They're testing me
Last night, as I was concluding my shift at the paragraph factory, one of the page designers, perhaps entertaining an expectation that my head would explode, mentioned that an editor had sent over an article for Friday’s editions with a suggested “’Tis the season” headline.
So either a colleague at The Sun is attempting, successfully, to goad me, or, like the cat, they’re not paying attention to anything I say.
Must check with the publisher to see if there is money in the capital budget for erecting a pillory on Calvert Street.
Comments
Oh, don't be a Grinch.
Posted by: Mark Allen | December 2, 2010 9:49 AM
There's nothing more fun than goading an editor. Why, just yesterday, I was given a research article to edit in which the author had set up two quite large, complex tables as though his computer were a typewriter: He used tabs and spaces to align column entries, instead of using Word's table function. My head did explode.
Posted by: Katharine O'Moore-Klopf | December 2, 2010 10:19 AM
Don't leave us hanging . . . did you kill it or not?
Posted by: Mary Sweeten | December 2, 2010 12:02 PM
There, there. Remember, "tis the season to be jolly."
Posted by: Patrick K. Lackey | December 2, 2010 2:59 PM
If your colleagues are anything like my cat, they do pay attention to what you say, and then figure out how to cause maximum annoyance.
Posted by: David L | December 2, 2010 4:23 PM
John: I'm glad your head didn't explode. There's too much good stuff in it to waste. Thanks for your headline tips. They're duly noted and followed.
Posted by: M.C. | December 3, 2010 3:17 PM