| 单词 | jotting |
| 例句 | Soon afterward he began jotting notes and sketching features for a building he planned to erect on the lot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He read each one carefully, jotting responses in the margins so that a staffer could prepare a reply or forward a concern on to a cabinet secretary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Otto whipped out his notepad jotting that down, another deduction—and maybe one more maneuver—came to mind. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He had been interested in emotions and expressions in people and in animals since his first notebook jottings, through the observations of animals and his own children. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks right at me and gets to jotting in her little notebook. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Now I must communicate with M. Minkoff and make some jottings for my lecture at the kickoff rally. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was ready with my pad for jotting down random thoughts I could use later in my writing, just in case the tar pits turned out to be super boring. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Count Rugen was about to begin his nightly experiments at that dusk, gathering up his notebooks from his room, filled with all his jottings. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe I will,” I said, jotting down the name. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto flipped his pad open, striking out prior summations and jotting new ones. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He has evidently some deep problem in his mind, for he keeps a little note-book in which he is always jotting down something. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I started visiting bookstores in Johannesburg with a notebook in hand and would read scores of tennis and exercise books, jotting down pointers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked back to see her mom jotting something on a notepad. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The man was jotting in a notebook, except he wasn’t a newspaper reporter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Very funny,” he said dully, jotting an entry into his journal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When Harris, jotting down conditions of the game that would have to be written into the contract, heard that, she blanched a bit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, of course. There are all of my notes and jottings. We must never let them fall into the hands of my mother. She may make a fortune from them. It would be too ironic.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nazario brought out his ledger and started jotting down some numbers. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In between setting up, he found time to make some notebook jottings, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sohrab’s bed is the last one around the corner, the one nearest the nurses’ station where two nurses in green surgical scrubs are jotting notes on clipboards, chatting in low voices. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She spends a few hours poring over them and jotting notes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z "Okay," said Jenny, who’d started jotting down notes in a small spiral notebook. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Eventually, after going back and forth, in his mind about who he’d want to live with, and messily jotting his thoughts in the notebook, the smooth, dark road hypnotized Genie, finally coaxing him to sleep. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z That afternoon when Gabriel was collecting some of his things from my room, and I was jotting down some ideas in my notebook, he looked up at me and froze in place. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Luce smiled to himself, jotting in his notebook. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Suzman listened attentively, jotting down what I said in a small notebook, and promised to take these matters up with the minister of justice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was listening, and jotting in my notebook, as press, radio, and television people called, all of them wanting the Muslim reaction to the quoted attacks of these black “leaders.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Harlem’s numbers industry hummed every morning and into the early afternoon, with the runners jotting down people’s bets on slips of paper in apartment house hallways, bars, barbershops, stores, on the sidewalks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They were intently following the election returns, jotting down the results as they were announced, when they saw Trueba on the screen, looking older and more stubborn than ever. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And some of them bore jottings, also in Chinese, in their margins. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, Genie had just finished jotting down his star question when he heard Grandma’s car pull into the yard. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z But Britten was jotting something on a pad, his face pale and hard in the yellow glare of the suspended electric bulb. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “No one takes advantage of us now,” Frankie boasted, jotting another entry into his ledger. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She had been jotting the callers’ names in Morrie’s small black appointment book. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rembrandt was a prolific draftsman who was constantly jotting down observations of daily life and other ideas for further development. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s gonna be so good when it’s done,” she said, jotting down my blood pressure. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Newt hadn’t moved from his chair, where he sat jotting notes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I must give this some space in my notes and jottings.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve done our duty by baptizing the,”' Úrsula would say, jotting down in a ledger the name and address of the mother and the place and date of birth of the child. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He never wrote out fair copies of these jottings for me, fugitive as were the marks and impossible of interpretation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The only thing was, when I tried to picture myself in some job, briskly jotting down line after line of shorthand, my mind went blank. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I need not have worried about the former; no one in the audience or on the stage had paid the least attention to my jottings. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Before Sachs left the White House that day, Watson was already jotting down names for a committee to investigate the military applications of fission. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Dalton paused, wet his lips with his tongue, and looked down over the small knot of men whose hands were busy jotting his words down upon their white pads of paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius had actually spent the morning sitting at Eads Plaza watching the harbor traffic and jotting some notes about the history of shipping and Marco Polo in a Big Chief tablet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when he was with me, he would telephone home and spend as much as five minutes rapidly jotting on a pad the various messages which had been left for him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After I had finished jotting down the letters in Yiddish, my left hand kept moving, but it was only to repeat the question in Russian. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Many of us who are not even artists engage in this sort of thing, in constant doodling and scribbling and jotting without purpose. White Cube drawing show: The thin grey line 2010-07-20T20:31:00Z And then there was Joyce’s manner of assembling his jottings: The Rough Read That Was ‘Ulysses’ 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z He began jotting down observations from his travels and his encounters with people from all walks of life, thinking he’d compile these little vignettes into his next book. Guns N’ Roses star Duff McKagan reveals what led to his surprisingly countrified new album, ‘Tenderness’ 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The exhibition includes a photograph of a smiling Graham clasping Capote’s hand, with New York Times reporter Charlotte Curtis jotting notes on a pad in the background. A new exhibit casts legendary Post publisher Katharine Graham as an accidental feminist trailblazer 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z On Jan. 2, Ms. Brandon was back at it with her daily planner, jotting down her New Year’s resolutions and some more wishes. She Wanted a Mate, He Needed a Mower 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Instead, he will apply his jottings to large colored polyurethane balloons of different shapes that will hover above the performers. Shen Wei Revives ‘Map,’ a Work from 2005 2014-04-11T21:47:13Z Looking at some of my handwritten jottings, I see that I’ve scribbled, “What stalks the land?” This Week in Fiction: Danielle McLaughlin 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z For several years, Thorn was a full-time parent, not even jotting down lyrics in her notebook. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt: Everything but the grief 2010-05-26T20:45:00Z Gould’s jottings, mostly in black felt-tip pen, are not always legible. Glenn Gould’s Bach Score Surfaces, Scrawls and All 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z In The Newsroom, it feels like Sorkin spent two years watching cable news and jotting down comebacks, then handed us the notebook. Dead Tree Alert: Blowhardball: The Not-So-Special Comment of HBO’s The Newsroom 2012-06-21T12:53:34Z A chalkboard is for jotting down quick reminders. For Mother’s Day, make a colorful gift to keep Mom organized 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z They were, he says, "so awful" that he started jotting down their conversations during meetings, and soon began to form an idea for a fictional parody of them. A life in books: Tim Waterstone 2010-09-08T07:00:00Z He has a diary-size notebook out and is making occasional jottings. The secret world of liggers: ‘Free booze is everywhere’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Other portions of the workshop were spent brainstorming ideas for slowing down or jotting down lists of things participants like. Trying to Process Your Q3? Journal About It. 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z I stopped jotting down those tricks at a certain point, perhaps after a fan representing a storm gale blew my notebook’s pages about. Review: ‘Once on This Island,’ Revived and Ravishing 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z So, late one night, I logged onto the Social Security site and began jotting ideas from the Top 100 of the 1930s. First Person: The New Baby-Name Anxiety 2013-05-31T20:39:26Z Through the months of development, I was keeping notes of images, phrases and other splinters of found language; and Arnie was jotting down shards of melodies and half-heard harmonies. Robert Macfarlane's Untrue Island: the voices of Orford Ness 2012-07-08T18:01:01Z From this random jotting came a children’s adventure tale about a short fellow with hairy feet who is dragooned, much against his will, into a grand adventure. ‘The Hobbit’: overstuffed but jaw-dropping | Movie review 2012-12-13T03:01:34Z Banier brushed it aside as just the jottings of a writer. Mystery of the L'Oreal heir, 'Mr Nicolas' and the envelopes stuffed with euros 2012-07-03T21:39:13Z Freist said she was “electrified” when archivists opened several letters and found jottings on chalkboard tablets that had only survived unerased because of their sudden seizure. Long-Lost Letters Bring Word, at Last 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z In addition to his autobiographical jottings, Dexter Gordon was working late in his life on a treatment for a screenplay about the rise of bebop in the 1940s. A New Life of the Bebop Legend Dexter Gordon, Written by His Wife 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Director: Alfonso Cuarón is no doubt jotting down the names of people he wants to thank on Oscar night, and why not? Perspective | Denzel should get an Oscar nomination. He won’t, but here are more films and actors that deserve recognition. 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z As for the tools of her trade, when she’s jotting scenes on the go, she uses “just the notebook paper that has the three holes that goes into a binder which I don’t have.” At 66, Elizabeth Strout Has Reached Maximum Productivity 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z I’m always jotting down ideas on various pieces of paper throughout the week. Roz Chast in Full View (Body Scan Included) 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Since then, I’ve started jotting down names of other trails in the region that I want to bike this summer — and probably many summers hence, by the length of my list. Take a grand tour of New England — by bike 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z On the wall a large-scale drawing is scrawled with shorthand jottings like so many half-forgotten memories. This week's new exhibitions 2011-02-26T00:07:56Z My year featured a lot of jotting down addresses and directions on scraps of paper, a fair amount of relying on the kindness of strangers with smartphones, and not a small amount of getting lost. Don't fear the flip phone: My year of living archaically gave me back more than I lost 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z If you’re stumped for ideas, Mr. Shelley recommends grabbing a thesaurus and jotting down words that sound like either person’s first or last names. Tips for Creating the Perfect Wedding Hashtag 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Right before the interview begins, a point man will read aloud the team’s collective jottings. Confessor. Feminist. Adult. What the Hell Happened to Howard Stern? 