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I finished a proofreading job this morning, which was slower and more annoying than I expected given the length and that this is neither a new client nor a new project. I suspect it got less editorial attention than I expect in articles for this client. My contact there did say that, given the pandemic, they aren't worrying about deadlines.
Aloha Hawaiian shirts, from which I have bought one men's cut shirt and a couple of face masks, is now offering a dozen styles in women's sizes, meaning shorter sleeves, which would fit better on me. I emailed to ask them to add one of their space designs to that set.
Our last grocery order included a "cantaloupe" that turned out to be some other variety of melon, with pale green instead of orange flesh and a slightly different flavor. It had a tag saying it was a "summer kiss" melon, with a URL; following that, I now know that it's "native to Israel," by which I think they mean this variety of muskmelon was bred/found there, but not what it's called when not being marketed by a company that has the word "kiss" in all of their melon names.
I am doing a focus group sort of thing, about the election or maybe about political issues. I had thought it was going to be on Zoom, and it turns out to be a web forum, with a "moderator" asking questions and several participants giving answers of varying lengths, about specific issues and about things like "what news sources do you trust?" (I think it's reasonable to say that much here; we weren't asked to keep any of this confidential.) The first session was yesterday, and there will be I think two more sessions, each about three quarters of an hour, and when it's all over they will pay me $150. I've done half a dozen focus groups through this company, the first few when I lived in New York; they don't want to use the same people too often.
Aloha Hawaiian shirts, from which I have bought one men's cut shirt and a couple of face masks, is now offering a dozen styles in women's sizes, meaning shorter sleeves, which would fit better on me. I emailed to ask them to add one of their space designs to that set.
Our last grocery order included a "cantaloupe" that turned out to be some other variety of melon, with pale green instead of orange flesh and a slightly different flavor. It had a tag saying it was a "summer kiss" melon, with a URL; following that, I now know that it's "native to Israel," by which I think they mean this variety of muskmelon was bred/found there, but not what it's called when not being marketed by a company that has the word "kiss" in all of their melon names.
I am doing a focus group sort of thing, about the election or maybe about political issues. I had thought it was going to be on Zoom, and it turns out to be a web forum, with a "moderator" asking questions and several participants giving answers of varying lengths, about specific issues and about things like "what news sources do you trust?" (I think it's reasonable to say that much here; we weren't asked to keep any of this confidential.) The first session was yesterday, and there will be I think two more sessions, each about three quarters of an hour, and when it's all over they will pay me $150. I've done half a dozen focus groups through this company, the first few when I lived in New York; they don't want to use the same people too often.