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Entries from July 31st, 2005

CBC

July 31st, 2005 · 3 Comments · Journal

Ottawa’s been buzzing about Adrienne Clarkson’s replacement lately. In case you didn’t know, Adrienne Clarkson’s our current Governor-General and her term’s about to lapse. Since it has already been extended once before, it’s unlikely she’ll retain her post this time.
This morning the CBC called for the “vox populi” on who should be our [...]

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Yearbook

July 31st, 2005 · No Comments · Journal

At long last I’ve submitted my photo, quote and 250 (or so) word blurb on the 2006 GradComm yearbook form. I’ve had a post-it on my desk since mid last week reminding me to get something in for the yearbook and today’s the submission deadline. It would look fairly bad to have nothing [...]

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Criticism

July 29th, 2005 · No Comments · Musings!

A few days ago Paul wrote about criticism. Rob brought it to my attention on Tuesday afternoon and the three of us discussed it for an hour.
While I empathized with Paul’s viewpoints, we disagreed on specifics.

For starters, he didn’t want unsolicited criticism. I thought that was misguided.
I pointed out that your reactions to [...]

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