Hooray! A good rain and my brook is back to normal. A great way to start a vacation!

Not sure how to generate your own content? Try looking around at successful people in the industry and see what they're doing. Don't copy them, just watch patterns and use them to create content with your own style.

A study in brand voice across two brands in similar spaces.

pretzels & honey mustard for breakfast. my version of vacation

How many hundreds (thousands?) of highway signs have I passed that can't be read at speed?

I love when type speaks. Express the message.

Yes.

Most of my life has been based on winning the gold medal with the absolute minimum required to make it.

Fresh sheets and squeaky-clean skin is glorious.

This has been the main criticism of modern veracity algorithms based on consensus, including venerable sites such as Wikipedia. Consumer consensus is highly useful for marketing, but of increasingly dubious value in the real world as the subject grows in complexity.

Don't forget - the world is FILLED with wonderful, kind people. 🙏💕

Professional writers are churning out well over 100K words a year. Give 'em a break if you see a lil' typo.

I genuinely don't understand why anyone is ever bothered by an editor changing their work. It's literally someone else doing my job for me while I still get paid the full amount. Plus, edits are excellent examples of what they want from me. I ❤️ editors!!!

I need advice! An elderly friend with dementia contacted me. She appears to be in an extremely abusive and dangerous situation (although it's hard to determine reality here). If her perception is correct, it's almost an emergency. What should I do?

My GP took both my hands in hers, looked me dead in the eyes and said, "Carolyn, we both know you're Wonder Woman. But if you never let on that you're struggling, all they'll ever see is the cape." Chest-sucking sobs for 30mins. She didn't even charge me extra. 💙

This video is only about 6 minutes but absolutely worth watching.

Closing 30 tabs after finishing an article is orgasmic. It's probably the only reason I write anymore.

Especially as an employee! It doesn't work quite as well in the freelance world, but as an employee, I only advanced and earned more money by doing less work and complaining more. The corollary between bad performance and better wages and working conditions was striking!

100% true in my case. All my life, I've traded in privilege for success (or at least survival in the worst times). And I was strongly encouraged by my educated family to explore language and the world at large as a child (along with a huge home that had a dedicated library).

So in 6 months, Russia is now approaching 10% of its entire military force killed or wounded. That's the definition of "unsustainable" right there. newsweek.com/2022/08/26/how…