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Weinstein has been increasingly upbeat coming and going from court, though in front of jurors he has mostly sat quietly at the defense table, chewing mints, jotting notes and occasionally dozing off. Weinstein declines to say whether he'll testify as rape trial nears end 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Pushkin began jotting down his old nursemaid’s stories in the 1820s while in internal exile at the family estate. ‘The Golden Cockerel’ Is a Ballet Bird With a Kick 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z He published one version of his jottings in 2007, just two weeks after Tony Blair left No 10. The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z Sitting in the corner to air dry, I decided to pass the time observing and jotting down ideas for my journal: The zen of journaling as you travel 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z He was also jotting down stories from his past life, one not many people knew about. The Chaos at Condé Nast 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z When I arrived, Carla was sitting with peculiar calm on her bed, a schoolteacher jotting notes. Cancer: The new normal? 2011-01-17T17:35:24Z When he uses a pencil, he handles it less like a draftsman and more like a writer, jotting down symbols and glyphs in his own shorthand. The power of the doodle: John Mills' art opens a door and lets your imagination walk through 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z He thought about the officers standing over his uncle, jotting all these details down for a report they were going to write up afterwards. Michael Rosen: ‘Stories hung in the air about great-aunts and uncles who’d gone’ 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z I gathered names and contact information of local business owners, jotting down numbers with very little intention of ever actually calling or visiting them. Searching for Bill Watterson 2013-04-07T17:00:00Z Her jottings about that time make up an extraordinary document. Jocelyn Pook: inspired by mental illness 2012-11-23T22:55:11Z Her lyrics are vulnerable but uncomplicated, as raw as journal jottings, or as slippery half-remembered inspirational quotes that floated out of the Internet and into the forefront of her consciousness. Review | Adele’s ‘30’ has more to offer than dazzling sadness 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z I do mind it when the viewer most likely to get something out of the show is a serial killer jotting down ideas for his vision board. Perspective | ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ used to feel provocative. Now it’s just exhausting. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Wearing a dark suit and tie, he sat, spectacles in hand, listening intently and jotting notes as prosecutors made their opening remarks. Mladic taunts survivors at start of genocide trial 2012-05-16T10:27:00Z He even took a break from his long-held habit of jotting down ideas and overheard conversations in a notebook, then gradually tried to start again — a painful process, it turns out. Matthew Weiner takes a break from TV and plunges into fiction with 'Heather, the Totality' 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Cave performs here in support of “The Sick Bag Song,” a new book about the band’s 2014 North American tour that began, yes, as jottings on the airsickness bags found in planes. Pop & Rock Listings for April 10-16 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Mostly, it’s the idle jottings of an actress who has played this part before, much better. Television Review | 'Kirstie Alley's Big Life': More Adventures in Trying to Lose Weight 2010-03-18T21:46:00Z Seth Perlow, an English professor at Georgetown University, finds the game much easier to solve when jotting out ideas with a pen and paper before entering words into the grid. Wordle is our new drug 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In the past, I've definitely been guilty of jotting down items like "Eat healthier!" or "Improve my cooking!" but with no clear parameters for how to quantify either, motivation can definitely wane. 3 New Year's resolutions that will actually help you in the kitchen this year 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Koenig would walk around the grounds of the cottage with a legal pad, jotting down ideas, while Batmanglij stayed in the house and tinkered with putting songs together. Vampire Weekend switch it up, some, on third album 2013-05-16T16:14:08Z And that's when you reach for a pen and some paper and starting jotting down thoughts, words and phrases. Top poetry writing tips: Rachel Rooney 2012-07-24T17:30:01Z He focused his work on the Hot 100 chart, which began in 1958, jotting down artists’ names and record information on index cards. Joel Whitburn, Tireless Researcher of Music Charts, Dies at 82 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The titles sound as personal as diary jottings: “Let me Out!,” How an Afro-Cuban Visionary Made a Man’s World Her Own 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Then, after jotting down his thoughts, he wanders to a corner room of his house where there hangs a portrait of his dead wife and children. Music Review: Reimagining Wagner’s ‘Meistersinger’ at Salzburg Festival 2013-08-05T21:45:01Z Besides a notebook for jotting down ideas in the middle of the night and a large yellow highlighter. James Rollins: By the Book 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z He kept somewhat haphazard records, jotting down customers’ names on index cards. Antiques: Edward Lycett, Designer for Faience Company, Brooklyn 2011-05-26T22:02:06Z After his death in 1935, the trunk was discovered, brimming with notes and jottings on calling cards and envelopes, whatever paper appeared to be handy. ‘Pessoa’ Is the Definitive and Sublime Life of a Genius and His Many Alternate Selves 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Other than that, the album is improvised, down to the words, which are like jottings about failing to communicate: “I can’t help you.” Kim Gordon, Ex-Sonic Youth, Never Trained for This Career 2013-09-06T15:39:47Z Planning to create a blog of her own, she found herself jotting elaborate descriptions of her daily ensembles. On Campus, Taking Fashion Seriously 2011-10-12T21:04:52Z They created the drawings in a few days, taking turns jotting phrases and images that might or might not be thematically related. Mario Schifano’s Excellent New York Adventure 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z He began jotting down ideas, small ones that would eventually lead to big ones. Rose’s Luxury chef Aaron Silverman masters the art of serious play She is jotting down notes in a journal devoted to the new novel. Real-life bullying experience weaves its way into award-winning author’s books 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Since then, I’ve started jotting down names of other trails in the region that I want to bike this summer — probably many summers hence, by the length of my list. Take a grand tour of New England — by bike 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z In my lunchbreak at work, I'll be working on my novel or jotting down snippets of dialogue, uploading the work to Google Docs, knowing I can consolidate everything at home and make it fit together. Nikesh Shukla: My desktop 2013-06-05T07:00:00Z Recalling these memories from the present day, he peruses his father’s diary, where he reads daily jottings of visits, arguments and an increasing regimen of alcohol. ‘My Struggle’: Book four of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s monumental memoir 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The words from “Lick Fat Boys” reappear as poems, puzzles and anagrams, alongside studious jottings about Roland Barthes and the information theorist Abraham Moles. Art Review: ?Keith Haring: 1978-1982? at Brooklyn Museum 2012-03-22T20:22:59Z Whatever it is, while taking notes about what is in your pantry, consider jotting down items that you don't need to re-buy because they will go unused. How to create a realistic grocery budget (and actually stick to it) 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z As the French waiter finishes jotting down their orders, he confirms their selections. From country music to "Kevin Can F**k Himself," the politics of pop culture's meat and potatoes man 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Closer examination reveals further traces of circulation: creases, small tears, cryptic jottings. Art Review: Spendable Art That?s Not for Sale 2011-06-02T21:33:14Z He was jotting down film titles to watch later for movie night. Barbra Streisand Is Ready to Tell All. Pull Up a Seat. 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The verse is written in an informal Sapphic quatrain, its stanzas sometimes impressionistic 'scenes' or vivid jottings. Poem of the week 2010-05-10T10:24:00Z But he never stopped plotting movies and jotting down story ideas. Filmmaker J. J. Abrams Is a Crowd Teaser 2011-05-29T01:23:02Z A folder labeled as notes from his “C.I.A. kidnapping” in 1973 is full of cryptic jottings recounting the details of his arrest in Afghanistan, at an airport in Kabul, after he fled the United States. New York Public Library Buys Timothy Leary?s Papers 2011-06-15T23:40:29Z Now French and American publishers have compiled a collection of previously unseen diary entries, jottings and poems which were inherited by Anna Strasberg, widow of Lee Strasberg, Monroe's friend and acting instructor. Marilyn Monroe's writings to be published in autumn 2010-04-28T15:37:00Z CS Lewis, alert to the greed of grief, confined his "jottings" to four notebooks, all that he could find in the house. Too much grief 2011-08-19T21:55:11Z This isn’t scripture, but rather a compendium of cuttings and jottings, an idiosyncratic commonplace book. ‘The Image Book’ Review: Godard Looks at Violence, and Movies 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Karla, a struggling stand-up comic, is furiously jotting in her notebook while trying out different versions of a new routine. Comedy, and sex, in the cancer ward? 'A Funny Thing Happened' goes there with glee 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Withers achieved staggering emotional breadth with such simple techniques, jotting lyrical thought-bubbles down on scraps of paper, then meditating on them until their durability felt worthy of a song. Perspective | Bill Withers, on repeat 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Painted black, the wood resembles a brushstroke in midair, hinting that even the simplest jotting owes its essence to nature. In the galleries: An artist pieces together his life story 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z This kind of literary fandom, as Geoff Dyer once wrote, in his case, about D. H. Lawrence, involves a backward reading in which “the finished works serve as prologue to the jottings.” What Color Were Kafka’s Eyes? 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z We started talking, arguing, laughing, jotting them down--and ended up with this list. Things Every Southerner Must Do! 2010-07-14T22:49:00Z A chance encounter, a sudden death, love at first sight, an overheard conversation, all belong, we imagine, not to a tightly plotted thriller but to the erratic jottings of a distracted dreamer. The Infatuations by Javier Marías – review 2013-03-01T17:30:01Z The Seattle chanteuse is a collector of stories and people, jotting down snippets of eavesdropped conversations on napkins to use in her songs. Carrie Clark to play Columbia City Theater 2011-09-29T21:23:32Z For anyone jotting down thoughts in the journal, it’s also a reminder of the power of bold, direct statements. Books and Museum Treats for Art Lovers 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z When I went into labor during a town budget meeting, I was jotting down contraction times in the margin of an agenda. “I didn’t feel fit to be a mother:” I was holding it together, pushing through, getting by, and then one night, I wasn’t 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z After each successful encounter, he made a little notation, jotting down a snippet of the conversation, such as someone’s job or favorite team. