I would actually prefer to edit things electronically (I've become, by default, the office copyeditor ... yay?), but although I've asked repeatedly - and said I'd turn on track changes so they could see what I was doing (mostly eliminating serial commas) - I still get these beautifully laid out publications. Which I then go through and mark up. No one seems to run spellcheck before laying out the things, either, so I have to watch out for typos. And, since I always get them in color, I have to try to find a pen with a color that will show up. Really - it'd be easier for them if I got the files before layout!

And, speaking of track changes (yes, I was) - got a call from someone who'd purchased a contract document from us (Word file) and they were trying to have several people edit it, with a different color for each. But it kept defaulting to one color. I had to assure her that we had not done anything (on purpose) to make her job harder and that it was probably one of the Mysteries of Microsoft.

I am laboring under the impression that chickpeas are a good source of protein, too, but I may be reading the same internets as Jessica.

Ooh! Jessica! That reminds me, I bought the soap nuts from Lehman's. So far I like them! I thought I could just throw them in the bag, but it turns out for my front-loader I have to make the liquid soap. Which I complained about in my head, but turned out to be totally easy. Only the instructions on the bag say to use "1/4 cup in both the detergent and fabric softener containers." Does that mean, a total of 1/2 cup? Because I haven't been doing that.

Casper's third grade class uses red pen for correction - they do in-class markups of their own work (quizzes and worksheets and stuff - it would be hard to accurately edit their essays themselves.) If 8 year olds can take it, I think college students can.

And calcium. Calcium is important!

Indeed! And hummus may have a ton of protein, I don't know -- okay, my hummus container says 2g of protein in 2 tbsp of hummus. (As soon as I posted that, I thought, "wait, hummus is chickpeas, so it has protein too! ...Someone is totally going to call me out on that.")

I find that yogurt fills me up more quickly, though, which is sometimes what I want these days -- something to make me Not Hungry for a little while!

I thought I could just throw them in the bag, but it turns out for my front-loader I have to make the liquid soap.

Really? I have a front-loader and I just throw the bag in with my clothes.

I see Allyson reinforcing my theory that if there is a hell, it's the jury pool waiting room.

I see your jury waiting room and raise you an ER waiting room.

I hate track changes because it makes the text so illegible. I only keep it on when I make a certain type of edit, and not that many of them. I think it's much clearer on paper.

In other news, this document is killing me.

Who eats 2tbs of hummus?? I mean granted I usually eat half the tub at a sitting, but 2 tablespoons seems like not much!

I find that yogurt fills me up more quickly, though

That's because there's a lot more protein in yogurt than hummus, even more so if you have Greek yogurt. IIRC, Chobani has 15 grams of protein in a 6-oz container.

Who eats 2tbs of hummus??

Someone who has already filled up on cheese.

Zeus the cat confronts a mountain lion.