November 4, 2014 · 9:38 am

Typos, Tpyos

NaNoBlogwhatever 4 of 30:

So you had a typo.

Yeah, we all have. Every now and then, I’ll catch one on my resume, for example–a tiny one, usually, and one I’ve looked at dozens of times, one that I would absolutely recognize as a mistake in any other context. Thing is, our brains try to help us out by categorizing, sorting, and reducing the world around us, and missing typos is just one of the outcomes.

I suppose that’s an argument for copy editors, though even the best will miss things here and there–and at the same time, it’s an acknowledgment that a typo, or tpyo, isn’t the worst thing ever. It’s just being human.

Here’s an article on Wired with more.

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November 3, 2014 · 11:02 am

Some Reading Recommendations from Other People

NaNoBlogwhatever 3 of 30:

@Nalo_Hopkinson recommended Under the Mango Tree: Tales from Kamakwie, a collection of folk tales from Sierra Leone; proceeds from the book support the children who wrote it.

I forget the source, but I think it was a teacher friend, who recommended Sweetest Kulu, a picture book by Inuit singer Celina Kalluk. Alas, it seems to be out of print already.

Beyond Magenta, about transgender teens, from everywhere.

The Bishop’s Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison, which I originally heard about via Soho Press, but it’s been getting accolades left and right. Out in December, I think.

 

And found in the folder of links: a note that I put in my calendar last March to order two lunches, so I could save one for a day when no lunches would be delivered. There are a lot of oddball things accidentally filed in strange places in my email!

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