UP NEXT, we will have for you:
A step back through the time machine to the early 1980s...in Willimantic, Connecticut! Home of Eastern Connecticut State University (and not much else)! Step back in time and experience Debbie's college days (BNYC). With a step back to the past, we will experience...
CREATIVE WRITING/ POETRY, FALL 1984, ALEXANDER TAYLOR....
"The new poems are especially good, Denise...ah, Debbie!"
A
Thursday, June 23, 2011
And finally...LOVE IN THE ZEROX ROOM
LOVE IN THE ZEROX ROOM
I thought I found love in the zerox room
But I was wrong.
By the time you apologize for all your lies
I will be long gone.
Saying "I love you" is so humane
When you tell others the exact same thing!
An emotional roller coaster ride sounds pretty groovy -
Almost like the plot of some sad movie.
You're lacking in at least one social grace:
Asking another girl out right in front of my face!
Like twisting my arm 'till I can't stand the pain
Stop! I want to scream
But what is there to gain?
I thought I found love
But I was wrong
By the time you apologize for all your lies
I will be long gone.
Denise Hickey
5/15/89
POEM: "End of the Line"
CFT is the place to be
I wish the phone would ring for me.
At the end of the line, someone I can't see
Is waiting just to talk to me.
The phone keeps ringing for all to see
How I wish it would be for me.
0585D
(That's the WANG Word Processor floppy diskette, 8 x 5, number. Circa 1989?)
Are we there yet???...* * * :)
(Denise...Denise Dances...2011 -- 22 Years Later!)
POEM: "All Stressed Out"
ALL STRESSED OUT
I'm all stressed out
I don't know what anyone is talking about
I feel so alone
Sitting here by the phone
I'm all stressed out
And I just want to go home!
DH/ 0684D
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
UP NEXT
UP NEXT..."All Stressed Out" (of course? of course!)...."The end of the line"...and finally.....LOVE IN THE ZEROX ROOM.
HOT COMMODITY
HOT COMMODITY
Commodity Future Traders is the place to be!
Someone stole my copy key!
Copying all those travel N 'xpense reports
At the copyroom all day 'nough to give my hands warts.
Dinner for two at the Four Seasons:
Strictly business sounds pretty pleasin' !
Why oh why did they have to choose me
To be seven pushy people's se-cre-ta-ry ?
Copying ev'ryone's travel N 'xpense reports
At the copyroom all day 'nough to give my poor hands warts.
Standing at the zerox machine for hours and hours -
On Secretaries' Day, they even forgot to send me flowers !
What will they all say when I phone from home
And tell them all to "Answer your own phone!"
Commodity Future Traders - it's the place to be !
I still can't find my copy key.
Copying all those travel N 'xpense reports
At the copyroom all day 'nough to give my poor hands warts.
DH
# 0590D
THE CORPORATE BLUES
THE CORPORATE BLUES
I've got the Corporate Blues
I've gotta pay my dues
No more back to school
Or partying hardy or being cool.
A multi-national corporation
Is a different kind of life:
You sit around, answering phones
And it's only some executive's wife.
I've got the Corporate Blues
I've gotta pay my dues
No more back to school
Or partying hardy or being cool.
The chief executive's office
Is a snazzy place to be:
Corporate clones answering phones
Are everywhere to see.
All those years spent paging
Through infinite school books
Haven't given me a clue as to what to do
To get down pat that Corporate Look.
Studying Plato
Or learning of Columbus' ships
Has now given way
To inter-office memoranda and paper clips.
I've got the Corporate Blues
I don't know what to do
I'm wearing one wrong shoe
I think I'd rather be back in school.
Summer 1987
DH
Congrats!
COMMODITY FUTURE TRADERS STOCKS & BONDS OPTIONS
McGrath & O'Connor Financial Services Company
1213 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10021
DTS
Director of Marketing
North and South
Debbie,
I would like to congratulate you on your outstanding effort in the 1989 Blood Drive. I realize that the task was not easy. How do you make getting stuck with a needle sound inviting? That's what I call a tough sell. Somehow or other, you were able to make it inviting enough to attract eight people.
