by News Staff | Oct 5, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
From Bridgeport to Olancha – we’re all falling like bowling pins at a tournament. The flu has already hit, as many of you out there know. We, newsroom curmudgeons, fell hard. All, except Bob Todd. But, we’ve discovered a benefit derived from the flu....
by News Staff | Oct 2, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
First off, the Bat Beat update. Our friend the Fearless Vampire Killer emailed to call our hand on the account of Jesse Steele and the bat that flew about the newsroom last Friday. One of our faithful Bureaucrat Beat listeners rightly corrected us. We said that Jesse...
by News Staff | Sep 25, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
Most fascinating report from the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom? A large bat somehow got inside and flapped into one of our production rooms. Holy Dracula, Batman. Now what? Jesse Steele, who ironically will appear in a vampire play in Bishop, managed to get the winged...
by News Staff | Sep 21, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
Instantaneous impressions and conclusions that bubble up whenever we meet a new person or confront a complex situation or have to make a decision under stress. Malcolm Gladwell, author of the book, Blink, says he thinks we should pay more attention to those fleeting...
by News Staff | Sep 18, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
Benjamin Franklin, one of our founding, fathers for those who have neglected history, said, "God helps those who help themselves." As we ponder bureaucracy day after day in the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom, we see what he means. In many cases, bureaucracy grows...
by News Staff | Sep 14, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
Talk about back to the future. Seems some vacationers in a motorhome ran into some real trouble on Highway 395. A major transmission issue developed as they zipped along the scenic miles. Suddenly, the driver found himself with only one gear – reverse. So, what...
