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pensnestSable is learning to cat. I'm fairly convinced I saw her crossing the garden with a tiny, hapless mammal in her mouth a few days ago—followed by her re-crossing the garden in pursuit of a small bird. Which I don't think she caught, but, still. Yesterday I saw her pursuing a squirrel at speed. I am somewhat worried about this development, as I doubt she has the skillz to take down a squirrel, and they are vicious little buggers.
She is displeased with us at the moment because she has a small swelling on one ear and we took her to the vet yesterday. Vet scraped some stuff off, and deduced there are harvest mites at work. So today we had to dose her ear, which meant capturing and holding her down. Fluffy was also subjected to this treatment, just in case, but although Fluffy struggles more effectively, she also forgives more readily.
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Went to see the Hobbes and Shaw movie. Didn't like it. Think it is a mistake to establish your main characters as jerks right at the beginning for the sake of cheap laughs, and to cement the characterisation by having them be witlessly and stupidly rude to one another in the face of all common sense for most of the film. Meh.
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My Boy has been having a possible resurgence of his Crohn's. Took him to his appointment at the hospital today, and it was pleasingly efficient, we were only there half an hour. But he has to go back for a colonoscopy.
People with allergies: he described having throat pain/closure feelings when he tried to eat, and it seems to have been a fruit smoothie that caused it. That sounds more like an allergic reaction to me - yes? No?
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I didn't know 'line editing' was a Thing. I thought is was just 'editing'. Actually, since in my experience, beta-reading is usually one or more of the following:
- spelling, grammar, typos + language (eg Brit-picking)
- canon checking, and possibly other facts too
- story doctoring
- poking at style and the details of the writing
...I'd assumed that 'editing' was a combination of story doctoring and poking at details, and 'copy editing' was the typo stuff plus fact checking. Anyway, there's a post on Metafilter about it.
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We went to the men's chorus picnic on Sunday, at which many simple games were played. Welly tossing, quoits, boules, and something involving paper cups on strings being propelled by water pistol. After chorus last night, Beast came home bearing a large bag of mixed miniature sweeties, which was nice! He had—miraculously—achieved the highest score on one of the throwing games.
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I believe this piece has been around for rather a long while, but I found it a fascinating examination of the reason why we need to be careful about the language we use, and the way assumptions are built into language so solidly that we can easily fail to notice they are there. It's called A Person Paper on Purity in Language. Good stuff.
She is displeased with us at the moment because she has a small swelling on one ear and we took her to the vet yesterday. Vet scraped some stuff off, and deduced there are harvest mites at work. So today we had to dose her ear, which meant capturing and holding her down. Fluffy was also subjected to this treatment, just in case, but although Fluffy struggles more effectively, she also forgives more readily.
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Went to see the Hobbes and Shaw movie. Didn't like it. Think it is a mistake to establish your main characters as jerks right at the beginning for the sake of cheap laughs, and to cement the characterisation by having them be witlessly and stupidly rude to one another in the face of all common sense for most of the film. Meh.
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My Boy has been having a possible resurgence of his Crohn's. Took him to his appointment at the hospital today, and it was pleasingly efficient, we were only there half an hour. But he has to go back for a colonoscopy.
People with allergies: he described having throat pain/closure feelings when he tried to eat, and it seems to have been a fruit smoothie that caused it. That sounds more like an allergic reaction to me - yes? No?
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I didn't know 'line editing' was a Thing. I thought is was just 'editing'. Actually, since in my experience, beta-reading is usually one or more of the following:
- spelling, grammar, typos + language (eg Brit-picking)
- canon checking, and possibly other facts too
- story doctoring
- poking at style and the details of the writing
...I'd assumed that 'editing' was a combination of story doctoring and poking at details, and 'copy editing' was the typo stuff plus fact checking. Anyway, there's a post on Metafilter about it.
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We went to the men's chorus picnic on Sunday, at which many simple games were played. Welly tossing, quoits, boules, and something involving paper cups on strings being propelled by water pistol. After chorus last night, Beast came home bearing a large bag of mixed miniature sweeties, which was nice! He had—miraculously—achieved the highest score on one of the throwing games.
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I believe this piece has been around for rather a long while, but I found it a fascinating examination of the reason why we need to be careful about the language we use, and the way assumptions are built into language so solidly that we can easily fail to notice they are there. It's called A Person Paper on Purity in Language. Good stuff.
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Date: 2019-08-16 03:47 pm (UTC)Well done Beast. So, did he win on welly tossing? I think that would be a good thing to win.
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Date: 2019-08-16 04:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-08-16 04:07 pm (UTC)Confirming that YES, throat closing sounds very like an allergic reaction. Does he know what was in the fruit smoothie? Strawberries are a popular choice for allergies, could be pineapple, my personal nemesis is kiwi fruit... so many options. :-\
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Date: 2019-08-16 04:51 pm (UTC)That's what I've been thinking, and strawberries were my first thought also. I know that kind of thing can develop unexpectedly, and I told him to check the ingredients. Poor lad.
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Date: 2019-08-17 01:20 pm (UTC)I had tons of childhood allergies, and yes, that throat closing description is pretty much boilerplate. I'm no doctor, but an allergy would probably be my one and only guess.
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Date: 2019-08-17 06:55 pm (UTC)Definitely sounds like allergy to me too. I only have a very mild one myself (itching throat but no swelling to too much pineapple) but it's how I've always heard it described.
I didn't know about line editing either!
paper cups on strings being propelled by water pistol.
My mind boggles!
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Date: 2019-08-19 05:32 am (UTC)And best wishes to your kid to get a useful diagnosis!