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Often when I take my walk, I get "borked at" by a trio of tiny dogs. (Borking is what my husband and I call the barking done by small dogs.) They take a lot of pride in letting passersby know when they are trespassing. The third dog is just out of frame, borking.
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Ah yes the seven known hobbies: fishing, skiing, golf, bowling, tennis, sailing, or [checks ad] an interest in the United Nations?
Ad is from the fall-winter 1964 -1965 McCall's Needlework & Crafts.
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Chicago Manual of Style in the streets, AP Style in the [news]sheets.
Today is the one-year anniversary of this tweet, and I think it's too good to leave on Xitter.
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My nephews are massive fans of the Zelda games Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, so I thought it'd be fun to make them something related to that. Here's my first Triforce washcloths. It's knit using Sugar 'n Cream cotton yarn. The pattern is by April Klich.
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One thing that I hate about hustle culture is the idea that if you love your job, it's not work. I love editing, but I can only put in so many hours before I'm wiped.
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It probably shouldn't be so surprising to me that a lot of copyeditors knit, but it always delights me. At last week's #EFACon, I got to meet several folks who knit. Here's a picture of me knitting during one of the sessions.
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This Wednesday at 4 p.m. EDT I'm leading an #ACESchat on Twitter/X about how to get into copyediting tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). If this sounds interesting, please stop by. I'm hoping that ACES will join Mastodon so we can have #ACESchats on Mastodon. But for now, they're still on Twitter/X.
If you have a question for me but aren't on Twitter, please post it and I'll try to answer it here.
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A number of Vermont bookstores are participating in an event tomorrow where they will donate 20% of the proceeds from sales to help Bear Pond Books of Montpelier and Next Chapter Books of Barre, both of whom were seriously flood damaged.
If you want to help and get books in the process, shop at any of the participating bookstores tomorrow.
#BookstoresHelpingBookstores #VermontFlood #VermontStrong
https://vermontbiz.com/news/2023/july/26/bookstores-helping-bookstores-fundraiser-july-29th
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No, random guy on Instagram, using the money from legal weed sold in Vermont likely won't be enough to help Vermont rebuild from the recent flooding. Good job making an insensitive, ridiculous, nonsense comment though.
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Pleased to see Cold Hollow Cider donating doughnuts and cider to relief workers and volunteers in areas affected by flooding. If you're ever in the Waterbury, VT, area, check out Cold Hollow Cider.
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Saw a post on Twitter about Bear Pond Books, a book store in Montpelier, VT, that suffered large amounts of flooding. I love Bear Pond Books. It was scary and surreal to see the amount of damage suffered by downtown shops.
The post mentioned that the store didn't have flood insurance. Replies to the post were awful, with folks blaming the store and calling them stupid. This, among many other reasons, is why I've been using Twitter less and less.
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I think these are white hydrangeas. Whatever they are, they are sure enjoying the hot, humid weather. Glad someone is!
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On my #StetWalk this morning, I got to pet Truly, an 11-month-old beagle! She was so sweet and affectionate. Definitely a great way to start the day.
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Some of the gorgeous flowers currently blooming in my neighborhood. I'm thinking these are daylilies, but maybe they're just lilies.
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This Saturday, while visiting with my in-laws in Hadley, MA, we got to spend some time at Grey Matter Books. It's one of those used bookstore archetypes that I love: a shop that appears fairly small at first but which expands shelf to shelf, room to room, and every room holds new treasures.
I ended up getting Arrival by Chiang, an annotated guide to fairy tales, and a noir mystery collection.
The Horror Section was indicated by this clever sign.
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This Saturday, while visiting with my in-laws in Hadley, MA, we got to spend some time at Grey Matter Books. It's one of those used bookstore archetypes that I love: a shop that appears fairly small at first but which expands shelf to shelf, room to room, and every room holds new treasures.
I ended up getting Arrival by Chiang, an annotated guide to fairy tales, and a noir mystery collection.
The Horror Section was indicated by this clever sign.
