tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post1681268099203537250..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: Living in InertiavilleZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-26303351575055151742012-06-06T18:55:32.737-07:002012-06-06T18:55:32.737-07:00Naps are under-rated as a form of recreation. :)Naps are under-rated as a form of recreation. :)RBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562135000111792590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-19616322410525760442012-06-06T07:56:09.237-07:002012-06-06T07:56:09.237-07:00As a preemptive strike against the "proofread...As a preemptive strike against the "proofreading as a blood sport" topic, let me just aver in my own defense(!) that it's always better to err on the side of listing too many possible typos, which the author can then assess for whether they need fixing, than to ignore ones of which the proofreader may be uncertain, some of which may prove to have been valid mistakes in need of correction. It's up to the author (or translator) not to take it personally -- and I say this as one who's sat on both sides of this fence.Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-55609978931228043002012-06-06T06:58:53.802-07:002012-06-06T06:58:53.802-07:00Thanks for the link, Porlock. Now I have a new poe...Thanks for the link, Porlock. Now I have a new poem to memorize! (You know, when find the time.)<br /><br />"Deferred life maintenance" is a great phrase, pham. I'll be sure to work that into conversations now.Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-55170636958064097282012-06-05T19:33:53.159-07:002012-06-05T19:33:53.159-07:00Buridan's ass? Hey, there was an old sailor my...Buridan's ass? Hey, there was an old sailor my grandfather knew...<br /><br />http://ahistoricality.blogspot.com/2005/08/thursday-verses-old-sailor.html<br /><br />Whenever I'd read to the kids from When We Were Very Young (or was it Now We Are Six?) I would read this one with great relish. Not quite so edifying as King Hilary and the Beggarman, but more the story of my life.<br /><br />Ever tried the Benchley method? I don't have my Works of Robert Benchley here, but one of his best essays gives his secret method for getting things done, which has been stolen by various other people.<br /><br />Mainly, you get several of the things you need to do, in the form of the boxes of books that you need to shelve, and the like. And you place them to that you can't help seeing them out of the corner of your eye as you sit with great determination at your desk, amking yourself work at the worst on the list, the one you really need to get done.<br /><br />He tells it better than I, duhh, but you can see how it works.<br /><br />[Hoping you can blackmail Google into fixing the beastly Preview here, since it makes hash of paragraphs.]Porlock Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791629233605877049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-79539061872936463122012-06-04T21:19:03.580-07:002012-06-04T21:19:03.580-07:00I have no idea where Kathie got the notion that I ...I have no idea where Kathie got the notion that I need more things to work on. My plight is quite the opposite!<br /><br />Even my list of future blog posts is longer than I need right now:<br /><br />Southwest Radio Church's hilarious strawman version of evolution;<br />Catholic Radio's insane apologetics;<br />proofreading as a blood sport;<br />the horrors of open-mike readings;<br />the plight of the invincibly non-self-aware;<br />heaven is impossible by definition;<br />how the Church will ensure my success.<br /><br />That's enough teasing for now.Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-31433433176446194842012-06-04T20:43:32.119-07:002012-06-04T20:43:32.119-07:00No tips (though Kathie's sound great) but a su...No tips (though Kathie's sound great) but a suggested term for the spate of furious activity: "deferred life maintenance", which for me usually happens after paper deadlines.plamhttp://patricklam.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-7391243819345367772012-06-04T18:35:54.581-07:002012-06-04T18:35:54.581-07:00Didn't you once mention that you composed the ...Didn't you once mention that you composed the first draft of your novel one summer? Why not write another book (in between gigs flacking the new novel)? Short stories? Essays (perhaps the best of Zeno)? Poetry? Anyone else have any other topics or genre suggestions for our Zee?Kathienoreply@blogger.com