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Hubby is oddly into Downton, but he likes foreign soap operas. I have no patience for soap operas or soap opera elements in other shows. People have problems, I know, and they interfere with daily stuff, but problems for the sake of doing something with a character are annoying.

I'm editing several pieces about hydraulic fracturing. My brain went numb 500 words ago.

See, I'd enjoy that.

Thanks, Tom. That article seems to put a weird amount of responsibility for the plot onto actors and not writers for a bit, but I think this is an interesting criticism of a narrative:

puts the responsibility of [...] processing [...] on the viewers, not on the show, which is where it belongs.

And that's an interesting thing to keep in mind, from a meta, analysis point of view.

See, I'd enjoy that.

It actually got better as he started to explain the process and the terms, but first thing on a Monday I could use something like celebrity gossip to wake me up.

I'm editing a writer now who includes sentences like this:

But besides aiming to heighten enrollment rates, schools are often required to urge and encourage current students to complete their programs of study. In this way, a sufficient number of conferred graduates could make for better reputations and augment the tradition of competition among all universities and colleges positively.

I want to strangle him. Or possibly beat him to death with Strunk and White.

I'm editing an article by authors who make abbreviations plural by adding apostrophe + s, yet when they use a possessive (like "the patient's therapy"), they don't use an apostrophe.

FIST OF DEATH.

Yikes, Amy. "...to urge and encourage"? People, if you can say it with just one word, do! edit: and double yikes to Steph!

I haven't watched Downton Abbey yet, but have been amused at all the angsty posts on FB. It's reminding me there really aren't many shows that I'm watching these days, and even fewer (just one!) that I'm current on.

Super Bowl Sunday was hilarious on FB -- the posts just kind of alternated: Super Bowl, Downton Abbey, Super Bowl, Super Bowl, Downton Abbey, self-important post about how THEY don't watch sports OR own a TV, Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey, Super Bowl.

Also some Puppy Bowl.

I just found Leverage reruns somewhere on my tv dial, so I set up a seasopn pass for them. I have no idea where I was in the viewing before i hit the end of what Netflix had, but I hope I get there soon with this airings. As it is, I will watch an episode until I realize I've seen it before and then erase it. soon I will reach the point of new stuff.

Also started taping Austin City Limits.

"heighten" enrollment rates? Do they mean increase?