Office Chatter: May 2011
If you’ve read The Literary Type at all, or corresponded with The New Quarterly, you may have picked up on the fact that TNQers are a diverse bunch of sophisticated, educated, and articulate people who...
View ArticleOffice Chatter: June 2011
Time for June’s installment of Office Chatter. Don’t you wish you worked here too?With ContextCatherine: “So I ran over with a shoe, the only weapon I could find, prepared to beat whatever was in the...
View ArticleHeath and Safety
As a co-op student, I’m required to fill out and submit a wealth of paper work that would drive even the most staunch office worker to new depths of sadness. Nobody likes paper work. Especially when...
View ArticleHarry Potter and the Nerd who is Catherine
It started, for me, about a week ago. Actually, I believe it was 6 days, 23 hours, 57 minutes and 12 seconds. Approximately.I was surfing The Toronto Star’s website during my lunch break—I periodically...
View ArticleOffice Chatter- July 2011
I suppose I should go with New Quarterly tradition and come up with a theme for these Office Chatter posts. All right, this post’s theme is…uh…never mind, I got nuthin’. Just enjoy!With ContextOur...
View ArticlePurge or perish?
I've begun to wonder why it is that I have so many books.No, I haven't finally lost it (apologies to everyone who had September 2011 in the pool.) I know why I acquired so many books. Any given book on...
View ArticleOffice chatter- September 2011
In which we are tantalized by paper, use ice cream as a security blanket, discover rainbows are libraries and appreciate the emphasis provided by a well-placed curse.With ContextMaddy, on joining TNQ’s...
View ArticleOffice Chatter: Fall/Winter Edition 2012
Since Catherine has abandoned her post (the funding for her position expired), office chatter hasn’t been the same. I don’t know if Maddy just has poorer spying skills than Catherine, or if we just...
View ArticleOverheard at TNQ: February 2012
With ContextKim just discovered that Pamela has a new laptop stand: two large books. Pamela: “Aren’t books great? You can use them for everything! To prop up windows… to hold open doors…” Kim: “to give...
View ArticleOverheard at TNQ — March/April Edition
With ContextMelissa, searching frantically for something in the office, while doing a bit of a dance: “Ugh. This is a sign that I should not make important decisions while I am trying not to pee...
View ArticleOverheard at TNQ: May/June edition
With ContextCharlotte: “The printer says ‘Toner Life End’ and won’t print anything” Melissa (sagely): “Ah… Now it is time to teach you the dance of my people.” She removes the toner cartridge and...
View ArticleThe Gift of Inspiration
At this time of year, it seems the most common refrain is "what do you get for the ___ who has everything?" We kill ourselves battling crowded malls and treacherous roads in search of that perfect...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....