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May 07 2019

OT: Applying for and using Global Entry/TSA PreCheck

Off-topic here, or perhaps not, since translators and interpreters do tend to travel a lot! This applies only to US residents, so feel free to ignore it if you’re outside the US. Since I joined the ATA Board in 2012, I’ve been meaning to apply for TSA PreCheck. By the time I got around to […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Off topic · Tagged: Global Entry, TSA Pre Check

Sep 24 2018

OT: Hiking tour of Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland

This is an off-topic post; just a subject I felt like writing about, and that might be of interest to some readers. Long story short, I needed to travel to Switzerland before the end of the year for administrative reasons, and because school in Colorado starts in mid-August, my husband and daughter couldn’t come along. […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Off topic · Tagged: Bernese Oberland hike, Swiss hike

Jul 30 2018

OT: Back from Beautiful British Columbia!

After a thoroughly relaxing month off (well, minus the day that my bike was stolen off our car in Missoula, Montana…but that’s another story!), I’m back in the office as of today. As usual, the complete break from work really cleared my head and gave me some good new perspectives on where I’d like my […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Off topic

Nov 28 2017

Completely off-topic: Make a chocolate salami as a holiday treat

I took last week off to mountain bike in the Utah desert with my family (it was stellar, thanks for asking!), so I thought I’d ease back in to real life with an OT post. I like to cook, and I also like to combine creativity and cooking. Past off-topic posts on this theme have […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Off topic · Tagged: chocolate salami

Aug 04 2016

OT: Bicycling from Martigny to Bolzano

The Thoughts on Translation family just returned from our summer vacation: a week of family time in Switzerland, then a three-week bike trip through the Italian Alps, from Martigny, Switzerland to Bolzano, Italy (actually Trento, a little south of Bolzano!). As usual, feel free to skip this post if you’re not into bike touring or […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Off topic · Tagged: bicycling Italy, bike touring Italy, Italy bike trip

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