"Peons of Praise"--The Author Said That

Just who is writing these books? Rap stars and rockers? It begins to sound like they'll publish anybody with a keyboard.

The spelling is the least of the problems with this book. The whole thing is nothing more than a pile of pretentious hot air. The fact that somebody decided to make a book out of what could easily be one paragraph is incredible. The fact that somebody is willing to publish this claptrap is also incredible--and sad.

portentous

Pretentious

The latest, from a manuscript that's not badly written:

Passengers are required to remove their shoes before passing through medal detectors.

Are they giving out prizes for people who don't have holes in their socks?

I'm editing a book that is very poorly written. Nothing laughable. Just a stinkeroo. Vagueness. Imprecise language. Feh.

I encountered a place where the organization is so screwy that I had to get away. I must unconsciously and subconsciously ruminate on this. I called a friend. Not home. I figured I could post here. A distraction while I'm ruminating.

Snarling and ruminating in Da Big Apple.

Ironic

I was editing some short bios that will appear on a DVD.

Someone said, "I graduated with Magma cum Lade."

I said--thud. Unconscious. Couldn't say anything.

So? I graduated with Sam Madson.

You're always bragging, Roger. It's your fatal flaw.

I imagine that whatever that guiy wrote oughta be filled with lotsa funny ****. I take my hat off to him and bestow upon him my prestigeous award for "Creative Spellery".
Its now me, Dave, and this guy.

Magma - hot flowing lava erupting uncontrollably
cum - errr, yes... quite
lade - ponetically , lady

so this, in my opinion, describes many graduating students rather well.

what? i didn't have to spell it out? you all got it the first time?
uhhh ok

I was thinking about this last night. Why? Because I didn't fix the spelling and move on. I changed it to "graduated with honors." My feeling on the subject was, if you can't spell it, you're not gonna get credit for it here.

Why have I been thinking about this? Because what I did was unprofessional. I imposed my opinion on the situation. I shoulda just fixed the spelling and moved on. Shame on me.

Is it not the function of editors, sub-editors, and proofreaders to sometimes impose their opinion if the draft needs fixing?

Of course, McTag, an editor has to make lots of decisions that involve opinion. Too much, irrelevant, etc. This wasn't one of those cases. I was annoyed and responded to that.

I'm editing a math book!! ROFLMAO. Math tests. 100 questions. 100 answers. 100 explanations of the answers. And a bunch of mathy illustrations.

This is a first for me. I've worked on books that contained math. But never an entire book of math.

Why am I amused? Math and moi don't get along.

Fortunately, I don't have to check the answers. I just have to check the numbering, setup, and wording of the questions and explanations. And I have to code it.

It's like editing a foreign language. Hey, they're paying me for this!

I think it's algebra.

I hope foreign languages pay well?

This is not a well-paying field. But I'm getting a reasonable amount for this job.

On a Saturday, the Guardian has a column which sometimes mentions the wacky things manufacturers put on labels.

Today, on a stick of shaving soap: "Remove cap and push up bottom".

McT, It's a rare day that I don't see a mistake in advertising. I think advertisers are trying to "sound real "rather than be right. Dunno for sure.

I'd offer my services, but I can't stand the BS.