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Subject:RE: Do you edit with your mouth open? From:"Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:24:45 -0400
I hum the theme to the A-Team. It used to be just in my head, but I made the
mistake of humming out loud one time and now all my cubemates get into it as
well!
From: "Darges, Katherine" <katherine -dot- darges -at- defensegp -dot- com>
To: "Susan Hogarth" <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>,<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Subject: RE: Do you edit with your mouth open?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:56:27 -0400
>Only if I am moaning or screaming about the drek on which I am working.
>
>I do find that, frequently, I am tapping my foot to music in my head
>while I am editing. Just the other day, I was working on an avian
>influenza report and realized that my subconscious had chosen to sing,
>"Bird, bird, bird. Bird is the word." Fortunately, no one else knew
>that. Except, now, of course, you.
>
>Katherine Darges
>Sr. Management Analyst
>National Security Programs Group
>
>
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>Subject: Do you edit with your mouth open?
>
>I do. I have no idea why, but I notice that when I'm very focused, my
>mouth dries out :)
>
>Or do you stick out your tongue, grind your teeth, chew your lips, tap
>your toes, or ...?
>
>What mechanical 'crutch' does your mind associate with working?
>
>--
>Susan Hogarth
>http://www.colliething.com
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