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Jun. 27th, 2004 12:22 amSo, related to the earlier quiz, it turns out that the training program requires not only a printer, but also several arcane bits of FedEx paperwork that I have never even SEEN, much less had lying around the house to refer to on the mandatory quizzes. ::sigh:: Luckily you can retake the quizzes forever at no penalty so I've just been going down the multiple choices one by one until I got it right by guess and chance.
Justin bought me a printer, as mentioned earlier, because he figured that not only would it help be tonight, but we're going to need one for ourselves eventually anyway. So there you have it.
We went to Books-A-Million because it was right next door to the Office Depot that sold us the printer. They had a book called something like Eats, Shoots and Leaves about proper use of punctuation. It is the perfect size for carrying in a trenchcoat pocket or large handbag, and is hardcover for better WHANG!!!ing upside the heads of those who abuse commas and apostrophes. I didn't get it yet, though.
One thing I desperately want is an Associated Press Stylebook (preferably the one with the Libel Manual, which should, if the world has any justice, be a how-to guide). I'd also like the newer Chicago manual. I want a full selection of style guides to WHANG!!! people with - and for consulting, of course, so that I am prepared no matter which regulations I am expected to follow. I even have my mother's 1970s stenographer's manual, just in case I need to use a typewriter properly. ... but mostly for WHANG!!!ing.
Another thing I really very much desire is a nice 8" chef's knife. I have no good meat-slicing knives in the kitchen; whenever we make chicken-fried steak fingers, Justin uses his Swiss Army knife to cut the eye of rounds into neat strips. One should not be reduced to using a pocketknife for meat-cuttery.
Justin bought me a printer, as mentioned earlier, because he figured that not only would it help be tonight, but we're going to need one for ourselves eventually anyway. So there you have it.
We went to Books-A-Million because it was right next door to the Office Depot that sold us the printer. They had a book called something like Eats, Shoots and Leaves about proper use of punctuation. It is the perfect size for carrying in a trenchcoat pocket or large handbag, and is hardcover for better WHANG!!!ing upside the heads of those who abuse commas and apostrophes. I didn't get it yet, though.
One thing I desperately want is an Associated Press Stylebook (preferably the one with the Libel Manual, which should, if the world has any justice, be a how-to guide). I'd also like the newer Chicago manual. I want a full selection of style guides to WHANG!!! people with - and for consulting, of course, so that I am prepared no matter which regulations I am expected to follow. I even have my mother's 1970s stenographer's manual, just in case I need to use a typewriter properly. ... but mostly for WHANG!!!ing.
Another thing I really very much desire is a nice 8" chef's knife. I have no good meat-slicing knives in the kitchen; whenever we make chicken-fried steak fingers, Justin uses his Swiss Army knife to cut the eye of rounds into neat strips. One should not be reduced to using a pocketknife for meat-cuttery.