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z About 400 of Mr. DeBellevue’s sketches, jottings and proposals — mostly relating to works that were never realized — paper the walls of the narrow gallery. What to See in New York Galleries This Week 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z As it does, Bell is jotting it down in media as fleeting as the home page on a digital newspaper. Review | In the galleries: Artists join forces to adorn a wall that will come tumbling down 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The players are also the judges, jotting down notes and arguing points of procedure. Review: In ‘Chevalier,’ the Manly Games Played on the Aegean 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z According to The Messenger's Adam Klasfeld, Trump later put his in-house frustrations to paper, jotting notes, "noisily" complaining to his attorneys and sometimes punctuating his dissent with head shakes and points. Legal experts warn Trump is risking judge's wrath after "noisily complaining" in courtroom 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Valeria listened carefully, jotting down every detail, a friend's arm round her back for comfort. Yury Garavsky: Swiss trial acquits man who admitted abducting Belarus politicians 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Let John Denton’s doggerel stand in for all the great jottings that didn’t make it into “Dear California.” An L.A. literary scholar confesses: California was my first love 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Photographers in parliament last fall caught him jotting down unflattering adjectives next to her name: “presumptuous, bossy, arrogant, offensive.” Berlusconi’s death leaves fate of his personal party, and Italy’s government, in the balance 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Calling his work “profoundly” autobiographical, Mr. Koren said he got his ideas by leaving the house and observing the world around him, jotting down quick sketches in a notebook. Edward Koren, cartoonist who drew his shaggier alter-ego, dies at 87 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z But when he and the other lawyers learned a deal was coming together early Tuesday afternoon, he started jotting down notes on a small, white piece of paper. How Hard Lines in Fox-Dominion Deal Talks Suddenly Softened 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Those are the jottings of what amounted to a criminal enterprise. Opinion | Decades of Catholic clergy sex abuse in Baltimore finally come to light 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Summarizing meetings and jotting down the notes in a tidy, easily scannable format. How ChatGPT and Bard Performed as My Executive Assistants 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z After every plate appearance, each player opens the binder and self-evaluates her at-bat — jotting down what went right or wrong for the rest of the team to study during the game. Lightridge lacrosse keeps building; Riverside softball off to hot start 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z “I think keeping a diary is really helpful,” Tirumalasetty said, whether that’s tracking your symptoms in the calendar on your phone or jotting them down in a notes app or a physical notebook. Are allergies making you tired, or is it COVID … or something else? 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z UW’s coaches weave through the drills with clipboards, jotting individual grades and notes. Here’s how the Huskies are pushing past prosperity through constant competition 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The text, however, evokes a stack of index cards with jottings from an indefatigable researcher unbound by historical limits. Review: 'The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci’ is more impressively acrobatic than it is exciting 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z It was the same on the bus from Fairfield to Manchester: Every person that got on, I'd be jotting down what they were wearing, and how they were talking to their friends. The Courteeners' debut album makes historic 15-year journey to number one 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Silén aimed to complete a census as thoroughly as possible for flower-loving bugs in the area, jotting down the records of 17 plant species near rivers and churchyards. Climate change means more flies and fewer moths and bees, study says 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z In December 2006, Mr. Romney, jotting notes on a legal pad, led a family meeting at his Utah home with a fire blazing, as shown in the documentary, “Mitt,” which is available on Netflix. Jingle Bell Time Is a Swell Time to Decide About a 2024 Campaign 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z He was due to be sentenced on Thursday at Wood Green Crown Court, which had received a letter Judge David Aaronberg KC described as "jottings and scribblings on a piece of paper". Claire Foy stalker 'likely to become a pest again' 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z While jotting down a few stray thoughts and details, I turned a page in my notebook and came across a drawing, something my 6-year-old daughter had doodled in bright-orange crayon. Review: 'Aftersun,' one of the year's great debut films, is a piercing father-daughter story 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z She listens while jotting down notes on a legal pad to prepare her response. How Jessica Tarlov of 'The Five' became a liberal star on Fox News 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Mr. German listened intently, calming their jitters and jotting notes in his notepad. A Slain Reporter, a City of Sin and a Politician Charged With Murder 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Rick Shipherd raised his fists or waved his hand in the air between jotting notes at each turn. La Mirada teen swimmer Kayla Han makes national waves with Paris 2024 on horizon 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Maffei listens earnestly, a study in constituent service, while jotting notes in a pocket-size journal. Can Global Shipping Be Fixed? One Regulator Will Try. 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Braun, listening intently, at one point took a pen and began jotting down notes as Ms. Baldwin spoke. Pitching G.O.P. on Gay Marriage Bill, Baldwin Leaves Nothing to Chance 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z But outside of jotting essential to-dos and must-buy groceries on sticky notes, my other line of defense from getting overwhelmed by the flailing tentacles of life is an Android widget called Stuff. The Verge’s favorite tools to stay organized 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z When he has a stable internet connection, he still coaches his students on their studies, often jotting down an algorithm on a piece of paper, snapping a picture of it and texting it to them. As they wait for weapons, Ukrainians hold the line with Soviet artillery 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z There’s also a built-in notes app for jotting down quick thoughts into a floating window. How to use Raycast and how it compares to Spotlight and Alfred 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Outside the Queen’s Stand, a pensioner with a Bic pen was jotting notes and numbers onto the folded pages of a betting form. Queen Elizabeth misses a favorite horse race, but top hats and fascinators abound 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z A nurse flagged her case as “serious,” jotting down a growing list of symptoms that now included weakness, a sore throat, cough and acid reflux. They were sick and dying in ICE custody. The agency released them, avoiding responsibility 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Taking up Poe’s challenge, Baudelaire’s jottings are bluntly honest, usually provocative, frequently ugly and misogynistic. Review | Finding wisdom in Charles Baudelaire’s mad scribblings 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The 9i has a more limited port selection with just a single USB-A and two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports, but it features an integrated stylus for drawing or jotting down notes. The 16-inch HP Omen gaming laptop is its lowest price ever at HP 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Owen is entirely believable as a developing writer, jotting down his recollections and observations as the building blocks of his project to become an artist and a better human being. Review | Lee Cole’s ‘Groundskeeping’ is an empathetic portrait of people across the political spectrum 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Microsoft is now adding more than 50 templates so it’s quicker to start jotting down ideas, and there are new contextual reactions for instant feedback from colleagues. Microsoft updates Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint to be hybrid work ready 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z But outside of jotting essential to-do’s and must-buy groceries on sticky notes, my other line of defense from getting overwhelmed by the flailing tentacles of life is an Android widget called Stuff. The Verge’s favorite tools to stay organized 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Though the stylus works fine for occasionally jotting down notes and doodling, it’s far from as fluid or precise as Apple’s. Chrome OS tablets are getting fancier but not better 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z I used them all day, every day, jotting down notes about every frustration and all the joy I experienced with these monster screens just a foot or two from my face. LG C1 OLED vs. Samsung Odyssey Neo G9: the perfect monitor doesn’t exist 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z “This was just someone jotting down notes. … A lot of these are not correct,” she said. Accuser’s credibility attacked at Ghislaine Maxwell trial 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Plan future tasks: Keep a whiteboard in the kitchen for jotting down tasks you’d like to get done throughout the week. Get a cleaner kitchen in 10 minutes, 30 minutes or an hour 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In fact, she began working on “My Body” without anyone but herself in mind, jotting down notes on her phone as they occurred to her. The Emily Ratajkowski You’ll Never See 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z His last act before turning in: jotting down notes with memories from the playoff run. No Sprite, no spite: Braves’ Anthopoulos beaming as WS champ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z He spent hours driving around in his black Dodge Durango, jotting down the comings and goings of various Muslims who for one reason or another had fallen into the post-Sept. ‘I Helped Destroy People’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Researchers have spent decades combing through European and West African archives to craft a portrait from the jottings of French officers, British traders and Italian missionaries. They were the world’s only all-female army. Their descendants are fighting to recapture their humanity. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Everything remains on a small scale, but Taylor is constantly jotting down new ideas. Cleared to earn money, college athletes tap creative sides 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z He poured his extra time into music, jotting down lyrics in journals and divining chords with Kaylin. Ex-Trojan Chris Brown drowned in a Malibu pool; his death opened a window into his life 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z We decided to work on a compilation of thriving alternatives from around the world—jotting down 20 possible ideas on the back of an envelope. These Alternative Economies Are Inspirations for a Sustainable World 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The jury appeared to pay close attention during the DNA testimony, with at least three jotting notes in their court-issued notebooks. Mollie Tibbetts murder: Blood in suspect's trunk came from slain Iowa woman, analyst says 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z To keep it up during her downtime seemed important; she continued jotting down recipes as she and her housemates kept making each other food. How a Seattle line cook found community during COVID-19 by creating a restaurant industry cookbook 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z She read a book of criticism by the Irish novelist George Moore, jotting down a quote from it that seemed pertinent: “The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.” The Woman Who Made van Gogh 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Boston keeps an eye on what’s happening, tweeting updates when needed, while also jotting down live notes about every new lore development. Living the Dream SMP 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z The French judges gathered in Paris and, one by one, sampled the Chardonnays and Cabernets in a blind tasting, making notes and jotting down their impressions. Steven Spurrier, vintner who turned the world on to Napa Valley wines with a single tasting, dies 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Over eight months beginning in 1877, Schiaparelli stared at the planet through a telescope on a Milan rooftop, quickly jotting down its surface features and refining his drawings later. How these feuding map-makers shaped our fascination with Mars 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Mokhtar confirmed, peppering the woman with questions and jotting down answers. Charity in Egypt is an oasis of care amid misery of the pandemic 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z His printed draft had whiteout and other jottings indicating clearly it was not a final version. Why a top Pentagon civilian just lost his job 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Bush said he began writing it while traveling from Nashville to Texas by bus, jotting down lyrics on a paper sack that someone had used to bring him a cheeseburger: Johnny Bush, country singer whose ‘Whiskey River’ became a Willie Nelson staple, dies at 85 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z She watched her mother in the kitchen, jotting down recipes to preserve the family history since her ancestors — like many Sri