I've been proofreading a lot today, leading to two particular language thoughts, one of which is kinda long-winded, the other of which is not. First the long-winded one:

And I thought Freebooter was just a script font!The book I'm proofreading is about the creation of the Cinco de Mayo holiday in California, and so the first couple chapters focus ( Read more... )

For the past few days, for no apparent reason, I've been concocting this list of the national/international events that have had the most vivid effect on me thus far in my life. I'm not sure what it means that the earliest one that really had a big impact was when I was 16. I remember some politically or culturally significant events before that, ( Read more... )

Apparently, there was a 4.1 magnitude earthquake near San Jose (about 45 miles away) this afternoon, but I didn't feel it at all. My chair is on wheels and I don't have a comfortable footrest under my desk, so I'm sorta wiggling around all the time anyway. I must've been doing my chair dance when it happened ( Read more... )

Had lunch with Debbie today at Turkish Kitchen, and there was far too much food, but it was tasty. At any rate, I was really there for the company, and it was marvelous to hang out with Deb for a bit ( Read more... )