Let's Go Steal Some Beer
Dear Leverage Writers,I absolutely require an episode of Leverage in which the team steals massive vats of beer from a highway convoy and Elliott has a crisis of conscience about whether it's okay to...
View ArticleHello Sweet Amaryllis
Last year captainmushroom gave a home to an amaryllis plant. We watched it grow until finally, in February, its crimson blooms burst out and brought a bit of breathtakingly lovely colour to the...
View ArticleSinging with Dead White Guys
Wow, you guys. Beethoven kicked my butt tonight. Then Bruckner stomped on my groaning nearly dead form, and now I have no voice. Whose brilliant idea was it to program Beethoven's 9th and Bruckner's Te...
View ArticlePSA: Toothbrushes
If you have at any point kept a toothbrush at my house (and are not sabotabby, who lives here), please be advised that as of today, I am throwing out all the toothbrushes. The next time you need a...
View ArticleI want a pink hard hat! And also to help people!
On Mother's Day weekend, my mom wants me to help her help Habitat for Humanity build houses for people who can't afford homes.* The catch is that in order to swing a hammer, you have to raise money. In...
View ArticleToday's Toaster List
Today I will:Work-relatedapply for this job DONEapply for this job DONEapply for this jobe-mail A.W. about freelance work with her department phone one more person for that article DONEdo HST...
View ArticleToastering Along
Work-related ARTICLE: Write one new para and do final read-through.EXAM: Write, check over, and get to copying. Well, that's done, at least! MARKING: mark ALL THE ASSIGNMENTS—12 left.I am NOT COUNTING...
View ArticleTestability
I have created a new test question! Please test it for me! Here's the deal: I'll give you the information you need in order to figure out the answer for yourself. Then you tell me what you think the...
View ArticleStill No Poptarts
Today's toaster list:Work-related ARTICLE: FILE FINAL COPY INVOICES: Invoice for IWB work completed in March and copyediting completed recently.NEW WORK: Call the website people.PROFESSIONALISM: Send...
View ArticleWho Need Poptarts, Anyway?
Work is sloooow as of today. Must hustle!Work-relatedJOB HUNTING: Apply for job at JH's company (why not?).SENT. We'll see what happens. NEW WORK: Call the website people.DONENETWORKING: E-mail E...
View ArticleSocially Conscious Development
I promised sabotabby that I'd post this, so that she could read it: The Last Townie, from the New York Times, about Greg O'Connell, a cop turned socially-conscious real-estate developer, who has taken...
View ArticleSigh, no poptarts
Progress continues to be made in many little, pragmatic things. I think I'm less wobbly, in general; overall, though, I still feel stuck. Can you say "external locus of self-control/self worth," boys...
View ArticleWish me luck!
Job interview tomorrow, 09h30 for an actual in-house editing job that is not in textbook publishing. I really want this one, guys. What questions do you ask when they ask if you have any questions. I'm...
View ArticlePhew.
Well, that went well.Prospective boss (also a colleague from my professional association) wants me to meet his boss in the second round of interviews. Must brush up on my HTML and my knowledge of...
View ArticleMaybe There Can Be English Muffins?
Today's toaster list.Work-relatedSend files to JC.Prep and send invoices to CCS.Check access to development shells at GBC and make a fuss if I don't have it. Write 1 quiz for new online course.Do HST...
View ArticleTiny and Perfect
Last fall, I went to Guelph to get measured. Hugh Black at True North Cycles measured my height, my inseam, my arms, and my back, and marked all these measurements on the wall of his workshop. This...
View ArticleRecipes with Nothing: Mushroom Soup and Caramel Pecan Bars edition
Not, nothing, really. But vegan, gluten-free, and soy-free, which is a tall order. I tried each of these recipes last Friday, and they were all super tasty! Smoky Mushroom...
View ArticlePlease Refrain from Molesting the Hat Rack, and Respond in a Timely Manner to...
From research compiled by Cathy Stephens, and descriptions attributed to Professor Frank H. Norman.*trouble and commodorified—this is especially for you. A certain Miss Ella Watson, on being asked...
View ArticleThe Musical Comma: Teach the Controversy
I am creating an online copyediting course. The convention of this course is that each week contains a Discussion topic about which students can post on the class Discussion board. The topic for Week 3...
View ArticleOpen Post: Fashion Not-Friday: Silver Pants
For various reasons having to do with the Internet rabbit hole and a discussion of rhythmic arts involving props, thegiantkiller and I have begun a list of entities for whom the wearing of silver...
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