Lankans — never measured their spices and ingredients, she said. Mercer Island cookbook author brings the flavors and spices of Sri Lanka to the Pacific Northwest 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Image: Apple I primarily use my phone for texting, reminders, jotting down notes, checking Slack, surfing the web, and occasional phone calls. The iPhone 12 mini seems like the small iPhone I’ve been waiting for 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z She suggested spending 10 to 20 minutes a day jotting down a list of worries, and for the rest of the day, redirecting the mind to the activities at hand. Election, coronavirus causing stress? Experts say to limit news consumption 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Vargas spent the weekend calling his parents every three hours, jotting their symptoms down in a notebook. One man's Covid crusade in rural America 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The only sound in the room aside from her questions is the scratch of her pen jotting down the answers to her series of questions: When did symptoms show up? Contact tracing means long hours for public health nurses 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z After jotting down several pages of largely handwritten notes, he looked to a eulogy he had given two years earlier for a close friend, Pete McLaughlin, who died at 45. Joe Biden, Emissary of Grief 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z In Dr. Brooks’s research, she found that jotting down one to three topic ideas before the conversation starts lowers anxiety during the conversation and increases the enjoyment of the interaction. How to Have a Fun Conversation Again 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Certain that nothing was ever going to happen, I started jotting down the action of each episode. Normal People is little more than a gutless soap opera for millennials | Jessa Crispin 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z At dinner he sat by himself, jotting down notes. Road trips, yoga and LSD with the dentist: what the Beatles did next 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Then, in a fit of inspiration, Mak started jotting down lyrics to a song — a parody she hoped would lighten the mood at an upcoming charity event. The coronavirus is inspiring memes, parodies and art in Asia as a way to cope 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z In this case, Ennis started by scanning the internet, searching for images associated with Bryant, jotting down 30 or so that might work on a mask. Unmasking the artist behind John Gibson's tribute to Kobe Bryant 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z During lulls, they’ve turned the adjacent women’s bathroom into a lounge and a news bureau, making calls, jotting notes and taking time for themselves to recharge. AP PHOTOS: A corps of women covering the Weinstein trial 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Chinese officials covet attention from the global stage, and images of foreign reporters jotting down their comments at news conferences are a staple of state-controlled evening news shows. Inside The Wall Street Journal, Tensions Rise Over ‘Sick Man’ China Headline 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z As with Dept. of Speculation, the narrative is crafted from short, resonant passages, rarely longer than three or four sentences, that read like diary jottings, conversation fragments, jokes, quotations, trivia or poetry. Jenny Offill: ‘I no longer felt like it wasn’t my fight’ 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Weinstein was jotting notes in a thick yellow notebook through most of Haleyi’s account, but looked at her and shook his head when she described their encounter. ‘No, no, no’: Harvey Weinstein accuser details alleged assault 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Most senators have been generally attentive and compliant with the rules, diligently jotting down notes and stretching their legs by standing solemnly behind their desks. Senators Battle a Persistent Impeachment Foe: Their Own Restlessness 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z He said he was passing the time by jotting down the “half truths” he says the managers have told. Democrats appeal to history, but senators struggle to sit through lesson 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z A fitness enthusiast, he often conducts meetings during long walks, occasionally jotting notes on his hand. Mohammed bin Zayed’s Dark Vision of the Middle East’s Future 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Greer called a friend of her mother’s and borrowed the money, jotting down her card details over the phone. They loan you money. Then they get a warrant for your arrest 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z “I grab a legal notepad and start jotting down notes as he is talking to me,” Ms. White-Cain writes in “Something Greater.” Paula White-Cain, Christian counselor for Trump and now W.H. adviser: ‘I find myself inspired’ 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z He had spent weeks jotting down their shoe sizes, preferred brands and styles, then hired a company to paint them red, white and blue with lettering for first-responder units. Tuesday Sports in Brief 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z She gives her viewers a vague instruction, for example, “Your target is a location,” and they get into a meditative state before sketching and jotting down what they see. Psychic future: what next for the ‘precog economy’? 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z So this feature is most convenient with apps and sites that you plan to use primarily on the iPhone, to spare you the hassle of jotting down strange email addresses and their passwords. How to Make the Most of Apple’s New Privacy Tools in iOS 13 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Rather than lavish drawings, Saar’s sketches read as visual notations jotting down something in the mind’s eye — a kind of memo-to-self, written with the simple directness of a grocery list. Review: At LACMA, Betye Saar's distinctive assemblage art probes American racism 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Jamie showed herself to be an independent reader and writer from an early age, he said, and is a diligent organizer, continually jotting down goals in planners. Seattle’s Jamie Margolin is 17 and a climate activist. On Wednesday she testifies before Congress. 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z At the suggestion of his father, Ottavino began jotting down thoughts in his cellphone in 2012 because his mind wandered too much on the mound. The Secret to Adam Ottavino’s Calm: A Little Black Notebook 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z She attended nearly every panel, jotting things down in a small black notebook and occasionally calling out suggestions if the speakers seemed at a loss for ideas. Olga Tokarczuk’s Novels Against Nationalism 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z It passes for imagination and derring-do, rather than the jottings of an ill-prepared egomaniac. Of course Boris Johnson wants a royal yacht. He’s the king of fake-it-till-you-make-it | Suzanne Moore 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z I started jotting down names, phone numbers, addresses. “Uncle Jim Called” 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z A facts-and-figures freak, Dufner routinely brings his own notebook to test sessions, jotting down copious notes with special attention paid to launch angle, spin rate, peak height and landing angle. U.S. Open 2019: Tiger Woods might just win the U.S. Open, according to one important PGA Tour stat - Golf Digest 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Desks were set up in a semicircle facing the board with students jotting notes and thumbing through the pages of the book. English teacher helps prison inmates improve as students 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z You may find yourself jotting things on sticky notes or even keeping a note open on your phone, but it will never be organized in the best way possible. From Salon Marketplace: Achieve goals in style with this modular notebook 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z At one desk, a girl with banana-colored fingernails begins jotting down some of the hallmarks of abuse: Physically hurting you, verbally abusive, can be one-sided. Amid #MeToo, states debate teaching consent to kids 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z A high school dropout who sees herself as an eternal student, Grey is always jotting down book titles, quotes, names of people to meet. Cassandra Grey, L.A.’s high priestess of beauty 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z In the series, he is masterfully played by Colombian actor Andrés Parra, who depicts him as a vengeful nerd — awkwardly adjusting his hair and perpetually jotting down notes. ‘Narcos’ vs. narco novelas: In Latin America’s cartel TV shows, a compelling complexity 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The sky overhead glowed eerily as Yellowbird-Chase spoke to an anonymous tipster on her mobile phone, jotting notes on the back of a receipt. The amateur sleuth who searched for a body - and found one 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z “He just thinks the game. The reason I knew he wanted to be a coach then? He took a ton of notes. Every time I look up he’s jotting stuff down.” Doc Rivers' coaching career started in an unexpected place, and got off to an icy start 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Each day, sitting before dual monitors and jotting notes on her tablet, she takes calls from distraught sellers who have received the dreaded email from Amazon. Dirty dealing in the $175 billion Amazon Marketplace 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z When asked about new music, he demurs — claiming that he’s merely been jotting down thoughts, ideas and questions. Amid the accolades, Kendrick Lamar refuses to compromise his vision, keeping it homegrown 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Law spent an afternoon jotting down notes from Rowling who talked to him about Dumbledore’s life before becoming the world’s most powerful wizard. With J.K. Rowling’s help, Jude Law builds a new Dumbledore 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z When jotting down ideas for the Fantastic Four, Lee conceived them as real, living people whose personal relationships would interest readers. How Stan Lee's heroes helped the world 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Those “jottings” wounded a young woman’s reputation and were explained away by the judge as signs of fondness and friendship. Opinion | Who was this ‘good man’ you mentioned? Certainly not Brett M. Kavanaugh. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z A few personal messages, mostly initials and dates, mingle with the copious ledger-like jottings. Old Army depot now teems with wildlife in Iowa 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z The song begins breezily enough, with Gentry marking the time and place as if jotting it down in a diary. Four decades since Bobbie Gentry shunned fame, a new box set restores her unrivaled legacy - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Now they were standing in front of Simson, who was jotting notes in a black notebook, her 11th since Trump became president. As the decision loomed, anti-Kavanaugh demonstrators weighed on a Maine senator’s tiny staff 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z She stayed for seven years, clocking in at 2 a.m., clocking out at nine, then going straight to the public library to pore over cookbooks, jotting down recipes and refining her own. Why Two Chefs in Small-Town Utah Decided to Sue President Trump 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Included in her list of things that caused dismay, and mentioned first, was “when high school yearbook jottings can take a good man down.” Opinion | Who was this ‘good man’ you mentioned? Certainly not Brett M. Kavanaugh. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The conversation usually ends with the person taking photos of the bike and jotting down the name as a catalyst for future action. Ampler Curt e-bike review: electric doesn’t have to mean big and ugly 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z With the course submerged, Wolfner’s father began a tradition that Wolfner continues today: jotting down the height of the Meramec from nearby stream gauges along with its impact on the course. Flood thy neighbor: Who stays dry and who decides? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z I came up with these descriptions while jotting down notes on what I was feeling. A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Asonye’s synopsis of the government’s case kept most of the jurors jotting down his points in their notepads. Manafort on trial: A scorched-earth prosecutor and not a mention of Trump 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z A: Start by jotting down the names of companies you read or hear about that seem like promising investments. The Motley Fool: Useful tips on investing 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z Seven strangers sat at a dinner table in downtown Los Angeles, ringed by reporters jotting down notes, and set out to talk about race. Can a dinner conversation — or a hundred — ease racial division? 