hunt.org.
Sign of the times - N&R for sale
“Batten family to sell News & Record” : News-Record.com : Greensboro, North Carolina
An announcement is scheduled Thursday that the Batten family which owns Landmark Communications Inc. has hired national investment advisers to sell the Norfolk-based company, including the News & Record.
Update: More coverage at the New York Times, PilotOnline, PaidContent.
Sigh. NYC trip postponed
I found out yesterday - YESTERDAY! - that the training session I was to attend on Monday was changed to Jan. 14. I’ve been trying to contact Expedia to change my flight and hotel reservations and, wouldn’t you know it, they’re upgrading their system this weekend.
When I called last night, the woman on the phone [...]
Working nights a cancer risk
Overnight shift to be classified as probable cancer cause - CNN.com
However, scientists suspect that overnight work is dangerous because it disrupts the circadian rhythm, the bodys biological clock. The hormone melatonin, which can suppress tumor development, is normally produced at night.
If the graveyard shift theory eventually proves correct, millions of people worldwide could be affected. [...]
For Sale: Excuses $25
Work/Life: Now You Can Pay Someone To Give You A Day Off
An Oklahoma company is causing a ruckus by running a Web site that offers various excuse notes to people who want to take some short-notice time off from work. For about 25 bucks, you can download a document that looks like it comes from [...]
MIA
Okay. In researching Listingbook before taking the job, I checked in the N&R archives.
Not one reference to the company, just people on the move.
So for those of you who haven’t heard of Listingbook and don’t know what it is, read The Business Journal article.
Next on the horizon
I have a few days off. Then Wednesday I start my new job.
I left the News & Record on Friday late in the day, the next to last time I’ll leave. Monday, I’ll clear out my things.
Wednesday, I’ll start with a fast-growing company located near the airport: Listingbook. The separation had to be quick [...]
Mood ring
This sort of illustrates how we’ve been feeling for the past couple of weeks.
