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 This
is clearly one of the best installments of EDN's
Tales from the Cube series that I remember reading. The anecdote
told has everything a good story needs - a catchy introductory paragraph
("Having trouble?" my boss asked, looking over my shoulder. I wanted
to say, "No, my design is failing exactly the way I intended."), a body
that retains the reader's interest and builds an anticipation for the
conclusion (a crescendo, so-to-speak), and then delivers on the promise
with an ending that utterly gives closure and justifies your attention
and time. You finish being glad you read it. My junior year college
creative writing professor would surely have given writer Steve Lubs
an A+ for his 500[+73]-word essay. The story has a moral lesson to boot!
Posted August 6, 2013 |