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Then I started jotting down the colors and getting color inspiration from there. Mario Dedivanovic's makeup collaboration with KKW Beauty drops Thursday 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Kim wore horn-rimmed glasses and was shown jotting down notes and speaking in a calm manner. Kim, Xi portray strong ties after N. Korean leader’s visit 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Notes on Camp was structured as a series of jottings rather than a formal essay because camp is a sensibility – a way of seeing – rather than a tightly definable idea. Rising camp: how an arch sensibility got political 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z She reviewed patient information, jotting notes before closing her laptop and exiting through the kitchen door. For low-wage school workers, lessons in survival 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z But the frog doesn’t actually spend much time at home, though you will spot it from time to time poring over maps or jotting down notes in a diary. The creators of Neko Atsume are back with a game about an adventuring frog 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z But as Maryland officials eyed the ballroom filled with business executives tapping on laptops and jotting notes, they also saw potential. Maryland plan to build toll lanes on Beltway, I-270 piques companies’ interest 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Google Maps is essential for saving locations, jotting quick notes and navigating. What Tech Tools Frequent Travelers Should Always Pack 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z This envelope jotting is not an attempt to wrestle with eternal verities, but it inevitably touches on them anyway. New Sentences: From Anne Fadiman’s ‘The Wine Lover’s Daughter’ 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Video spots start with that image, moving on to scenes of developers figuring out a problem in a hip office space, and a team eating at a lunch counter and jotting ideas on a napkin. Amazon’s cloud-computing unit takes a new approach in heated battle with rivals: advertising 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z In their downtime Brook and Robin are still designing an imaginary world, jotting down sketches and writing stories. Lonzo Ball may get the attention, but Brook Lopez is a key to the Lakers' success 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Typing on a Chinese, Japanese or Korean typewriter remained difficult, slow and tiring until the advent of the word processor; jotting characters on a piece of paper was much more efficient. History of technology: How China sidestepped QWERTY : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z As for Principles, the concept flowed from Mr. Dalio’s early practice of jotting down his observations about how markets worked. Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio Spreads His Gospel of ‘Radical Transparency’ 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The Spectre’s included pen is not as nice or as well-specced as the Surface Pen, but I’m not an artist and it works just fine for jotting down quick notes. HP Spectre x2 review: more imitation than innovation 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z For years, I’ve resorted to jotting places I went each day into my Google Calendar, as that’ll usually trigger memories of time spent there. My favorite travel logging app is also Google’s most controversial feature 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The idea was that just jotting down a few very quick, context-free thoughts every day to engage in the physical act of being thankful would accumulate over time and keep me focused on the positive. Perspective | I was so anxious, but then I started a gratitude journal 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s free, fast, and even supports markdown, making it perfect for jotting down quick notes, or, say, writing how-to guides to import into your site’s publishing system. How to make the most out of Windows 10 S 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z He keeps track, jotting down days and miles. 84-year-old man continues taking daily walks despite pain 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z He even carried around a notebook, jotting down 1-4 ratings of artwork he visited. How Pasteur’s Artistic Insight Changed Chemistry 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The new father was carrying around a notebook in which he was jotting ideas about the Joker. Heath Ledger's friends and colleagues talk about his 'gentle way' 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The random jottings have no relationship at all to what’s underneath, so that the manic seems at war with the structured, the mundane with the ethereal. Review: Who knew? Paul Allen Collection does abstraction at Pivot Art + Culture 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z On another page, I noticed jottings about a place that members of the Botocudo tribe had described to Fawcett as “enormously rich in gold—so much so as to blaze like fire.” The Lost City of Z 2005-09-12T04:00:00Z A jotting on the desk blotter says “Copper gas line missing – gone”. After the flood: 'No tourists please. Help welcome' 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Mr Haley said it included detailed notes in Latin and suggested the jottings could have been the work of a student analysing the playwright's work. Shakespearean notepad stuns Antiques Roadshow expert - BBC News 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z The president listened as the congressman ticked through his concerns, sipping from a glass of Diet Coke and jotting down notes with a thick, black Sharpie. ‘The closer’? The inside story of how Trump tried — and failed — to make a deal on health care 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z And for jottings, lists and doodles, you still can't beat the back of the envelope. How the invention of paper changed the world - BBC News 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Though medieval books often feature arbitrary jottings because parchment was expensive, no other random notes appear in the manuscript, which was dictated by the mystic between 1436 and 1440, initially to her son. Recipe found in medieval mystic’s writings was probably for ‘drugges’ 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z So he wrote to her, jotting down his feelings and thoughts. El Paso man mourning wife’s 2015 death shares loss online 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z So, I started jotting down ideas for a series of novels. The commuters who enjoy being creative with their time - BBC News 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z He always had been analytical, jotting down thoughts and lessons. Mike Tomlin’s confidence lets him brush off critics like Terry Bradshaw 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z In between begging, Roughol sat in the local park jotting his recollections in notebooks, which he handed over to Debré to edit. ‘It’s a miracle’: from begging in Paris to bestselling author 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z She stays busy jotting down memories for a possible book. Woman recalls her life as 1 of Playboy’s original Playmates 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z For us, it means jotting down what culture mattered this year and talking about that. Unforgettable Cultural Moments From 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Earlier, Newman had seen Palmer make that same gesture, but he needed a recurrence to feel confident jotting his discovery, in small and neat penmanship, into a notebook. Mind Over Body: Playing in the N.F.L. at 38 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z But it may be worth a look if you want something more affordable that’s easy to carry around for jotting down notes, watching Netflix and doing some light photo or video editing. The Ultimate Apple MacBook Buyer's Guide 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Mr Trump arrives with a tatty envelope scrawled with a few jottings on the back. Uncertain business 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Try jotting your thoughts on a piece of paper or using meditative breathing exercises to get to sleep. New York Today: Sleeping Better After Daylight Saving Time 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z They had found a search for pistols on Triana’s laptop and notebook jottings on guns that were for sale in her handwriting. The shocking murder of Spain’s most flamboyant politician | Giles Tremlett 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z So when inspiration struck, she did what any good songwriter on a deadline would do: She reached for her laptop that sat on her bamboo bath caddy and started jotting down lyrics. The anatomy of a song: 'Crazy Ex Girlfriend' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z And then there was the amateur genealogist said to be committing voter fraud by jotting down names found on gravestones. Scary Dogs! Rigged Machines! Votes From the Grave! This Election, Paranoia Reigns 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Down the hall, jottings for a crash course in Islam for recent converts were left scrawled on a whiteboard. In Coastal Libya, Islamic State Prepared to Build a Nation 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Fuller is a meticulous student of the game, and O'Brien said he often sees Fuller jotting down notes during meetings when he’s being given tips or criticism. Texans’ Fuller still looking to improve despite hot start 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Avoid confusion later by jotting down the person's name and a quick note or two about your conversation once you've parted ways. Make the Most of Law School Recruiting Events 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z According to the New York Times, the president began writing poetry when he found himself jotting his thoughts on cocktail napkins in airport lounges when working as a lawmaker a few years ago. Five Things to Know About Brazil's President, Michel Temer 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z All of it is better than jotting down new appointments on a paper calendar — mostly. Sunrise is dead, and so is the dream of an excellent calendar app 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Are you the kind of student who always carries around a notebook, jotting down your thoughts and turning them into poems? Earn Money for College Through Poetry Contests, Scholarships 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Many households use notepads, shopping list pads and other paper items specifically for scratch paper use, including making lists, jotting down notes, recording phone numbers and so on. 6 Smart Strategies for Cutting the Cost of Paper Products 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z With a pop, a bullet flew into the leg of a soldier standing next to him who was jotting the locations down in a notebook. The force leading the Iraq army’s fight against ISIS went from ‘dirty division’ to golden boys 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The MatePen is handy for jotting down occasional notes, sketching in Microsoft Paint and taking advantage of Windows 10’s handwriting feature, which turns scribbled notes into digital text. Review: This Gorgeous Windows Tablet Wants to Replace Your Laptop 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Among the painter’s threadbare jottings, Harrison found a reference to the suicide. Francis Bacon: creating order from chaos 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The football program is digital, but the coach’s personal stash of information is all handwritten, because “that’s how I learn, that’s how I remember things, is jotting notes, underlining, highlighting,” he said. DJ Durkin is tapping into the book of Meyer and Harbaugh at Maryland. Literally. 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z She wrote it in feverish outbursts, she said, sometimes jotting down details on her arm when she didn’t have paper or a laptop nearby. The Torturing of Mentally Ill Prisoners 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z On another, we find jottings about seating arrangements and ticket prices. The Terrifying Beauty of Mallarmé 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z When he’s not observing the production monitors set up on the table that shows the closeups the camera operators are capturing, he’s jotting down notes. A behind-the-scenes peek as 'American Idol' tunes up for its final bow 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z And I quickly began jotting down scenes of violence and near-violence, and gathering voices of angry, frustrated Trump supporters. Covering Donald Trump, and Witnessing the Danger Up Close 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z I was so embarrassed I hid my jottings in a coat pocket. You will win it, you can win it - Jeremy Vine's letter to Leicester 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z I decided to stop here because I almost had an accident just as I was jotting down this last sentence, when, on leaving the airport, I was driving home after the trip to Tokyo. Has the Internet Made Air Travel Irrelevant? