July 2011
50 posts
The Human Marvels →
thehumanmarvels.com
wow.
“you may call them oddities, freaks or monstrosities — whatever you will — but i call them incredible, perservering, resourceful and marvelous human beings.”
“Experimenting with trebuchet reconstructions, just as other aspects of experimental archaeology, is essential to better understanding our past. The trebuchet is a rather complicated machine and thus its behaviour can be fully understood only through practical experience.”
—Trebuchet - A Gravity-Operated Siege Engine
“When I left to take a non-copyediting position at another company, I sent an e-mail to some of the editors telling them to spell it [“douche bag”] however they wanted going forward. I no longer cared. Which was kind of the case to begin with. I never had a personal investment in that space between the words, but as part of my job, it was my duty to point out that it should exist. It was a job that suited my tendency to worry about details, but one that also forced me to engage in unexpectedly absurd conversations.”
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What It’s Really Like To Be A Copy Editor | The Awl
this is how i feel. except i do care, mostly about making things “right.” i also love unexpectedly absurd conversations. ergo…
