What People Think I Do: Proofreader’s Version

I posted this on my personal blog yesterday but I figure that it carries some weight here as well.

In order for it to make a little more sense, I have to explain something. My job description says that I am a proofreader but it’s probably not what you would consider a conventional proofreading job, something I had before this one.

If anything, my job is pretty much to look at clean copies and compare them to redlined versions to ensure that all of the changes and corrections were made. I don’t edit; I compare, contrast, and put stickies all over when necessary — for labels and other documents in up to 24 languages. It’s hardly proofreading but hey, it’s a job nonetheless.

With all that in mind, have a gander at the image below. And then it will make more sense.

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There’s a meme floating around and I’d be quite remiss by not taking advantage of it.

Take note, however, that this assessment is based on my extremely limited capacity as a proofreader in my current position for a company that will remain nameless.

Click on the image for a larger version.

You like? Make your own at uthinkido.com but you might want to screengrab your image (like I did above) before you save it. Both of my copies were pixelated after downloading so I had to do them again. Lame!

WWJD?

In honor of Ash Wednesday I post this, a picture I shot with my phone while out for a run about a year ago. This church is right down the street from me or, in terms of my usual running route, about Mile 2-point-something.

It’s one thing to misspell a word and have it fixed properly by calling in the professionals who made your sign, but it’s another to go to Home Depot and buy one giant M in the hopes that nobody would notice.

You know, just because it’s upper case, a lighter shade of blue, and hovering magically above the misspelled word.

WWJD?

(Note: I fall under the “recovering Catholic” category, meaning I left the church years ago)

What A Waist

Make mine a Diet Coke, please.

Bad Math

I know I’m not all that great at math but even I knew something was wrong with this chart, which was in an email from Carnival Cruise Lines.

In the email, Carnival was offering generous discounts to California residents who had cruised with them in the past (as my wife and I did in 2006). The chart showed the “discount” as follows:

So let me see. The Regular Rate is $409, the Resident Rate is $579, why that’s a savings of –$170. Wait, I’ll be paying MORE if I’m a resident? Hey buddy, as if California doesn’t already have enough problems with its budget, the last thing residents need is to be dinged for higher vacation costs!

Well, Carnival recognized the error of their ways and came to the rescue by sending an updated and corrected email. It’s a good thing since it’s doubtful anybody would have gone for this kind of “discount.”

My Blogs Will Be Dark for 24 Hours Starting Tomorrow

On January 18, 2012 from 6 am to 6 pm 6 am the following day, I will be joining sites such as Wikipedia, Google, Reddit and others in showing my opposition to SOPA.

During those 12 24 hours, all of my blogs (listed below) will be set to “private” in order to bring awareness to what SOPA really and truly is: censorship of the Internet. You will not be able to access anything on any of my blogs so that you get an idea of how things may unfold if Congress decides to pass the bill. Additionally, I will refrain from posting on any social media outlet. I will be silent and will also be enforcing the silence. Because I can.

When you try to visit any of my blogs, you will get nothing but a warning page stating that the blog has been set to “private” and cannot be viewed. This means that all of you readers who have come here in search of information regarding Virgin Mobile phones, weight loss, or simple laugh won’t get what you are looking for — by my choice.

Don’t let Congress have that kind of authority on the one thing they need to stay away from and haven’t screwed up yet.

Take action. Stand up to SOPA.

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My affected blogs:

• Holographic Meatloaf
• 200by40
• Digital Resolution
• Pencilectomy