archives for Thursday 2 November 2006
reprieve
Thursday 2 November 2006 | 2 cookies in the jar
The Good News: A stay of the executioner’s hand—I showed up at Thompson Prometric, dull mental No. 2 pencils at the ready, only to be told that their computers were refusing to download the GRE (they ain’t the only ones…) so I have to reschedule—on ETS’s dime. Oh no. Anything but that. Oh dear God […]
three-letter words
Thursday 2 November 2006 | I like a cookie
Like, SSA (yesterday) and its SSI. Or, the IRS (day before). Or, ETS and its GRE (today). These fine bureaucratic organizations having had our metaphoric nuts in a vise for several days apiece now—ergo, no new posts; and we apologize. [O if not, the eagles will pull out his eyes.] There was a hastily executed […]
