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Body’s back, head’s still buzzing

07.20.2009 by David Murray // 16 Comments

Hello again, Boots readers. I've missed you.

I'm planning to start a serial account of the motorcycle trip as soon as I stop sleeping 10 hours a night and waking up tired.

Here's a journal entry from Digby, Nova Scotia, July 9—two weeks and 3,000 winding back-road miles after I'd left in the middle of a deafening Michael Jackson drumbeat—says, "News still full of Michael Jackson. Don't waste your life in front of TV. Nothing ever happens."

What have I missed since I've been gone, from the world of communications?

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  1. Ron Shewchuk says

    July 20, 2009 at 11:38 am

    Welcome back, David! Glad you got home in one piece (or with your typing fingers intact at least).
    As for what’s changed, I’m back on my own!
    Looking forward to reading about your travels.

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  2. David Murray says

    July 20, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    Holy smoke, Ron. I’ll call when earth stops shaking.

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  3. Robert J Holland, ABC says

    July 20, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    Well, let’s see. Walter Cronkite died. But unlike MJ, it was news only for a day or two. Kind of says a lot about our world, doesn’t it?

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  4. Eileen B. says

    July 20, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    Palin/LaToya Jackson to run for president/vice president in 2012. Just kidding 🙂 But I read a funny article on it today from one of my favorite humor columnists in S.C. http://www.thesunnews.com/news/columnists/celia_rivenbark/story/987145.html

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  5. Yossi Mandel says

    July 20, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    Does AIG going for a second round of OK-Corral-inspiring bonuses count as communication news? Welcome back.
    You’re back just in time to answer my fresh dilemma, together with the wise blog readers. Is there NO rhyme or reason to adverb placement, only usage and clarity? No rules? Would that explain why everyone seems to have divergent sets of rules?

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  6. David Murray says

    July 20, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Yossi, you sound like you’re ready to jump, blithely.
    What’s driven you to the edge?

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  7. Yossi Mandel says

    July 20, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    I’m trying to figure out if we should judge each adverb placement by context and style, and ignore any professed set of rules.
    What made me ready to jump is the obvious in corporate communication – editing an article. Grammar rules should unite us, not divide us, and boy did they divide us here. We just gave up eventually and rewrite the sentence.
    And this was after a spectacular morning of succesfully removing corporate buzzwords like “execute” and “expense account categories” from an otherwise useful article. It started off as such a nice day.

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  8. David Murray says

    July 20, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    Yossi, you struck a blow for humanity and suffered a slingshot strike in the eye. Get an eyepatch and take up the cudgel again on the morrow!
    David

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  9. Yossi Mandel says

    July 21, 2009 at 7:11 am

    As I said, you returned in the nick of time for my salvation. Recover well, and a speedy return to writing.

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  10. Kristen says

    July 21, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Yay! You’re back. As with the others, I’m looking forward to hearing about the trip, which I’m certain generated some entertaining moments.

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  11. michael clendenin says

    July 21, 2009 at 9:13 am

    As a rider with a bike in the garage awaiting a part while some fantastic riding weather passes me by, I am jealous, excited, and anxious to hear about the trip.
    Welcome back, friend!

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  12. David Murray says

    July 21, 2009 at 9:29 am

    Good to be back, all.
    I hope to have the first installment up this week.
    What kind of bike, Michael?

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  13. amy says

    July 21, 2009 at 9:48 am

    Frank McCourt died. So sad. I loved Angela’s Ashes.

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  14. michael clendenin says

    July 21, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    ’96 Kawi Vulcan Classic 800. Bought to head west from DC into the Virginia hills on occasion, but used more frequently as gas hit $4.00+.

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  15. David Murray says

    July 21, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    Yep, 50 MPG is sweet. Good luck with the part, Michael, and keep the rubber side down.

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  16. michael clendenin says

    July 22, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    Part in, installed, and still the fuel leak. Mixed with oil. Might be a stuck float valve in the carb. Back to the drawing board.

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