Blits and Blats

[nightdog_barks]

1) Stuck in one of those periodic cycles of ferocious hot flashes. :-(

2) But! In much better news, we saw a screech owl two nights ago! I could hear it calling, very softly, and I could tell it was close, so I said "Layla, wait just a minute," and started shining my little flashlight into the trees And there he was! Wee little guy, about the length of my hand (5 1/2 to 6 inches tall). He (she?) was reddish-grey and had a streaky chest. It owl-bobbed its head at us a couple of times and flew away on silent owl wings. :D

3) Almost finished with LaRose, by Louise Erdrich. If the ending holds up, it will be one of the best novels I've read this year -- the others are Samantha Hunt's Mr. Splitfoot and Kate Atkinson's A God in Ruins. It hasn't been a particularly good year for novels for me, so far (I've read a dozen and thought three were memorable).

4) People who use "lead" when they mean "led" should be banished from Twitter. This is like when paid became payed for a while, and it makes me grit my teeth.

5) This is some prime-gauge nightmare fuel. The permafrost is melting, so long-frozen anthrax spores wake up. Thirteen people hospitalized, 1,500 dead reindeer. The dystopian fics write themselves.

Five things, as I've heard, make a post.

Comments

[topaz_eyes]

1. Hope the hot flashes go away soon... *sends cooling thoughts*

4. People who use "sell" for "sale" and vice versa should be banished too. "I had three sells today!" and "I'll sale it to you for $20" are proverbial fingernails on the blackboard. No. Just. No.

Then again, I caught myself using "peak" for "peek" today, so I probably shouldn't judge too harshly... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

5. Yup. There was an anthrax outbreak in bison at Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta/NWT in 2015. It's only going to get worse. Plus, who knows what other nasty critters have been hibernating in the permafrost.

[nightdog_barks]

1. ♥ ♥ ♥

4. I KNOW RIGHT? And if it's not sale/sell or lead/led, it's through/threw or Calvary/cavalry. MAKE IT STOP. Heh, at least you didn't use "peak" for "pique"? Because I see that a lot, too. :D

5. It's a nightmare, and I imagine it's going to get worse before (if?) it gets better. Meanwhile, we're in genuine danger of electing a certifiable lunatic President. The mind reels. :-P

[topaz_eyes]

The Miss reminded me that "pique" exists, too. Peak/peek I can sorta maybe understand. I'm making these mistakes more, too, which is also sad, though part of me thinks it's by osmosis. See the wrong word used long enough and it becomes accepted. Though I think I'd legit cry if I found myself mixing up pique and peak.

Yeah, that certifiable lunatic scares me more than any anthrax outbreak. We managed to oust our own homophobic, racist asshole leader, but he was nothing in comparison. I fear for you guys.

(re-posted to put in its appropriate thread. Sheesh, this is the second time I've done this. Wtf, brain?)

[abject_reptile]

The one that irritates (and amuses) me is 'tenets' and 'tenants'.

[nightdog_barks]

Oh my god, yes. I'm on Twitter a lot, and I follow quite a few writers, including some TV writers. And the other day, one of the TV writers tweeted something about the tenants of the show. AND OF COURSE HE MEANT TENETS.

And I was like, A PERSON WHO WRITES FOR A LIVING CAN'T EVEN GET IT RIGHT. I thought about replying, "It's 'tenets,'" but I didn't want to be That Person. But I was appalled. :-P

[abject_reptile]

It's often people who ought to know better. And it's a recent thing. It may even become 'correct'. Horrors!

[taiga13]

I get it - I still refuse to accept "check" for "cheque".
I finished Life After Life on vacation, and have A God In Ruins on hold at the library. I'll have to check out LaRose, I do like Erdrich.
I heard about the anthrax. And the election. It's like someone traveled back in time to shoot dinosaurs and accidentally stepped on a butterfly.