{"id":1937,"date":"2017-08-02T14:41:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=34"},"modified":"2017-08-02T14:41:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:41:40","slug":"two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/02\/two\/","title":{"rendered":"Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning’s hopefulness has been replaced with worry after not hearing anything from the promising opportunity yesterday.
\nI’m still pretty confident, though, even if that one doesn’t come through.
\nInterestingly, I applied for something that appeared to be the government counterpart for that job. That would be a little weird. I also did end up archiving a bunch of my outstanding USAJOBS applications. If they haven’t made a decision after this long, they’re probably just aren’t going to make one.
\nDo you ever feel the need to play the devil’s advocate?<\/i><\/b>
\nI’m not sure? I don’t ever recall seriously making a fallacious argument about something publicly. Whenever I write or speak, I do try to figure out the arguments that might be made against my drivel. Is that playing devil’s advocate? I don’t know.
\nI wish I could remember what the folks in the legal field called that exercise.
\nI did use the technique when I was going through something I planned to submit a Shmoocon<\/a> a few years ago. I’d written the paper, started putting together the slide deck, and started rehearsing the oral presentation.
\nAs I got into the meat of my argument, I thought of a counter-argument I couldn’t neatly refute.
\nSo, into the trash with the presentation, and plans to figure out how to get to the conference as an attendee, not a presenter.
\nDeleting something where I was going to punt, and take it to sports.
\nThe crux of the argument? Tom Landry is the greatest coach in football history. No, I’m not a Cowboys’ fan<\/b>.
\nThe writing juices seem to be coming after only a few days of writing. I’m happy about that. we’ll see how I feel here in a couple of weeks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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