more minor fame for me

I made it into today's TMQ, near the end.

(I was surprised that he failed to take the Raiders to task for their preposterous punt on 4th and 4 with 4:08 to go in the game; the score was tied, the Raiders were 4-7 and playing at home, so instead of trying to make the first down, or kicking a long field goal with their Popeye-legged kicker, they punt and effectively tell the Chiefs, "Hey, no hurry, we'll wait for you to give us the ball back and try to win it then."  The Chiefs scored the winning touchdown on the next drive on a 70-yard catch.  Thanks, Norv!  You sickening, craven lout.)

more minor fame for me

I made it into today's TMQ, near the end.

(I was surprised that he failed to take the Raiders to task for their preposterous punt on 4th and 4 with 4:08 to go in the game; the score was tied, the Raiders were 4-7 and playing at home, so instead of trying to make the first down, or kicking a long field goal with their Popeye-legged kicker, they punt and effectively tell the Chiefs, "Hey, no hurry, we'll wait for you to give us the ball back and try to win it then."  The Chiefs scored the winning touchdown on the next drive on a 70-yard catch.  Thanks, Norv!  You sickening, craven lout.)

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Plastic explosives placed inside the luggage of a French air passenger as part of a botched police training exercise were still missing last night.

A bag containing 150g of explosives was deliberately placed in the luggage of an unknown traveller at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, but sniffer dogs undergoing training failed to spot it.

(subject attribution dammit: Ed Gaillard)

this entry brought to you by the letter 'c' and the number '4'

Plastic explosives placed inside the luggage of a French air passenger as part of a botched police training exercise were still missing last night.

A bag containing 150g of explosives was deliberately placed in the luggage of an unknown traveller at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, but sniffer dogs undergoing training failed to spot it.

(subject attribution dammit: Ed Gaillard)

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A recent survey of 120 American corporations [...] by the National Commission on Writing, a panel established by the College Board, concluded that a third of employees in the nation's blue-chip companies wrote poorly and that businesses were spending as much as $3.1 billion annually on remedial training.

[...]

"hI KATHY i am sending u the assignmnet again," one student wrote to her recently. "i had sent you the assignment earlier but i didnt get a respond. If u get this assgnment could u please respond . thanking u for ur cooperation."

I expected this to be a problem, but not to this degree.  I certainly don't see it at my company, with the exception of a certain Bush-backing fellow out East who loved excessive punctuation, but reined it in since someone chided him about it.

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A recent survey of 120 American corporations [...] by the National Commission on Writing, a panel established by the College Board, concluded that a third of employees in the nation's blue-chip companies wrote poorly and that businesses were spending as much as $3.1 billion annually on remedial training.

[...]

"hI KATHY i am sending u the assignmnet again," one student wrote to her recently. "i had sent you the assignment earlier but i didnt get a respond. If u get this assgnment could u please respond . thanking u for ur cooperation."

I expected this to be a problem, but not to this degree.  I certainly don't see it at my company, with the exception of a certain Bush-backing fellow out East who loved excessive punctuation, but reined it in since someone chided him about it.