eimarra: (Default)
2010-02-01 04:21 pm
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five random things I have learned in the past week

1. Benedict IX was pope three times.

2. Bald eagles in the United States (even in zoos) belong to the federal government.

3. Merriam-Webster dictionary entries are chronological (oldest first), not order of use. (I should've known this one!)

4. Word's Go To function will work with relative numbers (-3, +4) to change location in a document. (It actually says that on the dialog box that pops up, but I've never used it.) This can be really useful if you want to skip forward 3 chapters, and you use a heading style to define chapters, for example.

5. I was born halfway between the Beaver Moon and the Cold Moon (also known as the Long Night Moon).
eimarra: (Default)
2006-06-20 11:38 am
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random musing

Ever notice that someone else's description of their life can seem like pure fiction, based on your own preconceptions? Maybe that's just me.

Last night, I was reading the most recent Writer's Digest. The woman who won their popular fiction contest is described as a mother of 4 who writes between 6:30 and 8:00 in the morning because the kids don't get up until 8. Based on my experience of kids, I just can't believe this. Maybe if they're teens, but even then, I'd expect at least 1 in 4 to be an early riser.

Fiction . . . but it isn't. When did I have to start practicing the willing suspension of disbelief in day-to-day life?