The Rock

When I heard about this, I literally laughed out loud. There is going to be a new installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art which consists of a long slot with a huge rock placed on top of it. But the installation itself isn’t what’s making headlines. Instead, it’s how the rock is … Continue reading The Rock →

Musical Questions to Ask Siri

I wouldn’t know this from personal experience but the word is that iPhone’s Siri function is pretty amazing because it seems to know mostly everything. Kinda scary. But as an Android user (and someone who refuses to pay a lot of money for a data plan and excessive minutes I’ll never use), I don’t and … Continue reading Musical Questions to Ask Siri →

Leap Year Survey for 2008–The Results

If you’ve been a fan of this blog for a while (and I can’t imagine many people have), you may recall a post which I wrote the last Leap Year on February 29, 2008. At that time I was 38, Anthony was 4 and still in preschool, and I was still happily employed at Learning … Continue reading Leap Year Survey for 2008–The Results →

Moving On Up?

Toward the end of the my shift today, I got a text from one of the other proofreaders. “Julie is here…RUN!!” “Aw hell",” I replied. Julie, as she will be referred to in this post, is the HR manager of the staffing agency which employs your buddy Dave here. She is the go-to person should … Continue reading Moving On Up? →

Turning A Corner

In my last post, I created a nifty little collage of images that was based on the currently popular “What People Think I Do” meme. Then I really got to thinking about what exactly it is I do for a living and realized how much I no longer want to be a proofreader. That’s not … Continue reading Turning A Corner →