O noes! Everything on this site is going to slow down until I groom this bird and make it capable of flying. The giant bottle of aspirin (they come in “small,” “medium,” “large,” and “author” is to help me.
Be kind to Professor Ceiling Cat.
The Albatross is here!
August 11, 2014 • 4:44 am
Best wishes professor, I hope you don’t need all the Aspirin.
I can help by proof reading if you send me a copy. 😊
Ditto here.
I am an excellent copy editor, starting with my HS yearbook. It’s a skill I’ve maintained and used throughout my professional career.
I’m accurate and fast, too. L
Asprin’s has no effect on me. Ethanol does and it arbitrates thinking better than almost anything.
“I started out on burgundy
But soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said they’d stand behind me
When the game got rough…”. -Bob Dylan
You probably haz a sad because Dembski’s talk is coming up. Feel better soon!
From the vine to the barley. That’s my motto.
You can do it Professor!
So, this would be the first, “developmental” edit?
Was it the publisher’s choice to send you hardcopy or yours, Jerry?
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I was wondering the same. If it were me, I’d be tempted to get a soft copy & do a “accept all edits”. 🙂
I love these puzzles 🙂
Lets see, some papers from Cognitive Psychology, an email with a reminder list for a haircut and dentist, and in the upper left, what appears to be a pan-dimensional box with little people in it.
Oh, and a fat envelope with a lot of work in it.
But I can’t see the nightjar. 🙁
Can we spare a moment to mourn the demise of the postage stamp? 🙁
Indeed. I spent part of my childhood continuing and attempting to complete my dad’s old stamp collection, as well as pestering relatives and family friends for old envelopes and postcards from anywhere in the world. My son will have to collect stickers instead.
Ah!
“I’m aspirin’
and perspirin’
to skilz
with pilz.”
But seriously, given your speed Jerry, this will be over before the fat lady sings.
Caution: too much aspirin over an extended period may suppress thyroid function. Ibuprofen doesn’t, although it does have that unfortunate gastric bleeding side effect in some people.
Aspirin can cause bleeds as well and respiratory issues. What you need is a good dose of codeine, it’s addictive so you know it works!
The aspirin is a prop (though I do take a small one per day as a prophylactic measure). I am taking Robitussin with codeine now for my viral bronchitis.
And working while suffering with something as nasty as viral bronchitis is a real drag. I have asthma, so will usually be hospitalized if I get a bad case of bronchitis; at least it has happened in the past, so I feel for you. Get better soon Jerry! And good luck with the albatross…soon it will be flying!
Aspirin is the best thing for gout. I’ve found that if I just take it until my nose bleeds, the inflammation clears up nicely!
If you skin the thing is there anyone out there who will turn it into a pair of boots. Post editing boots probably require reasonably thick skin. Enjoy.
How nice of them to also send you some bubble wrap to pop!
b&
Could we perhaps be told the name of that albatross? The suspense is getting to me!
_Why Religion Is False_! 😉
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Surely the good prof has more imagination than that! lol
But a less-imaginative publisher might have the final say! 😀
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No one thinks it is, in fact, The Albatross?
I wish it were – with a picture of an albatross on the front.
Seems like a perfect metaphor to me.
As a fan of the Periodic Videos series on Youtube I now only use Boots brand aspirin. Boots became so rich by making bootleg aspirin during WWI and they had the influence to make voiding the Bayer trademark on “aspirin” part of the Treaty of Versailles.
It all worked out well as Boots gave a crapload of money to Nottingham University to beef up its science departments.
It’s a nice feeling when a large effort is about to come to fruition. Good luck!
“Small, Medium, Large, and Author.” LOL!
I took the title literally and was sooo disappointed not to see a photo of Prof CC and a whacking great bird. 🙁