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There are very few pictures of me because I hate having my picture taken, and I am a very private person, as far as pictures are concerned. Here is a rare selfie, a reflection taken in a Land Rover Defender window. I came across this yesterday, by chance. Taken on the Barotse floodplain in...

I'm reading slowly this year. Book 12 of 2024: Eye of the Needle - Ken Follett Always love Ken Follett. This is a re-read of a classic; I last read it a couple of decades ago in German, but the English original is so much better. I snagged the Penguin Books 50th anniversary edition at the...

Oh I can't wait. It's been 14 years since I've been "home." There have always been other priorities and not enough money.

Just over a week before I go on vacation. Plans are solidifying. And then I realized that my circle of friends and family sounds like it was lifted straight from "Frozen:" ❄️⛄ We're a nordic lot: Anja, Sven, Helga, Max, Jana... we're missing Elsa, though. :ROFLMAO:

Fly harder, fly faster, make more money :ROFLMAO:

Blooming rosemary and the April full moon (aka pink moon). The rosemary is in front of the window, and there is constant pollinator traffic to the blossoms: butterflies, bees, bumblebees, and Mr. Zog even saw a hummingbird. TGIF everyone, another week in the books! 🍻

Fixed it for you.

Who? 🥷

Let me just say that I don't enjoy whacking animals with a shovel, no matter what, even a rat. But it was half-dead already and I didn't want it to suffer any more, so that seemed to be the quickest way to dispatch it. We are also currently under a rabies alert by the county, so it seemed to be...

Good boy Sammy just rooted out a rat's nest at the base of the crepe myrtle tree by the back door. (The base of the tree is all overgrown with thick ferns.) He pulled one out and bit it but didn't kill it. Sammy isn't a killer, he just wants to play. So I smashed the fucker with a shovel and...

Camouflage level: Expert :ninja: TGIF everyone. Another week done and dusted (well, almost, my day has just started). 🍻

I had a major victory. Remember my disastrous video meeting on April 1 with Bollywood, where I was shredded for my editing style? Today the publisher (Bolllywood's boss) officially updated the editing guidelines, saying my way is correct. Sometimes you have to fight the fight.

Not much has been going on over the past few days, so we've been quiet. We did have some interesting happenings Saturday night and Sunday morning, involving four cop cars, the fire department, and a possible case of arson. Mr. Zog will explain when he gets around to it, I'm sure. Other than...

Unfortunately clouds moved in right at maximum. Couldn't get a picture. :(

Almost. Total eclipse can only be seen west of here. @TVB should have a better view, I think. All the birds have stopped singing, though -- it's gone dead quiet. Very eerie.

It started. I'm putting the welder's glass in front of my cell phone camera lens, and that seems to work, but still difficult. I'll try again at maximum.

What @Ri said. The author has no choice - if he wants to publish, he has to have his manuscript edited by the publisher. He does have the option of accepting or rejecting certain edits. Some are required, some are at my discretion. Awaiting the total solar eclipse, in a few hours. We are not in...

We used to have three separate processes, now we have two: 1. Pre-editing (by a person who is not a copyeditor, usually an editorial assistant) to fix the most glaring errors, such as gross misspellings. This is now automated using AI or a program that runs macros. It creates more problems for...

That's why we have copyeditors like me, who insert a query to the author, asking: "?/AU: is it a wine tasting or a beer tasting? Please clarify for the reader." Job security.

All in the name of science...