tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112061652012-02-16T06:05:53.559-05:00Opinion and behavior from the smartest woman in this chair. Amusement at others' expense via typos and other things that should be stopped. Outrage and vile language. The occasional paying of attention. And recipes (no, not really).Julia Willnoreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-5152029849976275142009-07-09T21:36:00.002-04:002009-07-09T21:39:19.108-04:00

The classes at Loyola boast an impressive 12:1 faculty to student ratio.That is impressive.cheers, jw

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-45176872896500647652009-07-06T09:29:00.004-04:002009-07-09T21:40:19.900-04:00

As one or the other of my readers might know, I've been editing for an online copy sweatshop. Daily, I'm amused, frustrated, or outright pissed off by something. The most recent article was perfect until I reached this funny sentence:Disposable pie pans work well as symbols.Suppose they might? All best, jw

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-27274569125044593682009-04-30T22:04:00.000-04:002009-04-30T22:04:22.275-04:00

The duck has healing properties.

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-17525463863103751102009-04-14T20:27:00.001-04:002009-04-14T20:27:40.228-04:00

The Bigger Picture: "Even if you have visited the Smithsonian in person, you probably don’t know that it’s comprised of 19 museums and 9 research centers."The Bigger Picture indeed. I went to check out this new blog because my backup child aspires to be a professional photographer. Then I see this glaring grammatical error in the first frakking pgraph.More copy everywhere you look, every day, and

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-54097537045097505042009-03-20T11:03:00.001-04:002009-03-20T11:04:51.560-04:00

The most awesome periodic table since the periodic table table.

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-38306030283676526022009-03-20T10:55:00.001-04:002009-03-20T11:05:44.199-04:00

Franklin Avenue

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-82073462911726487842009-03-17T17:34:00.001-04:002009-03-17T17:36:16.543-04:00

Sci Fi Channel Aims to Shed Geeky Image With New Name - TVWeek - NewsYeah, this makes frakking sense. Nothing geeky at all about "SyFy."Today is not a good day

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-41343670824602034922009-03-07T17:22:00.002-05:002009-11-03T19:31:22.441-05:00

The Gullibility Test: History and CultureFor all my copy editing friends. Go on. Take the test. (You must have Java enabled.)

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-92224390257371149202009-03-06T07:01:00.003-05:002009-03-06T07:14:26.126-05:00

First, a public service harangue: People, stop talking on your cell phones on the highway. Just stop it. You cannot drive safely when you are obviously engaged in an absorbing conversation--yes, I can tell from the way you look as I glance over in fear at your giant pickup truck that you are yelling at someone on your phone. STOP IT!OK, so yesterday, I'm almost home when I pull up at a red light

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-65140050762259673082009-02-23T23:39:00.002-05:002009-02-23T23:42:09.131-05:00

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-37430942927775089582009-02-23T23:32:00.001-05:002009-02-23T23:33:40.584-05:00

Typo of the day for librariansNot usually funny but interesting. Typos are a bit of a problem in catalogs, of course, and this group throws in some history to dress up the common typos listed. For instance, today is the anniversary of the announcement of Dolly the cloned sheep. She was created in a laboratory, not a laboratoy or a labortory.

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-75826792146021281132009-02-19T11:00:00.003-05:002009-02-22T02:31:30.064-05:00

Almost as good as "Police shoot man in wheelchair after standoff"

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-84648421441844216872009-02-17T00:57:00.002-05:002009-02-17T01:01:17.331-05:00

Click on the title link above, and read all the way down to the second letter. I'm in complete agreement with that guy.

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-90274143570225399442009-02-10T12:47:00.004-05:002009-02-10T12:52:41.258-05:00

Oh those sports guys.(Thanks to Doug Fisher at commonsensej.blogspot.com.)

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-28072896411139123592009-02-07T00:24:00.000-05:002009-02-07T00:24:40.162-05:00

Masked Intruders Roaming The White House Grounds - washingtonpost.com: "'The idea of raccoons on the White House grounds gives us great pause,' spokesman Bill Burton said."Yes, he said that.

