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Tell Me a Joke
I am back at work today, and it's going pretty well.
I have asked all of my co-workers to think of jokes or silly stories to tell me. I think people have a difficult time knowing what to say at a time like this, so I'm hoping this will help them. Also, I tend to start to cry when people are super-kind and concerned, and I'd prefer to spare some ( Read more... ) -
Now You Have Something to Do During Those Taxi Rides
Two meetings today. One with the entire team of Project B, except for the designer, on how we're going to avoid losing money given that the budget is impossible (we're in the early stages of Project B, and haven't lost any money yet; we also haven't done anything yet). One with the Grunk of Grunk, about how the client loves our work on Project A, ( Read more... ) -
Wow, Whizzbang, and Wonder
One of the best parts of my current project is coming up with ideas for features in science books. I do a lot of this: a publisher will often outsource all of the chapter-openers or end-of-chapter features for a programme. I'll receive a table of contents, some samples, a bunch of curriculum documents, and a list of criteria, and I'll wander off ( Read more... ) -
*sniffle*
When I signed on with Grunk&Co., I was overjoyed to have a job, at a decent salary, but underjoyed with the benefits. For one thing, I don't get any benefits for the first year. For another, I get one sick day a year ( Read more... ) -
This Can't Be Good
I generally consume one tiny square of dark chocolate a day. Two on stressful days.
The past few days at work, I have consumed, on average, four squares a day. And this project will not be over until November 14.
I can't afford to be this stressed. It puts way too great a strain on my chocolate budget. -
Things That Would Make It Easier for Me to Do This Job
- 1) A phone.
- 2) Failing that, a long string with a can at either end, stretching between me and the production co-ordinator, two floors down. Another such stretching between me and the co-op students who serve as my cheerful and sweet minions, also two floors down. Colour-coded, so I don't bother the co-ordinator (who rocks, like unto an '80s hair ( Read more... )
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Things I Learned at Work Today
1) The only way to drown in quicksand is to fall in headfirst, or get stuck during low tide and be unable to extricate yourself by high tide.
2) The best way to extricate yourself from quicksand is to move the part of you that's stuck (usually a leg) slowly, to loosen the sand, and create space for water to flow into ( Read more... ) -
A post that doesn't involve any brightly coloured text
Surfacing briefly to let you all know that the new job is full of deadlines. They hired two editorial project managers, and we're both busy full time. I have no idea how the Director Editorial, and the Assistant Director Editorial were doing it all themselves ( Read more... ) -
Language of Oppression, Language of Respect, and the Etiquette of Written Prose
Part of an ongoing series of musings about language and oppression, and bias-free* language (or, as I prefer, affirmative language or language of respect).
Cross posted at This Crazy Industry. Feel free to comment here or there. This version has additional linky goodness ( Read more... ) -
Compounding Things
Things I have learned today:
- mine shaft is an open compound.
- keystroke is not.
- jet pack is not in the Oxford Canadian Dictionary; however, jet boat is, and it's an open compound, from which we may extrapolate that jet pack is also an open compound.
- scorecard is a closed compound.
- There's a style sheet for the blackline masters that go with the ( Read more... )