atw: Re: meltdowns, inspiration and motivation

Spot on Christine, altho a bit like shooting fish in a barrel. It's both a relief and a disappointment to see that the USofA is not the only place that spawns the constipated state of mind that continues to do the rah-rah for dubya.
I suppose I could mount the soap box and wax on about what does and does not constitute rocket science in terms of 5hit for brains in the USofA, but the strutting reference to rocket science some few e-mails back probably already involved every spook in homeland security in this string, and why add to my bulging portfolio. Besides, cock fights get rather tedious. 
MNMary


At 03:47 AM 12/22/2006, you wrote:

Christine your remarks are personal and offensive.  Please desist.

Damian
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:c.bkent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Christine Kent
To: <mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:49 AM
Subject: atw: Re: meltdowns, inspiration and motivation
Something perhaps you do not realise is that they are "names" on this list - people who may never have met, but who have gotten to know one another very well over a lot of years. Steve is easily the most generous person on this list and he does not deserve your arrogance and sarcasm - I have no doubt he could wipe the floor with you in the skills department. He deserves loyalty and support - and that is most certainly one of the functions of this list. 

Please take Mary's advice.

ck


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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Damian Forlani-Brennan 
Sent: Friday, 22 December 2006 2:22 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: meltdowns, inspiration and motivation
Given that Steve had trouble maintaining a working computer I presented what I thought to be some factual information about one way of maintaining effective hardware for technical writing.
I had thought that there might be some people on this list that might have found the information of benefit.
What is the function of this list? Is it to provide resources and information to technical writers or is it for whinging and personal abuse? 

Damian Forlani-Brennan

----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:runfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>MHT
To: <mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: atw: Re: meltdowns, inspiration and motivation
Steve could be caustic, opinionated, bull-headed and prickly - traits with which you can identify, I do not doubt (Damian Forlani-Brennan). He was also the first in line to help a mate and offer assistance to anyone on this list. He frequently contributed to the discussion and his advise and counsel will be missed, as will his unorthodox sense of humor. There was no "hidden" message - the evolution to meltdown was glaringly obvious to anyone capable of more than skimming across the surface like a water spider. Your inability to decipher cause and effect, even when it is pointed out to you, may not serve you well in the long run and I enthusiastically recommend sudoku to stimulate your skill at connecting the dots in more than one narrow direction. Empathy is another matter altogether, and short of a strong dose of clinically administered ecstasy, I doubt there is much that can be done in that quarter. Assuming that you may need help with a bona fide cryptic reference, see <http://ecstasy.org/books/e4x/e4x.ch.10.html>http://ecstasy.org/books/e4x/e4x.ch.10.html and <http://ecstasy.org/books/e4x/e4x.ap.01/e4x.ap.01.098.html>http://ecstasy.org/books/e4x/e4x.ap.01/e4x.ap.01.098.html. 
MN Mary

At 04:46 PM 12/21/2006, you wrote:
I am well familiar with the landscape in which we work (thank you very much Christine Kent) and re-reading Steve's post failed to reveal any hidden messages. I don't often have much to add to the discussion, but there are times you just have to respond. I stand by my previous post. 

Looking forward to my time finally coming :)

sincerely
Damian Forlani-Brennan



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