Um, yes, totally looking for pity here
While I’m laid up with the ick, here are a few things you could check out while you eagerly await my next post.
Are you interested in starting your own business? Want to find a way to make a living doing the things you love? If you’re the entrepreneurial type, I recommend you pick up a copy of Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love
What I love about this book is it just doesn’t motivate you to get going, it shows you how. You can download the first chapter for free at CareerRenegade.com and be sure to check out Jonathan Field’s blog for more great tips and inspiration.
Some good news!
I’m also really excited to have been added to Alltop, check out the humor section, I’m there if you scroll way, way down! If you haven’t checked it out already, Alltop describes itself as an online magazine rack. You can pick a subject, anything from acne to zoology and find all the latest posts from some of the internet’s best blogs and sites. I like browsing through the different sections, there is always something that catches my eye. One recent discovery was Homemade Hilarity, check them out if you like inexplicable crafts.
BTW, if you check out the sidebar on this blog, there is an Alltop widget with links to some of the newest stories in Alltop humor. After you’re done reading my entire archive, give it a whirl!
And if you want to be a writer of some sort, perhaps even the good sort
You should probably be reading Pro Writing Tips. I finally found out what the passive voice was! You know how? Yup, Pro Writing Tips. Apparently, it does not mean writing in a way that gives the illusion of being meek and/or weak in order to emotionally manipulate people into doing things your way. Boy is my face red! They have a philosophy of grammar. I love people who take the time to have philosophies and write them down. Also, I have a litte crush on this post: How The New Yorker broke my heart.
(Can I add a note here that while I understand – or I think I remember that – John Roach uses the only capitalize proper nouns title style, I think in this case all of the words should be capitalized because the “the” in “The New Yorker” is capitalized and I think it must hurt the feelings of broke, my and heart to have lower case letters when a mere article is in upper case.)
I haven’t had a chance to fully check out the wonderful site John referred me to, Motivated Grammar but I read the tag line “Prescriptivism Must Die” and that is enough for me to give them the coveted Tracy O’Connor endorsement.
And if you are hungry for chocolate
You must get a box of Recchiuti. I got the black box for Valentine’s and so far it has been amazing. The flavors somehow both accentuate the chocolate and pop. Does that sound review-y and smart? I hope so, I think I’m going to scrap this blog and start a chocolate blog instead in the hopes of getting free samples. Wouldn’t that be renegade-esque? Not only would I be working with my passion, I’d be paid in my passion, too.
I am pleased at how I tied that last paragraph in with the first and will close on that high note. This has been an amazingly long post for somebody as puny as I am at the moment. If you want to help make me feel better, you can tell me in comments why you think descriptivists rule, prescriptivists drool.
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I learn so much even when you are ill, you are a giver. I’m going to pick up Career Renegade this week.
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Sending much sympathy and get better vibes your way
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Travit, it really is a great book. I think a lot of us are feeling trapped and dissatisfied and this book is the kick in the pants to do something about it.
Hi Tawny! Thanks! I’m starting to feel better, but this is one persistent cold. I actually feel physically weak. Bleh.
Mmmmm, chocolate. It seems like everyone has the crud. I really need to get the family well so I can return to work!
Hi Tracy – I hope you get to feeling better real soon.
I’m with you. Start a blog about chocolates and gets lots of free samples to review. Yum-O!
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Tracy, I’ve been mentally composing a response to your critique of my headline-writing abilities. I was going to start with my two favorite words in the word (“House style”), move on to how “The” is clearly on the magazine’s cover, take a detour to where I’m surprised that “My Broken Heart” isn’t an emo band — which I still wouldn’t capitalize because I hate emo bands — and probably end up in a little town I like to call “Who the heck do you think you are?”
I’ve decided to skip all that and pose to you a question: What would you do if you have to write about longtime English band The The?
By the way, about the house style thing: If someone ever calls you out for a grammar or spelling mistake, feel free to tell them that’s just your policy (“House style dictates that “pizza” only has one “z.”)
It’s a lot more fun that just changing the mistake and then telling that they’re crazy, it’s clearly correct, please go check again and stop cutting your pills in half.
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I am totally with you on Career Renegade. Brilliant read.
I couldn’t put it down and it got me all fired up about working for myself.
I keep going round all my friends trying to think up ideas for them to start a business of their own and get off that hamster wheel that is life in an office!
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