Asking for help

A remarkable number of the editorial jobs being advertised require Quark knowledge/experience. I know lots of software, but not that. If anyone in/around New York City can get me some time on a Mac with Quark Xpress installed, it would be extremely useful. Obviously, I'd be glad to take on a temporary assignment--and I'm a good typist as well as having the editorial skills--but just the chance to come in and use your software after hours, or a spare machine during the day if you can arrange it, would be valuable.

I would also be grateful if anyone can put me in touch with people who are hiring editorial freelancers. If your contacts aren't giving you enough work even for yourself, I understand; in that case, more general hints, on things like how to locate and approach the appropriate people, would also be helpful.

Yesterday's poll was mostly to play with the LJ poll-making software, and the style owes something to sneerpout's polls and a bit to hobbitbabe's comments on a weird article about Tenzing Norgay.

Asking for help

A remarkable number of the editorial jobs being advertised require Quark knowledge/experience. I know lots of software, but not that. If anyone in/around New York City can get me some time on a Mac with Quark Xpress installed, it would be extremely useful. Obviously, I'd be glad to take on a temporary assignment--and I'm a good typist as well as having the editorial skills--but just the chance to come in and use your software after hours, or a spare machine during the day if you can arrange it, would be valuable.

I would also be grateful if anyone can put me in touch with people who are hiring editorial freelancers. If your contacts aren't giving you enough work even for yourself, I understand; in that case, more general hints, on things like how to locate and approach the appropriate people, would also be helpful.

Yesterday's poll was mostly to play with the LJ poll-making software, and the style owes something to sneerpout's polls and a bit to hobbitbabe's comments on a weird article about Tenzing Norgay.

baby bok choi

After dim sum on Sunday, cattitude and I wandered around Chinatown and did a little shopping. He said it was my expedition, meaning he followed me around while I shopped, and then he carried everything.

The place we stopped for clementines (only okay, but it is March, so even acceptable clementines are noteworthy) also had snow peas and a vegetable we didn't know the name of, but had just had at lunch and liked. So I got a pound of each: why not, they're cheap. I think it was $1.50/pound for each. And it takes a lot of those green leafy things to make a pound.

This evening, Cattitude made baked chicken, and steamed the odd little cabbage-like things, then served them with butter. Yum. It came out slightly bitter-er than at the Chinese restaurant, but not too bitter for me to eat. I thought I remembered them as being called baby bok choi, and a Google image search confirms that. So we have another green I like, and one that's in season when not much else is.

Better yet, we still have a half pound of them, which is enough for both of us for another evening. (Also another half pound of snow peas, but those I want to stir fry with a bunch of things, meaning more shopping is in order.)

baby bok choi

After dim sum on Sunday, cattitude and I wandered around Chinatown and did a little shopping. He said it was my expedition, meaning he followed me around while I shopped, and then he carried everything.

The place we stopped for clementines (only okay, but it is March, so even acceptable clementines are noteworthy) also had snow peas and a vegetable we didn't know the name of, but had just had at lunch and liked. So I got a pound of each: why not, they're cheap. I think it was $1.50/pound for each. And it takes a lot of those green leafy things to make a pound.

This evening, Cattitude made baked chicken, and steamed the odd little cabbage-like things, then served them with butter. Yum. It came out slightly bitter-er than at the Chinese restaurant, but not too bitter for me to eat. I thought I remembered them as being called baby bok choi, and a Google image search confirms that. So we have another green I like, and one that's in season when not much else is.

Better yet, we still have a half pound of them, which is enough for both of us for another evening. (Also another half pound of snow peas, but those I want to stir fry with a bunch of things, meaning more shopping is in order.)