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A Matter of Perspective
July 16, 2009 7:18 PM
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Jeanne Johnston
I love to toss off the headset and get a change of scenery, and find myself occasionally rummaging around other Advance boards to see what's up (did you even notice they've got like 243 magazines skewed toward different areas in health care?) Lately,
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MT as the Economic Canary
June 19, 2009 12:42 PM
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Jeanne Johnston
I suppose there is no real mystery in why I almost killed my computer. After a painful $300 for a new power supply, I vowed to mend my ways and not leave the poor dear up and running endlessly--yet here it hums since I got it back home. The fact that
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May I Mambo Dogface to the Banana Patch?
June 9, 2009 2:53 PM
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Jeanne Johnston
That line from Steve Martin's book, Cruel Shoes --where he thought it would be clever, if he ever had a child, to teach him the wrong words to everything so that when he went to school, no one would understand what he was talking about--used to be hysterical
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Fan Mail From Some Flounder
May 19, 2009 8:31 AM
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Jeanne Johnston
I am beat. Spent the last week being thrown into the deep end of the pool without swimming lessons (well, I had them, but that was almost 10 months ago and I forgot most of it) and am just now feeling like I'm starting to learn how to float again. I used
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Why Plan Ahead When You Can Panic Now?
May 5, 2009 8:34 AM
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Jeanne Johnston
Some of us in the medical field (especially transcriptionists, I think) are in a unique position to observe certain trends in society. If you work a clinic account, your work has definite seasons, even if you don't: Fall brings school physicals and general
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A Question of Style
April 23, 2009 11:53 AM
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Jeanne Johnston
When it comes to language, there are accepted formulae for how things work--not just the actual words used, but specifics as to punctuation, grammar, etc. They used to teach that in school, right? In the workplace, the rules are supposed to be more formal.
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If Wishes Were Horses
April 17, 2009 11:01 AM
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Jeanne Johnston
Ahhh , it must be springtime because the scams are bursting out all over. On one MT message board alone, I have counted no fewer than six threads this last week or so from starry-eyed MT wannabes hoping for advice on school choice, or thinly-veiled propaganda
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Tempus Does Fairly Fugit
April 9, 2009 1:38 PM
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Jeanne Johnston
It's apparently time to go shopping for walkers because the unthinkable has happened. I have apparently jumped a generation gap. Amazingly, it's already been a year since Doctor Appreciation Day (never fear--they're as neglected on their day as MTs are
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Is Coding Any More Secure Than MT?
March 30, 2009 8:08 AM
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Jeanne Johnston
I notice that Advance has no one here blogging about coding, yet the discussion forum is predominantly skewed that way. Does the topic just not lend itself to conversation because it is so black and white, like accounting? When I realized my art major
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I'll Take My Sunshine Where I Can Get It
March 20, 2009 7:54 AM
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Jeanne Johnston
Just when I've started to despair that we are going to give spring a miss and head straight into the Florida summer, I found a bright spot in my week to counteract these winter blahs. . . Actually, the story starts out on a grumpy note because it all
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Can You Afford to Trade Your House Payment for a Political Statement?
March 12, 2009 12:37 PM
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Jeanne Johnston
I love the internet, but it does bring out the worst in some people. . . Whilst it is wildly liberating to people with limited ability to make connections in real life, the polar opposite is that it enables some real narcissists to run amok, as well.
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Speech Wreck
March 4, 2009 9:04 AM
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Jeanne Johnston
I hate the term, and I find it intensely annoying that not only MTs are using this as a pet name for that silly, old speech recognition now making our lives miserable, but even employers are sending out "humorous" emails with today's funny from the engine
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Globalization or Protectionism?
February 27, 2009 9:57 AM
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Jeanne Johnston
I see this week there is some outrage offshore over the new stimulus bill, specifically the part relating to the H-1B visas that have allowed foreign workers to come to the US, illustrated nicely in this article on India Times --and especially in the
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EMRs for Better or Worse?
February 12, 2009 8:39 AM
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Jeanne Johnston
As I watched this week's first official presidential press conference, the thing that stood out to me (well, after the outrage at all the political posturing and stonewalling that are getting the stimulus plan nowhere) was a comment that reminded me of
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Epic Fail
February 3, 2009 8:56 AM
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Jeanne Johnston
Yes, I've been wallowing in grief all week, hardly sleeping, hardly eating, hardly leaving the house, even over the weekend. Though we're convinced the house is haunted (not in a bad way), Wee Ailís has not managed to join the activity and put in an appearance,
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