Congratulations on a fine job!!
McGrath & O'Connor Financial Services Company
1213 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10021
DTS
Director of Marketing
North and South
Debbie,
I would like to congratulate you on your outstanding effort in the 1989 Blood Drive. I realize that the task was not easy. How do you make getting stuck with a needle sound inviting? That's what I call a tough sell. Somehow or other, you were able to make it inviting enough to attract eight people.
Congratulations on a fine job!!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
UP NEXT
It is time to say goodbye to the rams -- and lambs! (lots of them) for today. Parting is such sweet sorrow...UP NEXT, "The Corporate Blues" and other poems from Corporate HQ in Midtowwwn Maaannnahttannnn!
After that, we will jump back into the Time Machine and head back to the campus of Eastern Connecticut State U in Willimantic, CT in the early 80s for some more...slamming POETRY! Finally, we will all step back further through time, to Palmer Memorial School in Uncasville, CT, where I will introduce you to "Prize Winning Fiction" with The Secret of Cherrygrove Manor." (circa April 10, 1974).
See ya here next week. Same time, same place. Try 1X a week in order to enjoy....THINK SUNSHINE and honeeey, see you at the beeeaaaach!
Denise...Denise Dances...2011.
After that, we will jump back into the Time Machine and head back to the campus of Eastern Connecticut State U in Willimantic, CT in the early 80s for some more...slamming POETRY! Finally, we will all step back further through time, to Palmer Memorial School in Uncasville, CT, where I will introduce you to "Prize Winning Fiction" with The Secret of Cherrygrove Manor." (circa April 10, 1974).
See ya here next week. Same time, same place. Try 1X a week in order to enjoy....THINK SUNSHINE and honeeey, see you at the beeeaaaach!
Denise...Denise Dances...2011.
Did Ya Get the Memo?
If you haven't figured out where Debbie's talents lie by now; well, then, I guess you will never know.
Denise...Denise Dances...2011 -- 22 Years Later!
Denise...Denise Dances...2011 -- 22 Years Later!
Blood Drive 1989 RESULTS
The results are in!
COMMODITY FUTURE TRADERS STOCKS & BONDS OPTIONS
McGrath & O'Connor Financial Services Company
1213 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10021
Telephon(y)
BLOOD DRIVE 1989
RESULTS
As Coordinator of McGrath & O'Connor's 1989 Blood Drive for Commodity Future Traders Stocks & Bonds Options, I personally asked approximately 30 people to give blood. As it was difficult to spend too much time away from my desk, I called on TD to help recruit donors in the Circulation Department where he works. I also asked the other two secretaries, CPR and AP to speak to their staff and send prospective donors to me.
I recruited 8 donors.
Some donors were recruited instantly; others had to be prodded with pamphlets and reminders of date, time and place. One reluctant donor was finally persuaded with T's help: "It was the picture" on the pamphlet, is what persuaded PYT, a first-time donor. Others were quick to respond. Once they received the form, they merely filled it out and rolled up their sleeves.
Every donor is different. Some need visual aids, brochures, photos, and films. Other potential donors just need to be informed of time and place. Still others need to be reminded verbally. And some just need a form to fill out and send away.
Also, to help promote the Blood Drive, the bulletin board was adorned with the color brochures, interoffice memos, news articles, and even, red book markers. I donned the heart-emblazoned badge, "Blood Donors Make Happy Endings" as a subliminal reminder.
Overall, recruitees need to be INFORMED. Questions must be answered verbally or with promotional literature, in a relaxed, non-aggressive manner. I personally took the liberty of writing a brief, persuasive memo to each person in the department.
You can lead a person to the Blood Drive but you can't force him to roll up his sleeve.
