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I've just turned my mail on again on the Copyediting-L and TECHWR-L
lists. I've been off since mid-May.
We had a car accident May 16, on the way to the STC conference in
Anaheim. My wife, daughter, and I all survived a rollover at highway
speeds -- thanks, Volvo -- but I didn't attend the conference.
As some of you know, I took a job as a tech writer with Oracle last
February. As of a couple of weeks ago, I don't work for Oracle any more.
I have plenty of war stories about that if anyone is interested. I've
also revived my website, and I'd appreciate your comments.
My wife and I have recovered pretty well from the minor injuries we
suffered in the crash. My wife started going to her chiropractic clinic,
where they took routine neck xrays. These revealed a tumor under her
vocal cords. After convincing Kaiser -- more war stories! -- that it was
really there, we had it removed. It turned out to be adenoid cystic
carcinoma -- a rare cancer, especially in that location. If you happen
to
know anything about it, please let me know.
So that's how I spent my vacation. ...RM
Richard Mateosian <srm -at- cyberpass -dot- net> www.cyberpass.net/~srm/
Review Editor, IEEE Micro Berkeley, CA