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-21891337850654598232009-02-04T23:37:00.005-05:002009-02-04T23:44:09.813-05:00

I miss the group brain! Hi, copy comrades; hope you're all coping without me. I'm lonely.Best typo ever:Best,jd

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-29799149286372103872009-02-04T00:44:00.003-05:002009-02-04T01:28:00.205-05:00

25. I’ve been looking for a reason to play with the Bullet I rec’d for xmas. The thing on the infomercials, y’know, for food. Dinner in ten seconds. If I get good at it, maybe I can make dinner so fast, I’ll gain time. Also, I can become an advanced Formanizer. With the food processor and mixer that I also rec’d, I can learn to work magic in the kitchen. 24. Finally, there’s time to alphabetize

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-45942340838949353282009-02-03T00:10:00.003-05:002009-02-03T00:24:58.464-05:00

Conflict is a necessary part of life. Tension upon the strings of a violin can make majestic music. The critical mass of two hydrogen atoms trying to occupy the same space fuels the sun that nourishes everything.This is a good time to begin something.I seem to stray further and further from my guiding theme. Alas, I've needed to vent just a little today, and the family has had their own other

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-66953059052278153812009-02-02T20:43:00.003-05:002009-02-02T20:49:35.057-05:00

I'm exhausted. Two and a half weeks of roller coaster emotions, and I'm surprised I hung on as well as I did. No real question why my back hurts.So I have nothing left, and I just discovered that Warren Lapine is back in business. My initial reaction was to write about the news, and I have plenty to say about it. Some readers might know why. Others will have to wait, because I cannot think two

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-39650848717871692532009-02-02T14:41:00.006-05:002009-02-03T00:26:54.697-05:00

So, my job was eliminated. I'll miss the place it was, my office for two and a half out of the last three years, and I'll miss the people a lot more. I'll be able to stay in touch with many of them, which helps. And I have a couple of leads on new work, so I'm really OK.Wish I could do more to help all the others being laid off today. I was number two or three, so I didn't get to hang out and

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-73472436784475718962009-02-01T22:40:00.004-05:002009-02-01T23:04:52.994-05:00

'Just Stop It' might be Rule 1 in the 1-step program, but a long and winding road led me to that insight. For years, I compiled other sets of rules to live by, ones I thought made sense only to me and started out as a joke, anyway. But people have asked me for copies, and as I get older, I take them more seriously me own self.I started to post my expanded rules for living on Facebook, just a whim

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-41754383990222802342009-02-01T21:27:00.000-05:002009-02-01T21:28:03.477-05:00

This Just Stop It is dedicated to Therese.

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-26297752935074726272009-02-01T20:44:00.000-05:002009-02-01T20:45:28.910-05:00

Another thing that must never stop.

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-57786156025549106152009-02-01T20:31:00.002-05:002009-02-01T20:39:41.659-05:00

This is an anti-Just Stop It post. To Scott, I say Never Stop It!

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-43147312673846110872009-02-01T20:22:00.002-05:002009-02-01T20:25:56.876-05:00

Which is why it's so hard to shape. Nothing exists but now, and even now exists not out there but in here. Nothing we "see" is real in the way we think it is.Just thought I'd point that out now that I've found a job opening I'm excited about.Time to tend the fire...it's Imbolc and spring is coming.Cheers, jw

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-84507735432141257972009-01-31T23:28:00.003-05:002009-01-31T23:59:47.812-05:00

My life is vastly different, better in many ways, and the future is different too. So I'm starting again here, at my favorite blog address, because why not? I joined Facebook this week, updated my participation on Linked In, and in general geared myself up for the probability I will be part of this Monday's new statistics on layoffs. What do you want to bet we pass last week's totals?Why doesn't

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1135369728380714292005-12-23T15:28:00.000-05:002005-12-23T15:28:48.416-05:00

RARE PEAR? R.I. Couple Finds Rare Pear in Clam - NEWS - STRANGE - Comcast.net: "R.I. Couple Finds Rare Pear in Clam"

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1132033409842340772005-11-15T00:43:00.000-05:002005-11-15T00:43:29.883-05:00

I asked Brainbench for "Learning" for Presentation Skills at a beginning level. It sent me to this book on Amazon. A board book. A children's board book. Sigh. Amazon.com: Opposites: a Beginner's Book of Signs

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Telegraph | News | Reclaim Hallowe'en as Lite-Nite, says bishop: "The Bishop of Bolton, the Rt Rev David Gillett, says that Hallowe'en was not originally an occult celebration but has picked up 'dangerous' traits over the centuries." But later in the article he admits the damn holiday has pagan roots. The article doesn't point out any difference. But as the referring page pointed out to me, "'tis

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1129959246921947882005-10-22T01:27:00.000-04:002005-10-22T01:34:57.703-04:00

This came from the back of a flyer for a new "Family Christian Store" nearby. Honest to Buddha, I am struck dumb.In case you can't make it out, the top caption says, "Meet Bob & Larry." The bottom one: "Meet Horned Avenger."Couldn't make this stuff up.

