The day just improved....

I've had a Pfrimmer specialist digging at my shoulder for two hours, but we may have made progress (pain is gone for now)--and I don't have enough current tools experience on Robohelp or Framemaker or recent tech writing experience to get the job I just did a phone interview for...but this article certainly brightened my day!

Tiny Weekly Newspaper Published Near Bush's Ranch in Crawford, Texas, Endorses Kerry

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040928_2282.html

Correction--

It's just a bad news day here--first I can't get a tech writing job because my writing tool skills are too old, and my web skills too young. Then I find out the stock I bought from a start-up six years ago is worthless, so I get a deduction on my taxes. Now this--I sincerely hope trouble does come in threes, because I'm done now.

And the local community college doesn't teach RoboHelp or FrameMaker, last I checked. Crap.

(The following Reuters snip is not good for me...after seven days without Vioxx, I cannot move my hands. Just left a message at the doctor's office....) Thank heavens for the Lone Star Iconoclast.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The arthritis drug Vioxx, used by millions of people around the world, is being pulled off the market after a study confirmed long-standing concerns that it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke, the manufacturer, Merck & Co., said today.

"Patients who are currently taking Vioxx should contact their health care providers to discuss discontinuing use of Vioxx and possible alternative treatments," Merck said.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/30/vioxx.withdrawn.reut/index.html

Coda to the day

Favorite line from the debate:

"The President relied on Afghan warlords. He outsourced that job too."

Favorite bumper sticker of the moment:

"If you aren't completely appalled, then you haven't been paying attention."

http://www.seeyageorge.com/

(I'm going to get a No-C.A.R.B. tee shirt, too...with my diet problems it is too appropriate.)