DH/ 0556D
May 11, 1989
COMMODITY FUTURE TRADERS STOCKS & BONDS OPTIONS
McGrath & O'Connor Financial Services Company
1213 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10021
Telephon(y)
BLOOD DRIVE 1989
RESULTS
As Coordinator of McGrath & O'Connor's 1989 Blood Drive for Commodity Future Traders Stocks & Bonds Options, I personally asked approximately 30 people to give blood. As it was difficult to spend too much time away from my desk, I called on TD to help recruit donors in the Circulation Department where he works. I also asked the other two secretaries, CPR and AP to speak to their staff and send prospective donors to me.
I recruited 8 donors.
Some donors were recruited instantly; others had to be prodded with pamphlets and reminders of date, time and place. One reluctant donor was finally persuaded with T's help: "It was the picture" on the pamphlet, is what persuaded PYT, a first-time donor. Others were quick to respond. Once they received the form, they merely filled it out and rolled up their sleeves.
Every donor is different. Some need visual aids, brochures, photos, and films. Other potential donors just need to be informed of time and place. Still others need to be reminded verbally. And some just need a form to fill out and send away.
Also, to help promote the Blood Drive, the bulletin board was adorned with the color brochures, interoffice memos, news articles, and even, red book markers. I donned the heart-emblazoned badge, "Blood Donors Make Happy Endings" as a subliminal reminder.
Overall, recruitees need to be INFORMED. Questions must be answered verbally or with promotional literature, in a relaxed, non-aggressive manner. I personally took the liberty of writing a brief, persuasive memo to each person in the department.
You can lead a person to the Blood Drive but you can't force him to roll up his sleeve.
DH/ 0556D
May 11, 1989
Monday, June 13, 2011
UP NEXT
It doesn't take a Rorsacht (inkblot) test to see where Debbie's talents lie. Not in profit making? For more information, check out her results in "BLOOD DRIVE 1989 RESULTS!"
Up Next on "Fool's Gold!" Same time, same place. Next week. See ya all from the Groton Library, home of the Peacable Kingdom, the rams (and lambs! a couple of black lambs and one black and white little lamb -- over by the red barn. Produce, eggs, honey and jam for sale!....On the honor system. Burrows Family Farm, Fort Hill Road, Groton, CT.
Until next week,
Denise
(Denise...Denise Dances...2011 -- 22 Years Later!!!...* * * :)
Up Next on "Fool's Gold!" Same time, same place. Next week. See ya all from the Groton Library, home of the Peacable Kingdom, the rams (and lambs! a couple of black lambs and one black and white little lamb -- over by the red barn. Produce, eggs, honey and jam for sale!....On the honor system. Burrows Family Farm, Fort Hill Road, Groton, CT.
Until next week,
Denise
(Denise...Denise Dances...2011 -- 22 Years Later!!!...* * * :)
The Memo: 1989 Blood Drive
INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Distribution FROM: Debbie O'Donnell
Company: Commodity Future Traders DATE: April 7, 1989
Stocks & Bonds Options
Floor: 43
Subject: 1989 Blood Drive
"Help Create Happy Endings." That's the theme of McGrath & O'Connor's annual Blood Drive, which will be held on Monday, May 8, from 8-12.
This year's goal: 700 pints of blood.
You may recall the promotion which featured a white rabbit to help "Multiply the Blood Supply." You may remember a more poignant advertisement. Rusty, the family dog waits patiently by the bus stop for his owner, a small boy who is in the hospital because he needs blood. With your participation, let's help create happy endings for everyone's story about the need for blood.
Your unfounded fears may be keeping you from helping to create a happy ending for just another statistic. Just one pint of blood will do it.
For more details, please contact me at extension 4047.
Thank you for your participation.
DH/0494D
To: Distribution FROM: Debbie O'Donnell
Company: Commodity Future Traders DATE: April 7, 1989
Stocks & Bonds Options
Floor: 43
Subject: 1989 Blood Drive
"Help Create Happy Endings." That's the theme of McGrath & O'Connor's annual Blood Drive, which will be held on Monday, May 8, from 8-12.