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1127566903113410972005-09-24T09:01:00.000-04:002005-09-24T09:01:43.146-04:00

Front page. Top hed: "Rita Slams Ashore..." Teaser lead: "With 120 mph winds in the region, authorities say the worst has probably yet to come." Copy editor oversleep today?

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1127059686231589822005-09-18T12:08:00.000-04:002005-09-18T12:11:57.226-04:00

For shame! From the National Book Festival website, the following typo: Pavilions - 2005 National Book Festival (Library of Congress): "Curatorial Viewpoint: C. Ford Peatross, Library of Congress Curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering, will be in the pavilion showing visitors how they can again online access to unique drawings and other visual materials featured in his new book, Capital

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1124928670229589722005-08-24T20:11:00.000-04:002005-09-14T01:18:38.296-04:00

First, I thought, did you say one point six million? Now I'm not so sure how I feel about this. If it were my face, I'd want to have been asked for permission before some guy, no matter how renowned an artist, used my image to make many thousands of dollars. But it would have to be a spectacularly bad image of me for "severe mental anguish, emotional distress, humiliation and embarrassment" to

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1124928345917262562005-08-24T20:05:00.000-04:002005-08-24T20:05:45.933-04:00

Just add the freaking hyphen! For crying out loud, life is too short. Press Wrestles With Grammatically Incorrect 'Virgin'

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1124834740822086452005-08-23T17:55:00.000-04:002005-08-25T02:26:08.986-04:00

This was the left column on the Washington Post's front page a little while ago:Opponents of the evacuation of the West Bank settlement of Sanur set fires todayto slow troops enforcing the order. (AP)--------------------------------------------------------Kids Return to 'New' Campus Latino youth advocates beautify grounds, seekto tamp down gang influence at a Md. school. >>>>>>For a minute there,

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1122906531925893752005-08-01T10:28:00.000-04:002005-08-01T10:28:51.956-04:00

Here it is, the biggest injustice one can do to our daughters (yep, bigger even than letting them drive!): News Story - Verizon Online: "'To allow a teenager to purchase the morning-after pill in the same manner as she would purchase cough drops or bubble gum is the biggest injustice one can do to our daughters and granddaughters,' state Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long had written in a

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1122736153014609382005-07-30T11:09:00.000-04:002005-07-30T11:09:13.030-04:00

Voting boas? In Boston? That would be something to see. News Story - Verizon Online

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1122382624895453122005-07-26T08:57:00.000-04:002005-09-14T01:20:11.170-04:00

War crimes. Plus damn good writing. Just go read it. From Srebrenica to Baghdad - What the genocide taught us about intervention. By Christopher Hitchens

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1121930102668135812005-07-21T03:15:00.000-04:002005-07-21T03:28:40.876-04:00

"Their might be spontaneity, but their won't be chaos.""It is nearly certain that his manuscript, too, will be longer than it needs to be, less reigned in. "Yep. These two fine sentences are from an aritcle by a bigshot agent about how to write a "great" query letter. Hmm. You think Lukeman recommends proofreading? This kind of error really bugs me.Especially when said article is an excerpt from

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1120140188318851752005-06-30T10:03:00.000-04:002005-06-30T10:03:08.333-04:00

First Black Woman in Georgia? News Story - Verizon Online: "Ga. Justice Is State's First Black Woman "

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1118668809776545712005-06-13T09:20:00.000-04:002005-06-13T09:20:09.780-04:00

"'The Washington Times yesterday inadvertently published a photograph of D.C. City Administrator Robert C. Bobb misidentified as the late soul singer Marvin Gaye.' -- Wednesday's Washington Times."

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1118279507924000752005-06-08T21:11:00.000-04:002005-06-08T21:11:47.926-04:00

There are no words for Telly Savalas performing "Loving Feeling." Heaven help us. Also on this site, Greg Morris, Phyllis Diller, and more. Fade to Black-On Line Magazine

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1118004276626423422005-06-05T16:44:00.000-04:002005-06-05T16:44:36.636-04:00

OH MY GOD!! No wonder the U.S. is such a mess! It's women behind the wheel. AP Wire | 06/02/2005 | Saudi Arabia mulls ban on women drivers: "'Driving by women leads to evil,' Munir al-Shahrani wrote in a letter to the Al-Watan daily. 'Can you imagine what it would be like if her car broke down? She would have to seek help from men.'"

