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Read more about the article Mac Scrum’s Toughest Case Yet—Finding a Job

Mac Scrum’s Toughest Case Yet—Finding a Job

  • Post author:Mac Scrum
  • Post category:Job Search

“Mac, you’ve got a titanium jaw. You’re 6 feet 2 inches of tough. Now do something really tough, and write a summary paragraph that highlights your skills and experience...”

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Read more about the article Troubleshooting is my Business

Troubleshooting is my Business

  • Post author:Mac Scrum
  • Post category:Incident Management/Release Management

I always rested easier when we could get past the Wednesday following a Friday release without the kind of trouble that causes every manager from Development and Operations to sound off like fraternity pledges taking turns with a stadium horn.

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Favorite quotes from today’s featured author Robert Reeves:

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He decided that there was nothing in the world so devitalizing as a Sunday afternoon.

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He had friendly eyes and wore no hat over his straight and black hair. It might have been combed with a precision instrument and plastered down with mucilage.

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He wished he hadn’t had so much liquor and took another drink.

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It wasn’t so much the ruse—it was its simplicity that stung him…The woman didn’t play square, and he wound himself up like a player rushing in to protest a raw decision.

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She tried for high C and missed.

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She wore a violent tangerine negligee. Her unconfined curves roamed about at will as she moved.

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“I just don’t like your type.” “Well, you’re the first one that doesn’t.”

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“I’ll have you know I’m a man of few words and practically no punctuation marks.”

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“Never argue with a bullet.”

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“Show business is a calling in which bastardy is not a biological stigma but a business asset.”

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“So am I [a vegetarian]. I let the cow eat the grass and wheat and corn and lettuce and then I go ahead and eat the cow.”

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“[The D.A.] is the south end of a north-bound horse.”

Peruse all of Mac Scrum’s favorite quotes by early 20th century pulp fiction authors here:

Favorite Quotes

Don’t be a cluck, check out Mac’s list of dated language from early 20th century pulp fiction, ubiquitous in his IT Detective adventures:

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