Category Archives: General

General posts about court reporting, New York, me, or other things I fancy

And everything paused

On Tuesday, September 25, 2006, I had my first deposition in Brooklyn. I arrived early (too early, actually) and, although I was terribly nervous (What do I say to swear in the witness again?), things went smoothly and without incident. It was a short deposition, just 20 minutes, and I had returned home and scoped [...]

Thanks due

Today I received my copy of the Men of Court Reporting 2006 calendar, thanks to the very generous Adam Miller, president of the Deleware Court Reporters’ Association. Mr. January is staring at me right now as I type this. Hmm. I’m already looking forward to the 2007 edition. Also, I should thank the one and [...]

Done and done (Not really done)

Well, this has been an eventful week. First of all, I passed out of 140 WPM on Thursday. The funny thing was, is I had actually done well on two 160 tests (I would have passed) but for some reason I couldn’t get past the requisite 140 test. I just had one! What was wrong!? [...]

Booyakasha! news

Follow the link to check out an article posted on CNN.com with some good news for those of us studying court reporting and that is . . . good salaries. So at least for now it looks like I’m not studying for no reason. Obviously, I’m not going to be one of those US$100,000 salary [...]