I’m so behind on posting to my blog, so let me explain as briefly as I may. First of all, I’m past 200 and now facing the ominous 225 series of tests. This also means that I’ve begun my internship. So far, so good. Almost . . . there . . . light at . [...]
March 23, 2006 – 12:02 am
This week has been a good one for me, never mind the disappointing weather here in New York. Monday was the first day of Spring, but instead of a change in weather it seems that the change will be in current speed level. Yep, you got it: passed some tests. I passed two lits, a [...]
February 10, 2006 – 12:30 am
I’ve been spending some time over at the NewtoNYC.org site, meeting people, finding cheap/free things to do on the weekends, etc. At some point in the forum, someone asked me for a short history of court reporting, specifically regarding the machines. I had no idea. So I found something pretty succinct and interesting on the [...]
October 7, 2005 – 2:13 pm
In my wanderings on the Web, I’ve found a company called Scrapbookgift.com that sells customizable career dolls. Doesn’t make sense? Well, just take a look at the image below and guess what career this is for: Someone may have stuck needles in my hands. Unfortunately, for a fair number of my colleagues at school, this [...]
It’s true. Court reporters have their own patron saint, Cassianus, Bishop of Bescia. He was made a saint in 1952, according the NCRA website. It’s an interesting tale of perhaps one of the earliest stenography/court reporting schools in the world’s history: Perhaps this discontent was what caused the early demise of Cassianus, former Bishop of [...]