The Jon Blog

Yes, Virginia, there really is a 6am.

I do not like being awake this early. Especially after I didn't get to bed until around 2:45am or so. But it will all be worth it when I get out of work at 5pm, and hop into that town car that will take me to the airport where I won't sleep much on the plane and then I'll land at 7am in London and have no idea what time it really is.

In other news, a co-worker of mine was asked to write a 800-1000 word essay for a newsletter, describing a conference he attended. He emailed me a copy of his 1700 word essay. Never have I ever had quite so much fun with the red-line function in Word. "Afterwards, we were whisked outside onto the roof of the building in the cold, winter night’s air and we directed our eyes upward to the sky as a fireworks display made many a jaw drop. I am sure that everyone in town [not involved in the conference] would have been curious as to what in the world was happening this January night over the rolling ocean surf!" became "Then we were treated to a jaw-dropping fireworks display." A savings of 52 words right there. I revised him right on down to 935 words.

Go me!

Posted by Jon at April 15, 2003 06:17 AM