Sooper-genius word nerd. I know how to use semicolons properly... and often do. He/him. Buy my novel: https://t.co/JpEvnllxgF
Oct 4, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Trump and co. will lie about anything at all. They’ll lie about big things, little things, things you can verify, things you can’t. They’ll lie about things you know to be true. They’ll lie about the time of day, just to prove they can and to keep you off-balance. 1/
Knowing that they lie *all the time* makes it easy to spin scenarios, any one of which might be close to the truth. 2/
Sep 17, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
In a Zoom yesterday, a guy was talking about strategic priorities for 2021. Mentioned the need to have a response plan for the next bioterrorism event.
“The ‘next’ bioterrorism event?”, I thought.
And then he went on. 1/
“A Chinese doctor has surfaced,” he said, “who has genomic data that shows this covid thing did NOT come from a meat market. It came from a lab.”
And I thought, “What the fuck?”
He went on: “I saw her on Tucker Carlson last night.”
And again I thought, “What the fuck?” 2/
Aug 28, 2020 • 9 tweets • 1 min read
1 like = 1 rhyme
Rob’s jobs
Aug 20, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Training update: how to use a colon
I was about to say "now do semicolons", but JFC I don't want to drag this out any more than I have to, and engaging will do just that.
Plus, I just *know* they'll say "don't use them" and that will hurt my heart.
Aug 19, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
"Don't ever use e.g. or i.e. Too confusing. Use 'for example' and 'that is', which nobody can screw up."
Advice like this kills writing. Beauty is abandoned, and the delicate, elegant, powerful machinery of language is reduced to a sledgehammer and a shovel.
They should have titled this course "Writing For Dummies: How To Treat All Your Readers As Dummies"
except that title uses a colon, which is "too complicated".
Aug 7, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The second glass of wine is the one that leads to an AMA
AMA
Aug 2, 2020 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Are your affairs in order?
Do you have a will? Have you named a guardian for your children? Are all your accounts listed someplace? Bank, retirement, insurance?
Did you write down all your passwords someplace your spouse/kids/executor can find them?
Have you decided if you’ll be buried or cremated? Did you pick a few readings, hymns, or poems you want read at your funeral?
Did you burn those letters you want NO ONE to read? Or did you leave specific instructions about them?
Who gets your jewelry?
Jul 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The four people who got that “weired duck” joke are my tribe.
Sad part is that four is probably a highball estimate.
Sep 19, 2018 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Older daughter has taken up painting. Small canvases aren’t super expensive when you buy a multi-pack on sale at a big box art supply place, but she’s gone through several of them already as she’s practicing.
What’s a tight-fisted dad to do?
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One option was to suggest that watercolors on rag paper might be as much fun as acrylics on canvas. (That is, use social engineering to steer her to a cheaper milieu.)