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1117888934759162562005-06-04T08:42:00.000-04:002005-06-04T08:42:16.766-04:00

Here we go. Just like every other year. Amnesty International Report 2005 - Amnesty International: "During 2004, the human rights of ordinary men, women and children were disregarded or grossly abused in every corner of the globe."

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1116989938701584602005-05-24T22:58:00.000-04:002005-05-24T22:58:58.706-04:00

This is the first site I've posted to both my regular blogs. The "Stop It" in this case is purely dramatic, because I adore being amused by some of these people and comments. Keep going until you see the very worst costume at the end. capnwacky.com | Unfortunate Star Wars Costumes

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1116596426580945602005-05-20T09:40:00.000-04:002005-07-07T00:03:45.026-04:00

I have to say, uh, "Ditto." Just Stop It, Muslim World! In Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Op-ed / Why Islam is disrespected, Jeff Jacoby wrote: "Then there was Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who announced at a Senate hearing that she had a message for 'Muslims in America and throughout the world.' And what was that message? That decent people do not resort to murder just

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1116284737812075342005-05-16T19:05:00.000-04:002005-05-16T19:05:37.823-04:00

Not only is this hed stupid, it's inaccurate, as the use of meth hasn't slowed, the growth of meth use slowed. Shame on the Post. Methamphetamine Use at Work Slows: "Methamphetamine Use at Work Slows"

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1115898970922226642005-05-12T07:56:00.000-04:002005-05-12T07:56:10.943-04:00

News Story - Verizon Online: "The 3-foot-high cardboard box was discovered by a granite bench outside the John C. Kluczynski federal building " Clever bench.

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1115812361450462082005-05-11T07:52:00.000-04:002005-05-11T07:52:41.456-04:00

US News Headlines - Verizon Online: "Longtime St. Louis Library Clerk Dies at 88, Then Leaves Behind Gift of $350,000 to Buy Books " Again. The AP has cornered the life after death story.

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1115811918886672522005-05-11T07:45:00.000-04:002005-05-11T07:45:18.896-04:00

News Story - Verizon Online: "ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Four members of a notorious street gang killed a pregnant teenage gang member because she later became a federal informant, a prosecutor said Monday." Um, later? After she was killed? C'mon, AP!

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News Story - Verizon Online: Another from the AP: "'It's just really quiet here,' said David Merriman, whose parents live about a mile from the McGowans. 'A lot could happen right next store and you wouldn't even know it.' "

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1115295806825875382005-05-05T08:23:00.000-04:002005-05-05T08:23:26.833-04:00

Do not let writers talk. Another example, this one from a British SF author, Richard K. Morgan. The New York Times > Week in Review > Episode VII: Revenge of the Writers: "'We're starting to look inward, rather than outward,' Mr. Morgan said. 'There are exciting and scary things going to be happening in our bodies.'"

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1115035931882128042005-05-02T08:12:00.000-04:002005-05-02T08:12:11.883-04:00

William Raspberry's column on that handcuffed 5-year-old in Florida contains an interesting reference I want to write about a little later today, if I can find the time between working on my novel, making earrings, and taking the backup child out to buy Nationals' hats this afternoon. Meanwhile, here's the paragraph that annoys me: Society's Toxins, Caught on Tape: "My guess is that if a child

Julia Willnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11206165.post-1113514300060660232005-04-14T17:31:00.000-04:002005-04-14T17:31:40.060-04:00

Washington Nationals : News : Washington Nationals News Bylined Bill Ladson/MLB.com: : "'Tell all the Nationals fans who come out there to put their red [clothes] on,' Robinson said. "When asked if that included President George W. Bush, who plans to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, Robinson said, 'Well, he can where a red tie. I know I can't tell him what to do.' " Shame on Major League

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From an education site, no less:"When building a pyramid, boats carried the stones up and down the river."

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This headline suggests there's one critic of Donald Rumsfeld's lack of accountability. Shame on AP. Again. Signed, the Unknown Copy Editor."Critic Unsatisfied by Prison Abuse Probe "

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"Number of U.S. Serial Killers Unknown"

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"Police Find Vehicle of Salon Owner Day After He Was Stabbed to Death With Two Clients"

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In The Daily Whim: Democracy on the March PhotoDude writes this: "Even Bin Laden must see that the next step in escalation against the insurgency won't come from US forces. If they keep killing Shiites, you'll see thousands reformed into militias, and they'll deal with the insurgency in ways US forces never would. Now that most Sunnis have rejected Zarqawi as well, I doubt we'd see the civil war

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Experts: BTK Suspect Lived Double Life

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42.

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