The Morning News…a website that calls itself “a Web-based broadsheet”. It has generally good writing - usually tongue-in-cheek, sometimes sharp and biting, occassionally haunting.

Some choice cuts:

How To Get Promoted

“But getting a promotion isn�t as mysterious and difficult as most people think. Hard work alone won�t get you noticed, but hard work and a mohawk will. And even if you�d rather make your mark with more traditional methods, the proper combination of elements can get you the attention you deserve�and that corner office you�ve always wanted. Here are some suggestions for your journey to success. For explanatory purposes I�ve chosen �stuntman� as our example occupation.”

- Dennis Mahoney, The Non-Expert�s Desk, 13 September 2002

Don’t Be Rude Part 1, Kindness

“As a society, we�ve decided that flatulence does not exist. If everyone followed basic etiquette guidelines, none of us would need to worry about passing gas in public. The correct thing to do if you have a digestive indiscretion, even an audible one, is to pretend that your intestines never tried to join the conversation.”

- Margaret Berry

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Last night I had a good dinner of half a pastrami sandwich with a glass of iced tea and potato chips on the side at Coach Mike’s Bar, located at the Podium Deck of Pioneer Highlands (a.k.a. the orange Globe building on Pioneer St., 1 minute away from my office and 2 minutes away from my place).

It took me less than 15 minutes to wipe off the pastrami sandwich meal. Then I had a good (read: exhausting) 1 1/2-hour tae-bo workout at Pro-Gym’s workout area, just 10 steps away from Coach Mike’s.

The pastrami sandwich meal cost me 50 bucks. The workout costs about 67 bucks per session.

Salamigan! Losing fat seems to cost more money and take more time than gaining it!

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