Thanks for a fantastic first week! I thought I'd spotlight my favorite comments of the week, just in case you didn't catch that from the post's title. You never need to worry about being confused on this blog—no sir.
From Wednesday's "An Employee No More" post:
Lemon Annie: "I just found you and I already love you. You had me at hot dogs. I too have spent 11 years in a cube or office of some sort. Only I see no end in sight!" Here's her adorable blog.
Angie: Anyone who works a movie quote seamlessly into a comment is a-okay in my book. Now if only Lemon Annie could help me, help her. Help ME...help HER.
From Thursday's "Word Nerd" post:
Susan Raihala: "Honest mistakes do not bother me at all, but pompous pontificating on grammar bothers me a lot! One best-selling novelist wrote a book about writing in which he rants for several pages about the evils of 'passive tense'--which does not exists. The correct term (as you know, I'm sure) is 'passive voice.' If an author is going to rant nastily, he ought to get his terms right, don't you think? ;-)" Here's her very smart blog.
Angie: To borrow a tactic from Lemon Annie, Susan had me at "pompous pontificating." And as you'll see in the posts that follow, I wholly embrace the casual nature of blogland. Occasional sentence fragments, bits of slang, colloquialisms, ellipses...all will be wielded on this blog if they produce the desired effect. But I'm going to be honest: the very act of writing about writing makes me second guess my every sentence. Nevertheless, I shall press on.
From Wednesday's "An Employee No More" post:
Verbena: "I recently decided to 'officially' retire and give up my consulting, and I am so glad that I did. Without the routine, I had to get a 'rhythm' to my days, but that didn't take long, and I love not having to consult a schedule every hour! It is fun doing all the things that have been on that 'to do' or 'to finish' list for years!"
Angie: I love Verbena's distinction between routine and rhythm. I hate the very sound of the word "routine," but I do crave a little bit of structure to my days. So "rhythm" sounds like just the ticket!
I do have lots more favorites, but I am forced to cut this post short. As I write, the resident 14-year-old is sitting next to me, singing along to music only he can hear. (He's wearing headphones.) And he's not singing words, just "do-dah-do-ditty-do-dah" along to the tune. And if that's not bad enough, his cell phone vibrates on the table every 3 seconds when a new text arrives. I've gotta get out of here! Why don't I just insist that he stops, you ask? He's doing his homework right now, and I don't want to make any sudden moves that will disrupt his groove. I've told him that listening to distracting music and stopping to respond to texts will only prolong the homework agony, but what do I know?
