2000 to present -- The lean years
NOTE: Day Runner entries fall off precipitously in 2000 and beyond. First of all, I got a Palm pilot and moved lots of crucial information there, so it was easy to do without the Day Runner at work. Second, fat philosophy books forced the Day Runner out of my double-wide Lands End bag. This is the last post on News Desk history as contained in specific Jon Fobes Day Runners ... but there's always a chance Bill, Tim, Mary Jo or someone else will find a cache of info for this site.
February 3, 2000: Joe Hanak makes it clear: "I like Donald Duck as much as the next guy -- Well, I do!"
March 23, 2000: Lisa Higgs -- who has two sons of her own -- is heard to exclaim, "I hate people who have kids1" This referred to an annoying situation in line at a grocery store.
April 10, 2000: Tiffany Alexander tells us two of her grandfather’s favorite curses: "Oh, foot!" and referring to someone as "A John Brown sapsucker." What a mouth!
April 19, 2000: Dave Clary, who took over the Lake zone and Mary Jo’s chair next to me, gets a new nickname: "Sweet Dave." It goes to his head, as you'll see.
April 25, 2000: I didn’t record all the details, but rumor had it that Jeff Greene, in his position as night photo editor, scolded Brynne and made her cry. For this Allison dubbed him, “Rectal Crevice Greene.”
May 31, 2000: Allison Carey says, “I am highly underrated.”
May 19, 2000: Bill reveals a shocking personal secret: He never fished from a boat! This is surprising since his family operated a marina, and Bill became a base-12 expert counting worms.
June 1, 2000: Allison coins a new term, morphing F-Bomb into the colorful “Fligger Bomb,” making someone who says “fuck” into a Fligger Bomber.
June 12, 2000: Allison muses on the failure of her recent dieting efforts: “I’ve been bad since Halloween.” (Let’s see, that’s only 8 months of back-sliding.)
June 13, 2000: What an awful admission: Brynne says she hates “Baby Theo” on “NYPD Blue.” After this she was often referred to as “Cold Mother Brynne.”
June 21, 2000: Lisa and the rest of the News Desk take note of the first time Bill refers to his stepdaughters as “my kids.” This especially delights Lisa because for years Bill had been giving Lisa childless parenting advice. This may turn the tables.
August 10, 2000: Lisa shows her disdain for enthusiasm by proclaiming, “I am suspicious of anyone who shows interest in anything!”
September 7, 2000: Allison -- obviously a great coiner of words -- changes the “enlarge” to “big-em-up” in regards photo sizes.
September 21, 2000: Allison tells me, “You, sir, are a hairless Kiwi.” How’d she know?
January 8, 2001: Dave states his journalism credo: “I must bring the truth out to the people!” Oh, boy!
January 9, 2001: In response to some complaints about Mr. Harris, “Sweet Dave” replies: “We are lucky to be working on such fine equipment.” Oh, boy!
January 11, 2001: Bill tells someone -- perhaps it was Lisa -- “There’s no reason keeping you around if you know all my secrets.”
January 18, 2001: I was charged with the proud duty of giving “toe gleanage” on Allison. Can’t recall why.
January 18, 2001: In a shocking change of attitude, Lisa chuckles at one of Tim’s fake fart noises.
January 21, 2001: Move to the new building. Click here for a look at move-in pictures.
January 29, 2001: Lisa disavows the chuckle of the 18th. Trying to restore her curmudgeon image.
May 6, 2001: Truth comes out: Lisa admits that on this date she was teaching her sons how to make fake fart noises!
July 23, 2001: Lunch with Tom O’Hara and others involved in the first Senior Standout section. Unfortunately, Blue Point has the smallest sandwiches I have ever seen. My yellow fin tuna sandwich was about the size of a dinner roll. Other than that, we had a lovely afternoon.
August 14, 2000: Lisa once again disavows the fart chuckle but fails to address the fart-lesson issue. I think she’s a fart schizophrenic or perhaps that’s “fartzophrenic.”
September 14, 2001: Bill leaves for hip-replacement surgery. Scheduled to be gone about 6 months.
September 22, 2001: Joe is famous for going into a store and falling into a product-examining trance for hours. For example, most people go to Blockbuster so they can spend the evening watching a movie; Joe goes to Blockbuster to spend the evening READING about movies. But on this date he was in and out of Best Buy in 8 minutes! Holy shorts!
NOTE: It was around this time Margie and I put together The Plain Dealer Intern Web site. Here's a link to an early copy of that site, which features a lot of candid pictures of your coworkers. An updated copy of this site also resides on PD server, and Margie is now in charge of it.
November 26, 2001: Dave, working on A1, tells Jim Fabris, “Jim, you’re making my head hurt.”
April 29, 2002: Tim proclaims: “I would just like to say I am a big, fat, fucking idiot.”
June 4, 2002: Jon praises Lisa for her fine dental hygiene. “You must have tight sockets.”
June 5, 2002: Tim advises, “Don’t get your bowels in a snit.”
June 23, 2002: I get a record 2-hour-and-10-minute phone call from Joe. This was at home, not at work. Jeff Greene refers to Joe and me as “old ladies” because of our long phone conversations, but he doesn’t have an ex-wife to complain about, and Joe and I EACH have ex-wives to complain about!
July 17, 2002: Here’s a shock: Lisa said she was happy, and then opined, “Into every life some ozone must fall.” She must have been paginating the weather page that night.
September 15, 2002: John Coyne marvels at my Day Runner record-keeping. I tell him it used to be lots better.
