Technical Writer

Technical writer.
Technical writer.
Engineering, please review my doc.
I need all revisions done by 6 o’clock.
It’s a user manual for a mobile phone
And this chapter covers setting the ringtone.
Technical writer.
Technical writer.

There are thirty ringtones with the basic plan
But our V-one users didn’t understand.
You can click this button just to check your mail.
It is all explained ‘cause I want to be a
Technical writer.
Technical writer.

Technical writer … writer … writer.
Technical writer.

It’s a thousand pages, give or take a few.
I’ve got more to write, and it’s overdue.
I can change the fonts or I can tweak the style,
Even make it readable. (That takes a while.)
Technical writer.
Technical writer.

If you really like it we can ship the phone.
It gets great reception (if you’re in the zone.)
You can order copies of the printed doc
But the phone itself is always out of stock.
Technical writer.
Technical writer.

(Apologies to Lennon-McCartney)

There Will Always Be an England

Anyone who's ever seen Oliver! or My Fair Lady or Mary Poppins already knows that London is full of colorful characters, ready to burst into song and lively dance at the drop of a hat. But even beyond the winsome orphans, the mystically wise chimney sweeps and the oh-so-proper upper crust at Ascot, we now know that delightful musical pageantry extends even to ruthless killer James Bond and and the effervescent Dark Lord, Voldemort himself!

Yes, it was a veritable Disney parade style roll call of British icons at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. The headiness was almost enough to make you forget that the main characters, James Bond, the Beatles, Mary Poppins et al, were a half century old or more. And yet stage and film director Danny Boyle also managed to work in the history of Britain's contributions to industry and technology, from the railroads to the industrial revolution to the World Wide Web.

It really was an entire theme park packed into one stadium and 3 and a half hours.

Late Boomer #1

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