The fist of time beats soundly, Upon the writer’s door; If ever he ignores that knock, He’ll be a scribe no more.
Michael Becker escaped alive after three years as a beat reporter for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and wound up, somehow, writing about engineering for Montana State University.
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This text was written in response to the Pressure nudge and was published on November 24, 2008.