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This Saturday, while visiting with my in-laws in Hadley, MA, we got to spend some time at Grey Matter Books. It's one of those used bookstore archetypes that I love: a shop that appears fairly small at first but which expands shelf to shelf, room to room, and every room holds new treasures.
I ended up getting Arrival by Chiang, an annotated guide to fairy tales, and a noir mystery collection.
The Horror Section was indicated by this clever sign.
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This Saturday, while visiting with my in-laws in Hadley, MA, we got to spend some time at Grey Matter Books. It's one of those used bookstore archetypes that I love: a shop that appears fairly small at first but which expands shelf to shelf, room to room, and every room holds new treasures.
I ended up getting Arrival by Chiang, an annotated guide to fairy tales, and a noir mystery collection.
The Horror Section was indicated by this clever sign.
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This Saturday, while visiting with my in-laws in Hadley, MA, we got to spend some time at Grey Matter Books. It's one of those used bookstore archetypes that I love: a shop that appears fairly small at first but which expands shelf to shelf, room to room, and every room holds new treasures.
I ended up getting Arrival by Chiang, an annotated guide to fairy tales, and a noir mystery collection.
The Horror Section was indicated by this clever sign.
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Hey @edibuddies and other copyeditors, do you miss the ACES biweekly chats?
I know I do. Luckily, my friend @carolinavonkampen decided to do something about it. She is holding a #NotACESChat this Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on Twitter about working from home with #StetPets.
#AmEditing #copyeditor
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Hey @edibuddies and other copyeditors, do you miss the ACES biweekly chats?
I know I do. Luckily, my friend @carolinavonkampen decided to do something about it. She is holding a #NotACESChat this Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on Twitter about working from home with #StetPets.
#AmEditing #copyeditor
[Edited to add that chat is taking place on Twitter] -
Hey @edibuddies and other copyeditors, do you miss the ACES biweekly chats?
I know I do. Luckily, my friend @carolinavonkampen decided to do something about it. She is holding a #NotACESChat this Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on Twitter about working from home with #StetPets.
#AmEditing #copyeditor
[Edited to add that chat is taking place on Twitter] -
Hey @edibuddies and other copyeditors, do you miss the ACES biweekly chats?
I know I do. Luckily, my friend @carolinavonkampen decided to do something about it. She is holding a #NotACESChat this Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on Twitter about working from home with #StetPets.
#AmEditing #copyeditor
[Edited to add that chat is taking place on Twitter] -
Hey @edibuddies and other copyeditors, do you miss the ACES biweekly chats?
I know I do. Luckily, my friend @carolinavonkampen decided to do something about it. She is holding a #NotACESChat this Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on Twitter about working from home with #StetPets.
#AmEditing #copyeditor
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One thing that I've found extremely helpful--but also quite time-consuming--while working on TTRPGs is to list out all of the spells, abilities, traits, skills, etc. into a chart or bulleted list. Often by doing this, I can easily see that there are spells with very similar names that could confuse players (e.g. Dinner's Served, Supper's On, neither of which are real spells). It also lets me see how the author capitalizes and formats similar items.
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Has anyone in the #TTRPG world heard of "rattlesnake" in relation to character or enemy abilities? In a game I'm editing, the author mentions that a sniper character has a rattlesnake ability, and unless the sniper has a noisemaker they use before combat, I'm at a loss.
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At our D&D session this weekend, our DM went above and beyond when he created an actual one-page newspaper for the town our characters were visiting. He also charged my character 5 silver pieces for it despite the price clearly being listed as only 1 sp!
This was a super creative way for our characters to learn what was going on in town without the DM having to do a monologue.
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Started watching the recent PBS adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small, and what a delight it is. The production and attention to detail is amazing. I especially enjoy all the knitwear. And the opening credits are charming AF.
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On today's #StetWalk, I walked to a nearby convenience store to get myself a snack; always a fun thing to do when it's warm. I got a half tea, half lemonade and a bag of Carolina Kettle salt and balsamic vinegar chips, which I've never had before.