Profile_bird

Hey there! knitgeekery is using Twitter.

Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What's happening? Join today to start receiving knitgeekery's tweets.

Already using Twitter
from your phone? Click here.

knitgeekery

  1. @AmandaStrong1 Hey, thanks for #FF love! I had to go look it up, but now I'm enlightened. about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to AmandaStrong1
  2. Why they can't fake global warming: http://bit.ly/6vbuTP New Scientist Rules! about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck
  3. Editor's tip of the day: Ditch the junk: What does "pushing the envelope" really mean? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? I doubt it. about 10 hours ago from LinkedIn Status
  4. RT @PaulDewar: I will vote against the HST: http://bit.ly/7GECk0 7:35 AM Dec 3rd from web
  5. Editor's tip of the day: A fact is something absolutely true. A factoid is something masquerading as a fact. Confuse them at your peril. 7:32 AM Dec 3rd from LinkedIn Status
  6. Is there such thing as a non-cranky editor? If yes, is he or she on drugs? If so, where can I find some? 10:22 AM Dec 2nd from web
  7. Editor's tip of the day: If you must read a sentence more than once to grasp its meaning, rewrite it. More than twice? Start again. 8:12 AM Dec 2nd from LinkedIn Status
  8. Am annoyed to discover that daughter refers to us collectively as "the rents" in her FB updates. I feel abbreviated. 1:19 PM Dec 1st from web
  9. RT @FakeAPStylebook: editor in chief - Lowercase, no hyphens. Do not, under any circumstances, shorten to "Chief." 1:16 PM Dec 1st from web
  10. Falling asleep at the wheel, lulled by reams of contorted syntax and dreary content. Must...go...knit.... 1:16 PM Dec 1st from web
  11. @YarnHarlot Confused for a moment. Thought "change" meant "coins." DD found $85 on bedroom floor during last cleaning blitz. Oh, well. 7:59 AM Dec 1st from web in reply to YarnHarlot
  12. RT @ThatRachelH: RT @indigodragonfly: Want to show the Tourism Board how far and wide a Twitter message can spread...pls RT to help! #Ha ... 7:57 AM Dec 1st from web
  13. Editor's tip of the day: Don't try to cover bad writing with $100 words and convoluted sentence constructions. It's annoying and insulting. 6:48 AM Dec 1st from LinkedIn Status
  14. @AmandaStrong1 I'd use an en dash, set tight. 12:13 PM Nov 30th from web in reply to AmandaStrong1
  15. @AmandaStrong1 Because they failed to read the style guide? 12:11 PM Nov 30th from web in reply to AmandaStrong1
  16. Note to writers: if your editor asks for 350 words, don't send 500 and tell her you "didn't know what to cut." Bad scene, man. Bad scene. 12:10 PM Nov 30th from web
  17. Writer's tip of the day: On rigid preposition placement rules--"This is the kind of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put." 8:38 AM Nov 30th from LinkedIn Status
  18. Editor's tip of the day: What are you doing editing today? It's Saturday! Go home and take the day off. On me. 8:21 AM Nov 28th from LinkedIn Status
  19. Heading over to the Woodworking Show at Lansdowne. Daughter's entry has taken 1st place + Jury Award --an internship with Michael Fortune! 2:09 PM Nov 27th from TweetDeck
  20. Editor's tip of the day: There is an expletive construction in this sentence. Can you detect it? Great--now expunge it. 8:48 AM Nov 27th from LinkedIn Status