Another glimpse into the childhood of a copyeditor.
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I’ve always wondered about that complaint. Isn’t picking nits a good thing?
I am in Bend, Oregon, for the holiday. Nothing here is particularly bent. I was lied to.
I wanted to post this last week, but I didn’t dare. It felt too hubristic. I should have, though, because I was right. Of course menstruating people were not the only ones who stood up for democracy last week. Black[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Or “metal health day,” as a friend likes to say.
I’ve been in a not-great headspace about these midterms for a while, guys. With the endorsement of my shrink, Dr. Waterford (also seen here), I went back on the antianxiety medication I had to take after the 2016 presidential election.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I made some calls to get out the vote for Rodham Clinton in 2016, and one of the respondents I spoke to said she wasn’t planning to vote because “I’m not very interested in politics.” What I wish I’d said[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So one of the best pieces of advice I’ve gotten about writing comes from an old version of the AP Stylebook, and I read it when I was a fresh young copyeditor getting my start at my college paper. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Probably subconsciously inspired by, and of course not as good as, Ben Edlund’s “How to Draw the Tick,” though I like to think I also captured some of the assurance of a Kliban panel.
Jon Stewart said it best: “Yom Kippur—Jewish Day of Atonement. You don’t eat for one day, all your sin for the year is wiped clean. Beat that with your ‘Lent.’ What is that, forty days? Even in sin they’re paying[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
