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Department of Unanticipated Events December Newsletter
I have been offered -- and accepted -- full-time employment at a top-ranking New England liberal arts college. I'll be starting just after the first of the year. While this is not an entirely Unanticipated Event (I did, after all, apply), the swiftness and enthusiasm with which the position was offered was certainly unanticipated.
There's not a shawl/shrug/snuggler/cozy to be had in this town for under $50.
I won $100 from the local paper for filling out a survey back in November.
Also? Fledgling is now funded through Chapter 10.
But! The most Unanticipated Event was (cue drumroll).....
This morning I met Mrs. Claus at the Unity Post Office. She was checking for letters to Santa in the Special to the North Pole mailbox, and confided to me that so far this year she's answered seventy letters on behalf of Himself, who is of course very busy at this time of year...
There's not a shawl/shrug/snuggler/cozy to be had in this town for under $50.
I won $100 from the local paper for filling out a survey back in November.
Also? Fledgling is now funded through Chapter 10.
But! The most Unanticipated Event was (cue drumroll).....
This morning I met Mrs. Claus at the Unity Post Office. She was checking for letters to Santa in the Special to the North Pole mailbox, and confided to me that so far this year she's answered seventy letters on behalf of Himself, who is of course very busy at this time of year...
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Have fun with your new position!
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LOL!
I'll be in admin. This particular college has (counts on fingers) three? five? genre writers on staff -- and none of them teach there.
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They just don't know what they're missing.
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One would assume that you will be teaching something about writing or language arts, but one would not wish to invite that sort of wrecklessness. SO, Do Tell the Details!
On your second note, one should commission the making of such an article; from one who works such miravicles. (I miss-spelled that, but left it. I like the way it sounds)
Only seventy letters to the grand olde Elf? My how things do change.
Cratulations again!!
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(I'm a teacher)
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How does the saying go? "Academia is a group of argumentative individuals united by a common grievance about parking," or some such.
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What kind of cozy?
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Over at http://www.lbean.com/ I have
a washable wool throw for $39.50
snowflake Polartec throw for $39
personalized fleece throw, boy for $29.50
also personalized fleece throw, girl for the same price
and kids personalized fleece throw, soccer ball, too.
petal soft fleece throw for $35
cloudlite fleece blanket for $49
weekender blanket for $29.50
or perhaps the wicked good fleece throw for $29.50
all hiding under blanket under $50
Will there be anything else today, ma'am?
And congratulations on starting work at the local purveyor of liberal education. It's broadening work, but someone has to spread those minds!
Mike
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Fine products, all. But. A throw is not a shawl. A throw is something you, um, throw on the couch to snuggle under while you read. A shawl is something you wrap around your shoulders while sitting at a desk in a drafty office. A cozy is a particular kind of New England shaw that has a pocket.
And congratulations on starting work at the local purveyor of liberal education.
Thank you, sir.
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I suppose a quilted shawl would cost like crazy now.
The kids blankets are probably almost the right size, although lacking in shaping for the shoulders.
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Congratulations on the new job.
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(and the $100 surprise doesn'y exactly suck either)
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Benefits, indeed. A Regular Paycheck; affordable Health Insurance; a Retirement Plan; ten days of Paid Vacation after a year and Other Wonders of which I presently wot not, but will surely and most deeply wot in January.
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(Anonymous) 2006-12-22 03:09 am (UTC)(link)Kelly
TC, CA
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It it weren't for the undying support of my [medically] retired spousal unit, who basically became the Director of Domestic Affairs here at World Headquarters of the Krol Empire I couldn't work fulltime at the paper and still pursue my other writing interests. Kudos and salutations to all you homemaker spousal units! Of any stripe.
and have a merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, merry Kwanzaa or happy Winter Solstice to one and all in the universe...
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Di
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