English teachers should have this: [link]

Steph, Tim's father is very close to being my grandmother!

I have never diagrammed a sentence, so they always look abstract and cool to me, but not overly meaningful. Which is a plus in a poster, if you ask me.

A man dressed in chain-mail with a helmet, shield and carrying a sword and staff ran into traffic and started attacking her car.

How many hands does this guy have? Shield takes up an arm, sword takes up a hand, is he wielding the staff Florentine? (which is a weapon in each hand, for those who haven't spent decades discussing sword techniques with SCAers.)

Snerk. I read a story about a high elf attacking cars, and my take away is to critique his weapons technique.

Oh, speaking of families and tough situations, it's my parents' wedding anniversary tomorrow. Do I get my mother flowers?

Hell yes.

Like, "Why aren't you living up to your potential? Why are you so inconsistent? If I have to correct this same thing one more time, I'm going to lose my mind!"

I mean, it's good that people keep us employed. But maybe people who can't write shouldn't be allowed to.

Also, where are you going that you need typhoid and malaria and shots, oh my?

Ecuador with Brenda. We're going to be in the Amazon region for a couple of days. I also took the opportunity to get the TDAP and a final round of HepA/B shots while I was there getting shots anyway.

Pretty much what I've found from couponing is that you'll save a lot more at the drugstore than at the grocery store, at least percentage-wise.

Thanks, Hil! Your process is interesting. I try to use coupons but don't put a lot of effort into it, so I'm curious about how other people manage it. I knew of coupons.com, but apparently I fail to check there. I do the drugstore loyalty card thing, though.

Bass, who was cited for criminal mischief and transported to Providence Hospital, also told officers he had taken LSD.

raise your hand if you are surprised about the LSD part.

Shield takes up an arm, sword takes up a hand, is he wielding the staff Florentine?

He may have been using one of those newfangled scabbard things.

Don't think they'll catch on, though.

Goal review went well, but the task set before me to finish is still epically boring and I am epically COLD.

In somewhat related news (to my question above, not to people's difficulties with relatives), do other editors ever get actually angry at stuff they're editing? Not because of content, just because it's in such shit shape?

SO MUCH YES.

I mean, it's good that people keep us employed. But maybe people who can't write shouldn't be allowed to.

My situation is that I'm editing Engineers, last place was Chemists (no tech writers in residence). So they're not EXPECTED to be able to write. I keep thinking "job security" - except I'm supposed to be laid off sometime next year (however, the Engineers aren't - the User Manuals should be AMAZING in 2016).