Amazing how that works, isn’t it? Like somebody up there is watching over you, and they’re not going to cut you any slack… but when the crunch time really hits, THEN you get the much-needed work.
Great! Is it natural history work? There’s a young buck staring at me through the kitchen windows, ruminating—I’m watching the swallowing/regurgitating action going up and down, up and down his throat. Never really saw that before.
A — that reminds me of the time I was just floating in the water in Florida (Gulf of Mexico), and a tern dived near me — they drop like a stone in pursuit of small fish — then came up out of the water, flying, and shook itself like a dog while on the wing. I guess it’s the department of things in nature you never saw before. Yes, it is science copyediting.
Amazing how that works, isn’t it? Like somebody up there is watching over you, and they’re not going to cut you any slack… but when the crunch time really hits, THEN you get the much-needed work.
Ambiance
pathmv said,
October 31, 2010 at 9:29 am
Too funny! I needed a good laugh this morning, thanks!
And congrats on having work!
amba12 said,
October 31, 2010 at 10:23 am
Not a moment too soon, I’ll tell ya!
pathmv said,
October 31, 2010 at 11:35 am
Amazing how that works, isn’t it? Like somebody up there is watching over you, and they’re not going to cut you any slack… but when the crunch time really hits, THEN you get the much-needed work.
Ron said,
October 31, 2010 at 11:57 am
I’m not sure about that for myself, just yet Pat!
amba12 said,
October 31, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Pat: maybe because it keeps you abjectly grateful??
Ron said,
October 31, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Amba: We are the subject of this abjection!
Ron said,
October 31, 2010 at 12:42 pm
oops, “subjects”
Jason (the commenter) said,
October 31, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Yay!
A said,
October 31, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Great! Is it natural history work? There’s a young buck staring at me through the kitchen windows, ruminating—I’m watching the swallowing/regurgitating action going up and down, up and down his throat. Never really saw that before.
reader_iam said,
October 31, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Congrats! May your cup runneth over for as long as you need it to!
amba12 said,
October 31, 2010 at 6:03 pm
A — that reminds me of the time I was just floating in the water in Florida (Gulf of Mexico), and a tern dived near me — they drop like a stone in pursuit of small fish — then came up out of the water, flying, and shook itself like a dog while on the wing. I guess it’s the department of things in nature you never saw before. Yes, it is science copyediting.
reader — thank you kindly.
I hope it’s contagious.
Randy said,
October 31, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Terrific! Congrats.
Icepick said,
October 31, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Amazing how that works, isn’t it? Like somebody up there is watching over you, and they’re not going to cut you any slack… but when the crunch time really hits, THEN you get the much-needed work.
Utter tripe.
Peter Hoh said,
October 31, 2010 at 11:41 pm
One good tern . . . .
Good work is good to have. Congrats!
Melinda said,
November 1, 2010 at 9:11 am
Science! Great! Glad things have taken a tern for the better. (Bwah ha ha!)
Maxwell James said,
November 1, 2010 at 9:51 am
Glad to hear it (and that the big guy is feeling better). That photo cracked me up – almost Chaplinesque.
Ruth Anne said,
November 2, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Was that bird diving for sausage?
Cuz that would be a tern for the wurst.
amba12 said,
November 2, 2010 at 7:39 pm
You’re prob’ly to blame for leaving no tern unstoned, too!