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z And he continued to study the lottery results, jotting down long strings of numbers. China’s Homeless Find Shelter Under McDonald’s Golden Arches 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z She meditates or brainstorms ideas, jotting down notes for products she wants to develop for her lines, which are currently sold in more than 20,000 locations, including Saks Fifth Avenue and Space NK Apothecary. An Old-Fashioned London Conservatory With a Modern Edge 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z “I understood that their music was much bigger than them just writing, jotting lyrics on a piece of paper and rapping them or singing them,” he said. LeBron crashes into wife of golfer Jason Day in Cavs’ win 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z “We’ve gotten two conflicting narrations to that question,” said Lawrence Grandpre, research director of the advocacy group Leaders of Beautiful Struggle, who has attended the trial each day, jotting color-coded notes. First Trial in Freddie Gray Case Goes to the Jury 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Nervous restaurant-goers would be better off reading it at home and jotting down notes from the color-coded tables of wine pairings. The Five Best Wine Books for Beginners 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z They enter relevant information they hear about patients' ailments and doctors' advice in a computer, the preferred successor to jotting notes on a clipboard as doctors universally once did. Jobs for Medical Scribes Are Rising Rapidly but Standards Lag 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Take one and one, it’s better,” he said into the phone, before jotting down credit-card information. Mannequins Step In for Human Billboards, but Some Are Losing Their Heads 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Holding a 1.6-pound laptop screen in your hands is awkward, though cradling it like a clipboard—while jotting notes with the included pen—is surprisingly natural. Microsoft Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 Review: New Hope for Windows Hardware 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The youngest of eight children, Nero started jotting down memories and snippets of conversation with his oldest brother, David Nero Jr., in 2000. Memoirs by seniors offer lessons worth sharing 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z And as the afternoon waned, and the museum team’s flight back to D.C. approached, Starrs sat cross-legged on the floor, jotting down notes with her back to the Smithsonian’s most important dinosaur. ‘Nation’s T. rex’ stands upright for the first time in 65 million years — and he’s scary 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Note 5, as its lineage dictates, is aimed directly at those who want a productivity device, complete with a stylus for jotting notes and sketching ideas. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ vs. Samsung Galaxy Note 5 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The three judges bent over their desks, jotting notes and tallying points. 3 days of nerves, tears and joy: U.S. expats lead debate nerds in China 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Likewise, the Note 5 includes software tailored for jotting down notes with the stylus, while the S6 Edge Plus includes software that takes advantage of the curved screen. Samsung’s New Big-Screen Phones Differ in the Little Things 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z She sits at each meeting with a pencil and paper, diligently jotting down the many names, dates and places discussed in the readings. Weekly reading group takes trips down memory lane 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z There are lots of reasons for my sparse jottings of late. Drastic Times Call For Drastic Measures In Cybersecurity 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Sitting in a dimly lit bar in Japan, then graduate student Michael Lee was scribbling on a beer coaster as night fell, jotting down a list of chemical ingredients before he forgot them. Perovskite Solar Cells Could Beat the Efficiency of Silicon 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z She was too busy jotting notes as financial planner Jena Palisoul explained compound interest. Where broke millennials go to learn about money 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z When did you realise that these jottings could be a book? Nick Cave: ‘The idea of censoring things as you write, it’s something I don’t do’ 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z It can require an insider to decode the jottings in a margin or the oblique references in an e-mail. A Billion-Dollar Mirage 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Instead, she pulled out a legal pad and pen and began jotting down ideas for how to cheaply procure a vehicle for Burundi’s Roots & Shoots. Jane Goodall Is Still Wild at Heart 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z As a waitress, I would entertain myself between shifts by eavesdropping on customers and jotting their conversations on napkins. How Ditching Your Ho-Hum PowerPoint Presentation Can Make You A Star 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z He approaches his job with the narrow focus of a position coach and the macro view of a coordinator, jotting down notes, thoughts and ideas. Vague Job Outline Leads to Defining Role With Seahawks 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Or keeping a daily basketball diary as a teenager and jotting down everything he had done in practice. Good Passing Keeps Bellarmine Among National Leaders in Field Goal Percentage 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z I’m outlining this article on paper—a great medium for jotting down notes. Companies Benefitting Society 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z At 62, Young is one of the more senior members of the group but remains one of the most energetic, walking briskly with his clipboard and jotting down each bird that he sees. Birders spot snowy owl during annual Washington area Christmas Bird Count 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z One by one, from memory, the men reeled off their employee numbers - no names - to a man who methodically shuffled down the aisle, jotting down the details on a crumpled piece of paper. In Qatar, migrant workers paid to be sports ‘fans’ 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z All he needs is some kind of recording device—nowadays it’s an iPhone—and a pad of paper for jotting down ideas for lyrics. Aerosmith's Joe Perry On Creativity, Team Tensions And Why He Dresses Up For Work 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z He was often jotting down notes or following up on ideas. Robert Craves, co-founder of Costco, then student-aid nonprofit 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z “But there are ways to help yourself get started, like jotting it down in a notebook or typing it on your phone every time you spend any money.” Real Retirees Dish: My Biggest Nest Egg Regret 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Back in August, no one had it right with Cleveland “experts” and fans jotting down their predictions checklist for 2014. Are the Dallas Cowboys serious Super Bowl contenders this season? 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The little buffoon is laughing mightily and all his little yes men are jotting his gibberish down on their little pads. Kim Jong Un Still Missing; South Korea Plays Down Dictator’s Absence 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z “This floor hasn’t been washed in a month, you can tell, all this dirt,” she told Kenrick Duprey, an assistant superintendent, who trailed after her, jotting notes on a yellow pad. Guardian of a Brooklyn Housing Project 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Strolling around Nottingham, he takes photographs seemingly at random, jotting notes and mumbling about missing numbers. Getting on the map 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z He filled his notebooks but did not have to convert his jottings into an article under a tight deadline. Revered Essays on the Game Lead to a Hall of Fame Honor 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Scotchman, a petite 29-year-old with long eyelashes, listened intently, jotting things down in a pink notebook. Burger King Is Run by Children 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Organize your thoughts by jotting down all of your really cool stories. Overcome 3 MBA Application Challenges Facing Military Veterans 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Now, any casual jotting of figures, if one would care to call them that, does the job — not just loops, but arches and whorls as well. The autograph lives on long after the boys of summer are gone 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z For three hours, the teenager listened, transfixed and jotting notes all the while, as the woman pleaded for help, comforted an apparently injured Fred Noonan, and sometimes cried. Metal may offer clue to Earhart’s missing plane 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z So before jotting down personal references, consider what that person would say. How to Get Your References in Tiptop Shape 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Other regions became active when the volunteers started jotting down their stories. This Is Your Brain on Writing 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z And even though I found myself jotting down myriad mental notes on all the things that don’t work in the game, I still enjoyed myself much of the time. 'Bound By Flame' Review: Ambitious And Flawed 2014-05-09T17:51:00Z The notebook in which Roy had been jotting down her thoughts in small, precise handwriting lay open on the table, a fragile intermediary in a nearly century-old debate between giants. Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade 2014-03-05T10:00:02Z You should spend no more than five minutes reading a report and jotting down notes on what you want to discuss. You’re the Boss Blog: Introducing an Alternative to Performance Reviews 2014-02-10T12:00:55Z Dr. Miller paid close attention, nodding and jotting down notes in the pad on her lap. Well: Think Like a Doctor: A School of Red Herrings 2014-01-16T12:53:04Z When the confusion of a move was ahead of me, I was jotting every worry on a Post-it, lest I forget. The New Old Age Blog: The Getting Was Good 2014-01-02T19:45:04Z It was a low-key event, and Nunn mostly listened, jotting down their concerns and observations — about taxes, health care, burdensome regulations, difficulties obtaining loans — in a three-ring notebook. Michelle Nunn, Jason Carter hope to rechart the course of Georgia politics 2013-12-22T01:47:38Z He opens his e-mail, jotting down tips and asking questions: How was your footwork? Meade football player Will Huff Jr. maintains strong bond with his father in Afghanistan 2013-11-14T23:44:08Z Often he drives around the area, visiting real estate offices and jotting down phone numbers spotted on For Rent signs, and then reports back to Amy. Family Adapts to Coach’s Nomadic Profession 2013-08-09T17:48:45Z “I keep a notepad on me all the time, just jotting down little things that we need to work on or did work on recently,” Burns said. Keith Burns takes over Redskins’ special teams 2013-08-04T20:39:57Z He kept index cards on every one he encountered, jotting down addresses and license plate numbers. Crime Scene: Devil’s Head, Dead Chicken and a Swindle 2013-08-02T23:30:18Z Election officials at a school in Bamako used electric lamps to check ballot papers for thumbprints and witnesses sat at wooden students' desks jotting down results using mobile phones for light. Malians flock to vote in bid to rebuild broken nation 2013-07-28T22:33:40Z Kiefer, 70, said that she believed her brother always intended to be a writer, and her earlier memories of Sauer were of him jotting down his thoughts — “sometimes dark” — on the nearest sheet of paper. Filling In the Missing Pieces of a Jet’s Untold Story 2013-07-24T01:46:40Z Apple's notepad looks like yellow jotting paper, contacts are stored in a binder, and its golden compass sits on a wooden base. What is skeuomorphism? 2013-06-12T23:36:39Z “I found it was more important and more productive for me to be daydreaming and jotting down notes,” he said. Disruptions: Even the Tech Elites Leave Gadgets Behind 2013-05-12T15:59:01Z Despite the often calm refutation and allusions to Martin Buber, King’s prison jottings would acquire prophetic intensity. What Martin Luther King, Jr. did in Birmingham Jail: The prophet unbound 2013-04-23T22:13:21Z Kyle Shanahan spent long nights at the team facility, watching film and jotting notes — not about what the offenses were running, but how defenses were trying to stop it. Washington Redskins’ offense is the three-card monte of the NFL 2013-01-05T23:26:54Z A dozen or so reporters form a semi-circle around him as they wait and listen, occasionally jotting down notes. On the back roads of golf, tales from the tour 2012-12-25T17:23:14Z After jotting down about a half-dozen qualifications, Heisman sent the requirements to the club's executive committee, which approved them as written. The Quad: How the Heisman Came to Be 2012-12-07T18:19:26Z Her drawings and paintings were abstract works based on script forms that, to an American eye, most closely resemble cursive jottings or musical notes. Persian Calligraphy, Pouran Jinchi, Opens a Door to Modern Art 2012-10-17T19:20:57Z Spend a week or two keeping a patience journal, jotting down everything that causes you to lose yours. You! Too! Can Become More Patient 2012-09-20T16:50:00Z Kang Peng, 27, a student from Taiwan, took notes as he walked, jotting down names he wanted to learn more about: Astor. Unscenic Walking Tour Goes From Lower Manhattan to J.F.K. 2012-09-17T01:45:34Z The Note is designed to work well with a stylus for jotting notes and drawing on a screen, while styluses for other devices tend to be an afterthought. Samsung reveals new Galaxy Note II 2012-08-30T11:43:14Z Pros: Comes with a pen, for jotting notes and drawing on the screen. Galaxy tablet wields pen to take on iPad 2012-08-18T03:21:53Z And I found myself jotting down notes in order to seek out the songs Sullivan cited – one of which, Let Him Go, I am listening to right now. Pulphead: Dispatches from the Other Side of America by John Jeremiah Sullivan – review 2012-08-09T10:00:01Z The members who attended maintained a collective poker face, staring stoically at the audience and occasionally jotting down a note. At Hearing on Soda Ban, Strong Words Both Sides 2012-07-25T01:58:18Z For the first year of life, parents kept weekly logs of their children’s health, jotting down symptoms like coughing, runny nose and ear infections; they also noted when kids’ got prescribed antibiotics. Study: Why Dogs and Cats Make Babies Healthier 2012-07-09T22:05:14Z I use a ballpoint for my home jottings but always a fountain pen when at work, even though I'm a lefty! Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z In July, whilst staying at a country house near Shrewsbury, I one day came upon these shorthand jottings, and, having leisure-time upon my hands, set to work and put them into form. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Come on, no more time out for jotting down lines. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z They heard her to the end, jotting down the directions for finding her treasure. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The first entry was dated about a month previous to the time of reading, and seemed to be simply a rough jotting down of the important events in the castaway’s life for future reference. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z Would it be possible for the Man to do a sketch—just the smallest jotting—of Antonia, as a memento of the occasion? The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z "It might be made a Feature," said the architect, a little doubtfully, jotting down a note of it. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z For a while it seemed to me I was learning about myself and others through these jottings. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z I was, as you know, a Journalist before I was Lord Mayor; so, if you don't mind, I'll send you a few jottings. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z The detective had drawn up a pad of paper and was jotting down what Hatch imagined to be the description of a missing girl. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z Frequently they found her poring over its pages, picking out new words that pleased her fancy, as they would pick out the kernels of a nut, and jotting them down for future use. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Reaching my room I sat into the small hours looking over my notes, jotting down new ones, smoking and thinking. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z “New York Diaries,” edited by Teresa Carpenter, draws together diary entries, official records and even datebook jottings spanning 400 years and weaves them into a rich and unusual history of the city. City Room: New York Diaries, in the Author's Hand 2012-02-10T16:39:13Z The notebooks that he wrote in Spain and Wales were made up of similar disjointed jottings. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z From the foreign newspapers, while in his mother's custody, he jotted down the points of interest and sold his jottings to the London newspapers. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z I was sitting at the piano, jotting down an air that had come into my head. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z He went into details of the new operations and, when he had finished, Nairn, who had been jotting down some figures, looked up. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z While he admitted to jotting down lineups, Sveum, said it was “a little irrelevant” at this point, with the roster in flux. Sveum: Cubs have pitching to win in 2012 2011-12-06T22:10:00Z Boone, at intervals, moistened his dry lips with his tongue, and Haldane alone leaned calmly against a pillar jotting down figures in the notebook he held. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Up to the point last reached, my jottings down had been made with tolerable regularity. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z He carried a black duffel bag that carried files of paperwork given to him by the prosecution, with his notes and jottings in the margins. Crime Scene: Lee Anthony Evans, Defendant in Quintuple Killings, Awaits His Fate 2011-11-19T03:55:48Z He adjusted the recipe, jotting down numbers in a notebook. After Tsunami, a Baker Finds Purpose 2011-11-12T03:47:20Z It seems strangely like old times to me to be making these jottings in Pitman's shorthand. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Then began the questioning, conducted by the stout man from the district attorney’s office, while Lieutenant Culligore made an occasional jotting in his notebook. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Here it may not be amiss for me to recur to the form of my diary, whose inartistic jottings will best give the order of my days and movements. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Over the whole arc of the southern heavens, he saw long, beaded strands of infinitesimal points of fire, tangles, cross-hatchings, eddies and jottings of light—the lamps of Alexandria. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z He had shown her the first pages himself, with their odds and ends of verse, jottings and subjects, etc. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z He was working rapidly as he talked; putting papers in the safe, jotting down a few notes for the next day's work, trying to think of everything at once. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Donning his stable dress, he carried his boots into the hall and down the creaking stairs, and sat there, with solitary candle, at his desk, wearily jotting down inexorable figures. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z Then, jotting them down, he called Havana and some mysterious person and asked for the winning numbers. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z The major had dismounted, and by the gleam of a little folding lantern was jotting down some memoranda at the moment in the note-book he always carried. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z With such stories as these Petersen beguiles the time; I never tire of listening to them, and now amuse myself in jotting scraps of them down. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z But they had me jotting down new rhymes and calls. Voice of Yankees Draws High Ratings and Several Critics 2011-10-01T16:50:12Z The adjutant is jotting down the list of casualties in his note-book. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Billy Izzard had taken an old letter from his pocket and was making a jotting of the scene. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z It was his habit to write a book in the rough, jotting down the main facts and the dialogue. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z "As they learned to read and write, so did I," he told Reuters after quickly jotting down notes in the Arabic script used to write Dari, to approving nods from Afghan colleagues. From policing 9/11 to studying Dari in Afghanistan 2011-09-10T08:37:25Z Mr. Hall went inside to volunteer on the phones, continuing for several days, each evening jotting down the most vivid comments. On Religion: For One Boy, Bar Mitvah Lessons Bridge a Chasm of Cultures 2011-09-09T20:18:56Z Marissa Mayer, Google’s top executive for local and location services, initially wrote a more traditional Twitter message and Google+ post about the Zagat acquisition, jotting it down after a flight from California to New York. DealBook: The Press Release Gets Poetic 2011-09-09T00:32:47Z Levy spent his down time between practices and games, personnel moves, game planning and news conferences by jotting down notes — plot lines, character studies, anecdotes — and stashing them away for future reference. N.F.L. Roundup: Jaguars Release David Garrard 2011-09-07T01:48:17Z Levy spent his down time between practices and games, personnel moves, game-planning and news conferences, by jotting down notes — plot lines, character studies, anecdotes — and stashing them away for future reference. At 86, Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy opens new chapter of his career: Novelist 2011-09-06T19:41:26Z Well, I have gone on jotting down the thoughts which have for some considerable time occupied my mind; and now, space forbids my going further at present. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z His father, Pat Smith, did just that, jotting down the name of Nate's sibling, Nick. Prize money for amazing hockey shot still up in the air 2011-08-17T19:02:00Z There was a very handsome triumphal car, to be suspended from it, in which two brothers, the Messrs. Robert, were to ascend with a table for convenience in jotting down their thermometric and other observations. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Such were some of the short and disconnected jottings in mamma’s prayer-book: mere jottings, but well she could see the scene in her mind when the words were said. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z In the first simple stage we have little more than a jotting down of a number of linear notes, a kind of rude and fragmentary description in lines rather than in words. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z "I don't suppose that you would find anything there, Hilda; he is not the sort of man to keep a memorandum book, jotting down all his own doings." The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z In this very low temperature I found considerable difficulty in jotting down the brief notes of our day's doings. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z First one thing, then another, she glimpsed—mere jottings of the happenings that had gone before the hurried good-byes at school and the anxious trip homeward. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z I was afraid to put off for a moment jotting down in my little book some of the impressions of the morning. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z And I am sure those characters will be ever-present in her head; always popping up to suggest a situation to her, which, I expect, she'll be jotting down. The End of Harry Potter? 2011-07-09T03:09:16Z One thing Reynolds didn't get, until years later, was what Williams was doing that first season, always jotting notes in a book. Dick Williams' way: Get tough or get lost 2011-07-08T04:34:03Z Let our good readers then, allow for this incubus, in tracing the jottings down, this month, of our usually gossiping pen. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z We have had perhaps too many of these jottings. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z My father, of his own impulse, sat down to write a few jottings, which I cannot resist sending you, because I was touched at the thought in this kind old man of eighty. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Next he reproduces his jottings and expands them, and as he completes the items he severs them out of his list. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z This, however, is not painting a portrait; but gauging the length and breadth of the several features, and jotting down their dimensions in arithmetical ciphers. Life of Robert Burns 2011-05-11T02:00:21.043Z The judge allowed the defense to offer evidence of jottings on Rajaratnam’s calendar, over a government claim that the writing was hearsay. ‘Octopussy’ Zvi Goffer Watches Raj Rajaratnam Insider Trial 2011-04-12T18:42:02Z While serious work was being done - jotting down yardages, studying all the dips and bends of those tricky greens - there was still plenty of time for frivolity amid the towering pines and dazzling azaleas. After a day of fun, time to set serious at Augusta 2011-04-07T11:18:12Z Mr. Rajaratnam, a Sri Lankan native, intently watches the proceedings with an amiable expression on his face, occasionally jotting a note on a legal pad or whispering to one of his lawyers. DealBook: Prosecution Rests Its Case in Galleon Trial 2011-04-07T00:41:12Z Odd scraps of information, stray notes and jottings are all that is available, and the rest of Meyrick's life must be left in dim and somewhat legendary outline. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z Mozart’s scrap-bag of musical jottings could not have been more amusing. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Bruce, the most actively occupied of the party, is drawing plans of cottages, and jotting down in his note-book estimates of expenses. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Bébita begged for a box of caramels from Justin's, the French confectioner, a request which was graciously acceded to by her mother, Miss Maitland jotting it down on her list. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z This, however, was not the case, and the piece was not a funeral march, but a polonaise,--"The Last Thought of Count Oginski," who is said to have killed himself after jotting down this music. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Then, I think, on a corner of the 'Botany Leaf' was a jotting—a mere hasty scrawl, waiting development and consideration: 'Should we teach Hindustani? The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z From all that I have been jotting down, you may fancy the set I am moving in, and the class with whom I associate. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z I cannot tell you how vividly and pleasantly Chestnut St. on a sunny day rose before me in your jottings. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z That's the gold standard of measuring salt intake, because it doesn't rely on patients remembering or jotting down what they ate. Doubt cast on salt guidelines for diabetics 2011-02-17T18:15:09Z Let me sketch the scene and its surroundings where these "jottings round the stove" are made. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Horbury made a hearty breakfast, opening letters, jotting down notes, talking of his plans as the meal proceeded. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z There he would grub about among his ledges and leads, pecking away at the rocks with his little hand pick, filling his canvas bags, jotting down notes and statistics in his notebook. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z The other entries were not up to the high level of the first, but were chiefly the rough jottings of nefarious plans which, one could gather, generally seemed to miscarry. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z While waiting for Harold she was busy jotting down notes in a scrap book that lay on her knee. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z I made a collection of all my papers,—some of them very curious indeed,—stray fragments of my life,—brief jottings of my opinions on the current topics of the day. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z The Columbian reporter, jotting down a note or two, rose from his seat at the examiner’s desk. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z Then he drew a memorandum book from his pocket and sat gazing into space, frequently jotting down figures. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z Refreshments were sent for, and soon the nimble pencils of the reporters were rapidly jotting down as much of the information as was deemed advisable to be made public at that time. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z These jottings have been almost my only resource to pass away the leaden hours. History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: A prisoner's diary A paper read at the officers' reunion in Boston, May 11, 1877 2011-01-11T03:00:31.687Z The jottings of my diary for the next few days, will perhaps now inform the reader, of our movements, better than any other form of narrative. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Next moment he is standing in the centre of a silent and surly ring, jotting down names. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z In these jottings, taken by the way, I can scarcely do more than put the reader on the track of that which can be seen in America. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Say you’re sitting on a plane with your laptop, jotting down some brilliant words for that speech you’re giving next week. Novelties: Notepads That Keep You on the Same Page 2010-11-20T17:41:00Z Which is to say, I didn't do anything crazy with the Volt--I just drove it the way I normally drive, and am jotting down my non-expert impressions here. Taking The Chevy Volt For A Spin 2010-10-20T20:00:00Z Pena kept a notebook that spring, jotting down goals and tips from practice. On Baseball: Batting Average Is Low, But Production Is High 2010-09-24T01:08:00Z It's not always as simple as erasing one name and jotting down another. How the Cowboys will decide on their 53-man roster 2010-09-01T20:38:00Z While they uttered these words they scanned me from head to foot, jotting a few strokes on their note-books. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z “Could be less, that’s fine,” he said, jotting down a six instead. City Critic: Proceed With Caution: Driving Schools Ahead 2010-08-07T23:53:00Z He spent three sessions on an intake of my history, jotting down notes. My Life in Therapy 2010-08-06T12:00:00Z Eventually, these jottings resulted in a book of poetry, “The Border Surrounds Us,” and a harrowing novel, “The Lizard Cage,” about imprisoned Burmese dissidents. Book Review - Burmese Lessons - By Karen Connelly 2010-06-11T15:29:00Z There were meetings with the mayor, negotiations with vendors, even an on-screen glossary to look up unfamiliar business terms — like outsourcing and accounts receivable — and a notepad for jotting down assignments. Avatars Go Into Schools (and Beyond Them, Too) 2010-05-07T01:16:00Z Once more I say it: in this book of jottings I do not sit in judgment, I merely describe impressions of what I have seen and heard. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z He adds, "I keep a dispenser by every phone in the house," for jotting down numbers or notes, or doodling, or whatever. Need a Post-it? You have these two guys to thank. 2010-03-31T18:01:00Z They were introduced to their work; sitting at radio sets with headphones on jotting down whatever they heard in Chinese. 2010-02-02T16:56:00Z In this case, the owner's marginal jottings become part of a dialogue with the borrower of the book, enhancing his or her own encounter with the contents. 2010-01-08T15:24:00Z Soon men began to assist memory by making notes, and pupils sought to take written jottings of what they had heard from their teachers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Audubon, in jotting down his thoughts, has sometimes gone beyond the office of ornithologist, and given us glimpses of life in the backwoods that many have deemed exaggerations. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 Nothing gives a better art training than the habit of continually jotting down every pretty bit you may see. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life I think I will close my old journal with the mottoes which I find upon an old well-worn writing book which Anna used for jotting down her youthful deeds. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl He would sometimes make a few jottings in pencil—mere memoranda—when anything struck him as being worthy of reproduction, but beyond that he depended on his excellent memory. 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne), a Memoir. There are several reporters here jotting down names and telegraphing them. The Cottage of Delight A Novel It enables me from this time forward to present certain passages—mere scraps and jottings—from her notebooks, which she has not hesitated to turn over to me. The Book of Susan A Novel I append the jottings shown me by their writer as a problem for unravelment. Love's Usuries "Yes, let 'em all in!" entreated those reporters who were not jotting down impressions. H. R. And yet here I am, pencil in hand, jotting down the nothings of the moment, and with every prospect of continuing to do so for two weeks at least. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth Hence is it that I find a comfort in jotting down these "mems" of the past; but from a friend, what shaking of the head, what regretful sorrowings, should I meet with! Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) Three sides of the hollow—itself not that distance in width—were similarly constituted, the fourth being a precipitous, well-nigh perpendicular slope, with a sparse growth of stunted bushes jotting its rugged sides. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War He preserved them all, however humble the sources whence they came, and, like Philip, he was in the habit of jotting down his own reflections in the margin. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 The constable listened attentively, jotting down points in his notebook, asked various questions and took their names and addresses. The Head Girl at the Gables There were constant references to Carlotta's boy, whom the old man seemed to have loved tenderly; and different jottings showed how he had kept his birthday, which fell on the 4th of August. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Aldred looked round and waved her hand to a tall, grey-haired gentleman, who, armed with a sketchbook, appeared to be jotting down the outlines of some of the corn stooks. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story Hildegarde looked up apprehensively from her jottings of towels, gloves, and ribbons to be bought. Hildegarde's Harvest A few personal jottings will be found of interest:— April 7, 1873.—H. of C. The budget and its reception mark a real onward step in the session. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) For private reasons, which I cannot and must not mention, I have decided not to put my name to these jottings, whether they are published before or after my death. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections "The first time I ever saw him—it was at Leamington—and he was performing the same farce, with hot baths and blankets, and jotting down imaginary bets in a small note-book." Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Several distinguished American writers have the habit of jotting a sentence, or a line or two here and there, upon a long page, and then filling up the outline thus made with persistent revision. Methods of Authors By and by I saw he was jotting down a description of my appearance, and the different clothes I had on! A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things “How about you, Dale?” asked the scoutmaster, after jotting down Vedder’s prompt acquiescence. Under Boy Scout Colors “I just can’t get over that queer woman,” observed Belle, during a lull in the talk, while Cora was jotting down in a pretty red leather notebook some matters she did not want to forget. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea I've taken ABMV, though distant, twice in this watch, and, looking up the junior's jottings for the last watch, I see he had traces. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Census Commissioners would have hard work to equal, private Q. jotting down the replies of the blushing and confused girls, and of the astonished father. History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers Secondly, much of his work is mere jotting, never in the very least degree intended for publication, and sometimes explicitly corrected or retracted by later jottings of the same kind. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) In accordance with our guide’s directions, we began jotting down in our memory tablets the names of the different trees, and the peculiarities of each. Silver Links He wandered over to where several of the young men were sending up an atmosphere balloon and jotting down the atmospheric constituents as recorded by the instruments. An Empty Bottle But they both noticed that during the 85 rest of their hike Warde was watchful and preoccupied, occasionally jotting something down but oftener storing it in his clear, fine memory. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp And when his remarks struck something that sounded like it would be good to do soon, he saw Pierce jotting them down, later detailing the preliminary steps for Bryce's use. The Man Who Staked the Stars I approached and watched him jotting down words on a paper pad before him. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" “I guess he has,” said Nares austerely, jotting down a note of the gold; and I was abashed into silence till his task should be completed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) In his diary of this tour, as in his diary of the Border tour, there is much more of shrewd remark on men and things than of poetical jottings. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series He told me at the time of its first publication that he had been thinking of the story all of these years and jotting down paragraphs and sentences as they occurred to him. Alaska Days with John Muir He was at his table, engaged in jotting down some rough ideas for the decoration of the reception-rooms in the projected house, when Beevor came in. The Brass Bottle The mere fact that I endeavour to give my jottings some rude literary finish proves nothing to the contrary. An Ocean Tramp It may be only the keeping of a diary, jotting down memoranda or writing long letters to his friends, but he will write something. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types He took the notes from Blount’s palsied hand and spread them on the desk before him, but as he was jotting down the totals Blount grabbed them wildly away. Shadow Mountain An hour or so later, while he was jotting down his remembrance of the conversation just overheard, together with his own caustic and protesting opinions, his absorption was broken by the strange child’s accident. Carmen Ariza For some years past my father had, in the intervals of more serious work, occupied his leisure moments in jotting down reminiscences of his early life. My Autobiography A Fragment The prisoner gave the names of four men and two women, Conners jotting down the names on a slip of paper. Death Points a Finger For the present the jottings in my diary grow farther and farther apart, as events worth recording have during the past weeks occurred with less and less frequency. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone She had actually found herself the day before, more as a humorous exercise of memory than for any other reason, jotting them down in her diary. Name and Fame A Novel Worth glanced up from where he was jotting down telephone numbers to drawl, "You know who you're describing there?" The Million-Dollar Suitcase The human analyst, jotting down in his note-book the motives of men, is often strangely misled. Dwellers in the Hills He whipped out a stylus, began jotting down notes. Teething Ring After dinner these jottings remained as a valuable memorial of his visit. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History |
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