Tropical Depression Barry meant that sunny Florida wasn’t so sunny last weekend. Our hotel room was right on the beach, but we couldn’t even see the waves through the rain. Oh well. Next time. Still had a great trip! Naturally, as the bus pulled away from the resort the sun came out and it was gorgeous. And when we landed in DC, it was pouring rain.
On the upside, I found the most fascinating book at the airport bookstore, and I’m just devouring it. Totally worth 25 bucks. It’s non-fiction, which I rarely read, but should probably go for more often.
We watched a bunch of movies this weekend. Sky High, which is adorable and fun and one of those “wish I’d written it” things, and Casino Royale, which is long. Wow, long long long. And I kept thinking it was over and then it wasn’t. My favorite scene was the “urban gymnast” chase sequence. I really don’t understand what happened at the end, though SB tried to explain it to me.
Busy work week coming up for me, so I may be blogging light.
In other news, Scalzi mentions that he doesn’t have a printer. This surprises me quite a bit. There are certain pieces of office equipment that I don’t have and have no intention of ever using again (fax machines: in this world of scanners and email, why would we still be using something so monstrously inconvenient that doesn’t work half as well?) but a printer is not one of them. I use my printer constantly. I print labels to send out mailings, I print directions, I print pages to read them aloud and edit. I love editing on hardcopy. I think the very act of changing up the medium by which I make changes — actually crossing stuff out and writing over it and circling things and making arrows to show where i’m moving them too — makes me see things I wouldn’t if I was just looking at paragraph chunks on screen.
Who is with me? Do you edit on hardcopy? Why or why not?
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