8 May 2012, 4:22pm
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I invent a new unit of measurement

I call it the “bullshit.” As in: “I did one bullshit worth of work on my revisions today.”

Which isn’t fair to my revisions, because I found a minor inconsistency that I needed to hunt down and fix, and that stupid crap takes time. I would have had to fix this at some point, right?

Still, it’s frustrating to have this dumb stuff take so much time especially since it means I can only finish bullshit.

8 May 2012, 6:51am
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The Avengers (w/ spoilers)

I saw THE AVENGERS yesterday with my son. He loved it, naturally, and so did I. While we waited for the bus home, I asked him which Avenger he would most like to be (a sure way to tell which he that was the most awesome) and his answer, after a moment’s thought, was Hawkeye.

Hey, who could argue with that? Or with a kid pretend-shooting arrows at all sorts of unlikely targets as we walked home.

Here are my thoughts on the movie: (Spoilers behind the cut) more »

 
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