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dxmachina

The Birds...

Jun 14, 2009 05:46

...got me up again at 4:30*. I stuck a foam plug in my ear, buried my other ear in the pillow, and briefly fell back asleep until 5:00. Then it started raining, which quieted the birds somewhat but brought it's own form of noise, and my back started complaining, and I was up for good. Now I have coffee.

* A couple of weeks ago I purposely got up ( Read more... )

writing, sleep, baseball, lice-ridden birds

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dxmachina June 14 2009, 13:57:58 UTC

Certainly could be grackles. I just don't get why they're so noisy before dawn and then quiet down (relatively) once the sun actually rises.

I was actually in favor of the Jones signing originally, foolishly thinking that his poor year in 2007 was something of an aberration. I was not prepared for the horror that ensued.

stephl June 14 2009, 15:19:59 UTC

Here's another terrific Posnanski post, this one on the battle between writers and editors.

Ha! As both an editor and a writer, I understand both sides of the equation: (1) the outrage (OUTRAGE, I say!) a writer feels when a mere editor dares to change the writer's precious baby words, and (2) the frustration an editor feels when trying to help the writer sound better leads to the inevitable arguments over "But I WROTE IT THAT WAY -- obviously it should STAY that way!"

(Honestly, writers always need editors. And honestly, editors *can* get overzealous. But I think Posnanski is off-base in this particular post, because the "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" issue that he's talking about isn't a result of overzealous *editing* -- it's a *translation* issue. Translation =/ editing.)

dxmachina June 14 2009, 16:20:46 UTC

I suppose so, although I think there's a pretty fine line between the two, especially when dealing with source materials from so far in the past.

Did you notice that he has a book on the Big Red Machine coming out?

stephl June 14 2009, 16:24:01 UTC

Did you notice that he has a book on the Big Red Machine coming out?

No -- that's excellent! The Big Red Machine forever shaped my image of What Baseball Should Be, because that's when my dad started taking me to baseball games. What a great time to be introduced to the game.