I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying, “Hi, how are you?”
I’m not the type to start a conversation in the men’s restroom, but I don’t know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassed, “Doin’ just fine!”
And the other guy says, “So what are you up to?”
What kind of question is that? At that point, I’m thinking this is too bizarre so I say, “Uhhh, I’m like you, just traveling.”
At this point I am trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question, “Can I come over?”
Okay, this question is just too weird for me, but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation. I tell him, “No…I’m a little busy right now!!”
Then I hear the guy say nervously…
“Listen, I’ll have to call you back. There’s an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions!!!”
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Laugh of the Day
Editing Tip(s) of the Day
I'll be sharing one or more tips I’ve learned over the years:
ONE SPACE between sentences. Typewriters use characters that are mono-spaced, meaning each letter or character is the same size as the other (see example). Whereas computers and most fonts use proportional spacing, meaning each letter or character takes up as much space as it needs horizontally (e.g. ‘m’ takes up more space than an ‘i’). Here's just one reference: desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/onetwospaces.htm
Periods and commas go inside quote marks (single and double). As far as I know this rule is for the U.S.A. only as in England they put periods and commas outside the quote marks. Question marks and other punctuation depend upon the context. If you have a quote with a question mark in it then it goes inside. If you’re asking a question, the question mark will more likely than not go outside the quote marks. Here's just one reference: www.kentlaw.edu/academics/lrw/grinker/LwtaQuotation_Marks.htm
In Case You Were Wondering
Jabeta is pronounced \ ja-bē-ta \; it's the first two letters from my first, middle and last names. I decided to start a blog so I could make money reviewing products, Web sites, etc. since I found out some sites will pay you to blog about certain things.
The following link got me started: techmagazine.ws/resources-to-make-money-online/
I was editing weekly articles for Vegas Community Online and was doing that for over 2 years. I also created graphics for VCO. But, alas I can’t keep working for free to help friends get their Web site off the ground. I think two years is long enough, don’t you? But then again, it has helped keep my skills up-to-date.
Partial list of graphics (mainly column headings) I created on the VCO Web site:
A Veteran's Voice
Fredericks Facts and More
Publisher's Favorite EMails
Entertainment Tidbits
Society News
Have Fork & Knife...Will Travel
The Boss Asked Me...
Valley News Team
Hip Hop Corner
Viewpoint on Vegas
Nikki's Celebrity News
’round Las Vegas
Front Row Center
Community Empowerment
The Entrepreneur's Best Friend
Networking Las Vegas Style
Feedback!
Lifestyles of Las Vegas Seniors
Coach's Poker Column
In This Corner
T-Shirt of the Day
Other colors and products with the “Mess with me” design can be found here: www.cafepress.com/jabetasresale/1081448
Other colors and products with the “F**K with me” design can be found here: www.cafepress.com/jabetasresale/1081459
All designs can be found here: www.cafepress.com/jabetasresale
Photo of the Day
This is a young Zorse, a cross between a Zebra and a Horse. Dad is in the background, Bally Vaughn Game Park, Zimbabwe, Africa.
From Wikipedia:
A zorse or zebrula is the offspring of a zebra stallion and a horse mare; the rarer reverse pairing is sometimes called a hebra. It is a zebroid: this term refers to any hybrid equine with zebra ancestry.
The zorse is shaped more like a horse than a zebra, but has boldly striped legs and, often, stripes on the body or neck. Like most other interspecies hybrids, it is infertile.
Cossar Ewart, Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh (1882-1927) and a keen geneticist, crossed a zebra stallion with horse and pony mares in order to investigate the theory of telegony, or paternal impression. Cossar Ewart used Arabian mares. Similar experiments were carried out by the US Government and reported in "Genetics in Relation to Agriculture" by E.B. Babcock and R.E. Clausen and in "The Science of Life" by H.G. Wells, J. Huxley and G.P. Wells (c.1929).
Zebras, donkeys and horses are both members of the family equus -- equines. Equines can be crossbred to produce hybrids. They are all slightly different in genetic makeup, but still all equines. That is, horses have 64 chromosomes, zebra have between 44 and 62 (depending on species). Zorses can be male or female, but are sterile since their chromosome count is 63.
Today's Words to Define
abjure
abrogate
abstemious
acumen
antebellum
abjure: \ab-ˈju r\; to renounce upon oath; to reject solemnly; to abstain from : avoid
abrogate: \ˈa-brə-ˌgāt\; to abolish by authoritative action : annul; to treat as nonexistent
abstemious: \ab-ˈstē-mē-əs\; marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or alcohol; also : reflecting such restraint
acumen: \ə-ˈkyü-mən, ˈa-kyə-mən\; keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters
antebellum: \an-ti-ˈbe-ləm\; existing before a war; especially : existing before the American Civil War
