[Md-sligo] I got a poem accepted

[Shickeytha Chandler]

ps: Congrats on the poem being published!

On 11/3/17, Shickeytha Chandler <shickeytha at gmail.com> wrote:
> Shawn,
>
> I did not realize you are a statistician--very cool. I would like to
> have a conversation with you sometime about which software programs
> you use and workarounds that you have found. I have an undergraduate
> degree in Accounting and Masters in Public Administration, and my
> current job is likely to involve some statistics once I get further
> into it.
>
> Shickeytha
>
> On 11/3/17, Jacobson, Shawn D via MD-Sligo <md-sligo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Yasmin
>>
>> Thank you for the good words.
>>
>> Acutally, in the days of computers in which we live, statistics is a lot
>> less about calculations than it was when I was growing up.  It is a lot
>> about communicating with numbers.  To be a good statistician you have to
>> figure out the truth the numbers are trying to tell you and get it in to
>> a
>> report with the best tables, charts, etc. That you can use to tell the
>> numbers' story.  So statistics is about communicating with numbers and
>> writing fiction / poetry is about communicating with words.
>>
>> Once again thanks.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>> From: MD-Sligo [mailto:md-sligo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Reyazuddin,
>> Yasmin via MD-Sligo
>> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2017 8:10 AM
>> To: Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland <md-sligo at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Reyazuddin, Yasmin <Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov>
>> Subject: Re: [Md-sligo] I got a poem accepted
>>
>> Shawn,
>> It is great to know that a person who works as a statistician can write
>> fiction and poetry.
>> Keep up the good work. When you are done with crunching the numbers you
>> play
>> with words.
>>
>>
>> Yasmin Reyazuddin, Customer Service Representative II
>> MC311 Customer Service Center
>> Office of Public Information
>> 1401 Rockville Pike., Suite #300
>> Rockville, MD 20852
>> phone: 240-777-0311
>> email:
>> yasmin.reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov<mailto:your%20name at montgomerycountymd.gov>
>>
>>
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>>
>> From: MD-Sligo [mailto:md-sligo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Jacobson,
>> Shawn D via MD-Sligo
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>> Subject: Re: [Md-sligo] I got a poem accepted
>>
>> Thank you for all who commented on my message.  Thank you for the good
>> words
>> and encouragement.
>>
>> The poem will be published in Bewildering Stories the week of December
>> 4th.
>> The title will be "Star Watch".  The editors felt like "Stars" was too
>> generic a title and wanted in jazzed up some.  We went back and forth on
>> titles yesterday and came up with this one.
>>
>> Once again thanks for the support.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>> From: Jacobson, Shawn D
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>> Subject: I got a poem accepted
>>
>> Just wanted to let you all know that I got a poem accepted by Bewildering
>> Stories.  Again, this did not pay out any money, but it is an online
>> magazine that accepts work from the wider world, not just the
>> disabilities
>> community.  So I'm doing my happy dance.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
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