This year's goal: 700 pints of blood.
You may recall the promotion which featured a white rabbit to help "Multiply the Blood Supply." You may remember a more poignant advertisement. Rusty, the family dog waits patiently by the bus stop for his owner, a small boy who is in the hospital because he needs blood. With your participation, let's help create happy endings for everyone's story about the need for blood.
Your unfounded fears may be keeping you from helping to create a happy ending for just another statistic. Just one pint of blood will do it.
For more details, please contact me at extension 4047.
Thank you for your participation.
DH/0494D
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
How Much Does It Cost?
A human life.
Customers for Electronic Pratt's OilGuard News pay $1,750 a year -- about $300 more than the print version -- plus phone charges. In cases where central mainframe computers of large companies forward the transmission to individual readers, "we save on distribution costs by reaching many users with a single transmission," says Mr. McFadden.
The service is being promoted by direct mail, telephone marketing, telex, fax and personal sales calls. "We hope to regain subscribers who gave up OilGuard News because of late delivery," says Mary Levi, sales manager for Commodity Future Traders Stocks & Bonds Options. Marketing campaigns are targeted to areas of unreliable postal service, such as South America, the Middle East and Far East.
"But we're also going after customers who never subscribed before," she adds. "There's a new generation of oil company managers who are used to getting their information on computer screens rather than in print." Electronic OilGuard News has been demonstrated at several industry trade shows, including the National Petroleum Refiners Association convention in San Antonio.
Exxon has already signed up and other clients have "expressed a strong interest," says Ms. Levi.
Electronic Pratt's OilGuard News is not designed as a total replacement for the print version. "We still have a sizable number of customers who want the newsletter in print," states Ms. Levi. "They feel comfortable with that format. It's easy to take with them when travelling, and they can store it in their libraries for future reference."
Customers for Electronic Pratt's OilGuard News pay $1,750 a year -- about $300 more than the print version -- plus phone charges. In cases where central mainframe computers of large companies forward the transmission to individual readers, "we save on distribution costs by reaching many users with a single transmission," says Mr. McFadden.
The service is being promoted by direct mail, telephone marketing, telex, fax and personal sales calls. "We hope to regain subscribers who gave up OilGuard News because of late delivery," says Mary Levi, sales manager for Commodity Future Traders Stocks & Bonds Options. Marketing campaigns are targeted to areas of unreliable postal service, such as South America, the Middle East and Far East.
"But we're also going after customers who never subscribed before," she adds. "There's a new generation of oil company managers who are used to getting their information on computer screens rather than in print." Electronic OilGuard News has been demonstrated at several industry trade shows, including the National Petroleum Refiners Association convention in San Antonio.
Exxon has already signed up and other clients have "expressed a strong interest," says Ms. Levi.
Electronic Pratt's OilGuard News is not designed as a total replacement for the print version. "We still have a sizable number of customers who want the newsletter in print," states Ms. Levi. "They feel comfortable with that format. It's easy to take with them when travelling, and they can store it in their libraries for future reference."
Thursday, June 2, 2011
UP NEXT: How much does it cost?
For some odd reason, all 45 of you readers on Wednesday, June 1st, my blog-o-sphere (My Voice?) has been acting up. By accident, "How Much Does It Cost?" got posted on "Denise Dances" instead!
(By accident? or Design? there are no accidents!!!...* * * :)
See you all here next week, live from the Groton Library, home of the raaaaaams!
Until next week,
Denise
(By accident? or Design? there are no accidents!!!...* * * :)
See you all here next week, live from the Groton Library, home of the raaaaaams!
Until next week,
Denise
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
How Much Does It Cost?
Whoops! Check out my latest post to Fool's Gold on...http://dancingdeniseshorelineswing.blogspot.com
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