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A Matter of Perspective
July 16, 2009 7:18 PM by 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, Read More...
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MT as the Economic Canary
June 19, 2009 12:42 PM by 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 Read More...
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May I Mambo Dogface to the Banana Patch?
June 9, 2009 2:53 PM by 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 Read More...
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Fan Mail From Some Flounder
May 19, 2009 8:31 AM by 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 Read More...
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Why Plan Ahead When You Can Panic Now?
May 5, 2009 8:34 AM by 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 Read More...
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A Question of Style
April 23, 2009 11:53 AM by 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. Read More...
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If Wishes Were Horses
April 17, 2009 11:01 AM by 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 Read More...
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Tempus Does Fairly Fugit
April 9, 2009 1:38 PM by 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 Read More...
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Can You Afford to Trade Your House Payment for a Political Statement?
March 12, 2009 12:37 PM by 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. Read More...
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Speech Wreck
March 4, 2009 9:04 AM by 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 Read More...
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Epic Fail
February 3, 2009 8:56 AM by 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, Read More...
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Changing of the Guard!
January 20, 2009 12:57 PM by Jeanne Johnston
It seems like an eon since the election, and like a little kid at Christmas, it hardly seems real that today is finally The Day. Regardless of how you feel about the transition, I think everyone agrees that we're on the cusp of some of the biggest changes Read More...
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I've Got a Hitch in My Giddyup
January 14, 2009 7:58 AM by Jeanne Johnston
I am feeling like a typical Lazy Libra these days. Even after my rush of enthusiasm for organization and starting a fresh year, I find I'm sputtering along and not quite sure how to recapture my motivation. I watch my friend--who not only works as an Read More...
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Advocate for ... Greed
January 6, 2009 7:42 AM by Jeanne Johnston
I suppose not many MTs have paid attention to AAMT's (yes, I know they're AIrHeaDs now) 3rd edition of their Book of Style because it came out virtually on the heels of the 2nd edition--which was not a great improvement over the 1st edition. Frankly, Read More...
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No Man Is an Island
December 30, 2008 2:03 PM by Jeanne Johnston
It seems most issues of Advance contain at least one letter from a new graduate, bemoaning the fact that regardless of the field, there's a Catch-22 wherein you need experience to get that first job, but you can't get that first job because no one's willing Read More...
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