Late 2003: Scott Stephens approaches me about making a Guild Web site, and on March 20, 2004 — 60 years after The Northeast Ohio Chapter of The Newspaper Guild was chartered -- the Guild site went on-line.
February 3, 2000: Joe Hanak makes it clear: "I like Donald Duck as much as the next guy -- Well, I do!"
March 23, 2000: Lisa Higgs -- who has two sons of her own -- is heard to exclaim, "I hate people who have kids1" This referred to an annoying situation in line at a grocery store.
April 10, 2000: Tiffany Alexander tells us two of her grandfather’s favorite curses: "Oh, foot!" and referring to someone as "A John Brown sapsucker." What a mouth!
April 19, 2000: Dave Clary, who took over the Lake zone and Mary Jo’s chair next to me, gets a new nickname: "Sweet Dave." It goes to his head, as you'll see.
April 25, 2000: I didn’t record all the details, but rumor had it that Jeff Greene, in his position as night photo editor, scolded Brynne and made her cry. For this Allison dubbed him, “Rectal Crevice Greene.”
May 31, 2000: Allison Carey says, “I am highly underrated.”
May 19, 2000: Bill reveals a shocking personal secret: He never fished from a boat! This is surprising since his family operated a marina, and Bill became a base-12 expert counting worms.
June 1, 2000: Allison coins a new term, morphing F-Bomb into the colorful “Fligger Bomb,” making someone who says “fuck” into a Fligger Bomber.
June 12, 2000: Allison muses on the failure of her recent dieting efforts: “I’ve been bad since Halloween.” (Let’s see, that’s only 8 months of back-sliding.)
June 13, 2000: What an awful admission: Brynne says she hates “Baby Theo” on “NYPD Blue.” After this she was often referred to as “Cold Mother Brynne.”
June 21, 2000: Lisa and the rest of the News Desk take note of the first time Bill refers to his stepdaughters as “my kids.” This especially delights Lisa because for years Bill had been giving Lisa childless parenting advice. This may turn the tables.
August 10, 2000: Lisa shows her disdain for enthusiasm by proclaiming, “I am suspicious of anyone who shows interest in anything!”
September 7, 2000: Allison -- obviously a great coiner of words -- changes the “enlarge” to “big-em-up” in regards photo sizes.
September 21, 2000: Allison tells me, “You, sir, are a hairless Kiwi.” How’d she know?
January 8, 2001: Dave states his journalism credo: “I must bring the truth out to the people!” Oh, boy!
January 9, 2001: In response to some complaints about Mr. Harris, “Sweet Dave” replies: “We are lucky to be working on such fine equipment.” Oh, boy!
January 11, 2001: Bill tells someone -- perhaps it was Lisa -- “There’s no reason keeping you around if you know all my secrets.”
January 18, 2001: I was charged with the proud duty of giving “toe gleanage” on Allison. Can’t recall why.
January 18, 2001: In a shocking change of attitude, Lisa chuckles at one of Tim’s fake fart noises.
January 21, 2001: Move to the new building. Click here for a look at move-in pictures.
January 29, 2001: Lisa disavows the chuckle of the 18th. Trying to restore her curmudgeon image.
May 6, 2001: Truth comes out: Lisa admits that on this date she was teaching her sons how to make fake fart noises!
July 23, 2001: Lunch with Tom O’Hara and others involved in the first Senior Standout section. Unfortunately, Blue Point has the smallest sandwiches I have ever seen. My yellow fin tuna sandwich was about the size of a dinner roll. Other than that, we had a lovely afternoon.
August 14, 2000: Lisa once again disavows the fart chuckle but fails to address the fart-lesson issue. I think she’s a fart schizophrenic or perhaps that’s “fartzophrenic.”
September 14, 2001: Bill leaves for hip-replacement surgery. Scheduled to be gone about 6 months.
September 22, 2001: Joe is famous for going into a store and falling into a product-examining trance for hours. For example, most people go to Blockbuster so they can spend the evening watching a movie; Joe goes to Blockbuster to spend the evening READING about movies. But on this date he was in and out of Best Buy in 8 minutes! Holy shorts!
NOTE: It was around this time Margie and I put together The Plain Dealer Intern Web site. Here's a link to an early copy of that site, which features a lot of candid pictures of your coworkers. An updated copy of this site also resides on PD server, and Margie is now in charge of it.
November 26, 2001: Dave, working on A1, tells Jim Fabris, “Jim, you’re making my head hurt.”
April 29, 2002: Tim proclaims: “I would just like to say I am a big, fat, fucking idiot.”
June 4, 2002: Jon praises Lisa for her fine dental hygiene. “You must have tight sockets.”
June 5, 2002: Tim advises, “Don’t get your bowels in a snit.”
June 23, 2002: I get a record 2-hour-and-10-minute phone call from Joe. This was at home, not at work. Jeff Greene refers to Joe and me as “old ladies” because of our long phone conversations, but he doesn’t have an ex-wife to complain about, and Joe and I EACH have ex-wives to complain about!
July 17, 2002: Here’s a shock: Lisa said she was happy, and then opined, “Into every life some ozone must fall.” She must have been paginating the weather page that night.
September 15, 2002: John Coyne marvels at my Day Runner record-keeping. I tell him it used to be lots better.
Late 2003: Scott Stephens approaches me about making a Guild Web site, and on March 20, 2004 — 60 years after The Northeast Ohio Chapter of The Newspaper Guild was chartered -- the Guild site went on-line.
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