Saturday, October 14, 2006
And ... it's ... history!
My presentation, that is. My presentation on old news.
My history presentation on old news is history -- and old news!
Woo hoo!
Relaxation has ensued.
Had a good turnout, for 8 a.m. the morning after a fund-raising auction that ran late, where the cash bar flowed.
I, myself, abstained, to ensure my sharpness. Others did not. But I still had a good crowd of interested people.
As the only nonacademic at this academic conference -- and not even being a grad student, being "between degrees," as I've put it more than once -- I'm standin' out a little. Imagine that. :-)
This morning, I wound up with three more minutes than I was told I would have -- that is, 15 minutes, instead of 12 -- and it made all the difference.
I was more relaxed, and able to talk more, rather than just read my stuff.
Although I do rewrite my papers totally as I cut their length drastically, to make them palatable to the ear, talking still always beats reading -- even when you're reading writing meant to be heard, not read.
Anyway. Done. Deal.
Of to gather up Dr. ER and go to early lunch.
--ER
My history presentation on old news is history -- and old news!
Woo hoo!
Relaxation has ensued.
Had a good turnout, for 8 a.m. the morning after a fund-raising auction that ran late, where the cash bar flowed.
I, myself, abstained, to ensure my sharpness. Others did not. But I still had a good crowd of interested people.
As the only nonacademic at this academic conference -- and not even being a grad student, being "between degrees," as I've put it more than once -- I'm standin' out a little. Imagine that. :-)
This morning, I wound up with three more minutes than I was told I would have -- that is, 15 minutes, instead of 12 -- and it made all the difference.
I was more relaxed, and able to talk more, rather than just read my stuff.
Although I do rewrite my papers totally as I cut their length drastically, to make them palatable to the ear, talking still always beats reading -- even when you're reading writing meant to be heard, not read.
Anyway. Done. Deal.
Of to gather up Dr. ER and go to early lunch.
--ER
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Congratulations! I'm glad it's done and sounds like it went well. I'm glad you got the extra three minutes. You're so right about the difference between "reading" and "talking." I'm sure the audience benefitted from the difference in the presentation.
Congrats, dude.
Hey, I'm headin' that way in two weeks. No. 1, Lazy E friends are gettin' hitchd Oct. 28 in Guthrie. No. 2, the Lazy E's producing a thing called World's Greatest Roper on Oct. 27 and has hired me to do the program information and write the news release from it.
So my bride and I are scootin' a boot to the OKC metro area for that weekend. Y'all gonna be around?
Hey, I'm headin' that way in two weeks. No. 1, Lazy E friends are gettin' hitchd Oct. 28 in Guthrie. No. 2, the Lazy E's producing a thing called World's Greatest Roper on Oct. 27 and has hired me to do the program information and write the news release from it.
So my bride and I are scootin' a boot to the OKC metro area for that weekend. Y'all gonna be around?
Way to go--I'm sure it was great. I'm sure it was your passion for the subject that made it great. :)
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