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cattitude. It's nice having a good restaurant in walking distance: the food is loosely Moroccan: we shared Moroccan cigars (spiced beef in phyllo dough) for a starter, then I had rack of lamb and he had a seafood couscous, and we finished with flourless chocolate cake. We were debating which dessert to have--the pear tart also sounded appealing--and the waitress came back and said "You're going to have one chocolate, right?" So we did, since it was as well that one person in the conversation had a definite opinion. It was indeed excellent, and supported a birthday candle quite competently.
And tomorrow is my last day of schlepping to Port Washington. Cattitude suggested that, in the "free at last" vein, I deliberately skip the gym tomorrow. But I like lifting weights: I may figure that, as a woman with a much freer schedule, I get to go play with the machines at the gym. (If I know for sure that I'm not going, I don't need to drag the gym gear with me.) I'm still a bit fragile, because while knowing I won't be doing this commute much longer helps, in the meantime I'm still doing the 12-hour days.
The mailing I'm currently proofreading includes specific text for every state in the US (except Texas, for complicated reasons), plus the District of Columbia. The instructions say it's using "state mottos". It's not. It's also not using state "official nicknames", except by accident. What they appear to be using is (slightly old) license plate tag lines. So New York's says "The Empire State," not "Excelsior," New Hampshire has the famous "Live Free or Die," and Marylanders are urged to preserve the Chesapeake. The copywriter is getting a general query pointing out that these aren't the state mottos (though that at least spares me trying to proofread Hawaiian [Latin I can handle]), and a specific one noting that if they want to stick to the license plate mottos, the D.C. mailing should say "Taxation Without Representation." (The less said about such lines as "greatest snow on earth," the better.)
On this list, the text for Colorado reads "Nothing without Providence." Or, in words of one syllable, "It's all God's fault." (That was my second thought on reading that motto, the first being "What does Rhode Island have to do with this?")
cattitude. It's nice having a good restaurant in walking distance: the food is loosely Moroccan: we shared Moroccan cigars (spiced beef in phyllo dough) for a starter, then I had rack of lamb and he had a seafood couscous, and we finished with flourless chocolate cake. We were debating which dessert to have--the pear tart also sounded appealing--and the waitress came back and said "You're going to have one chocolate, right?" So we did, since it was as well that one person in the conversation had a definite opinion. It was indeed excellent, and supported a birthday candle quite competently.And tomorrow is my last day of schlepping to Port Washington. Cattitude suggested that, in the "free at last" vein, I deliberately skip the gym tomorrow. But I like lifting weights: I may figure that, as a woman with a much freer schedule, I get to go play with the machines at the gym. (If I know for sure that I'm not going, I don't need to drag the gym gear with me.) I'm still a bit fragile, because while knowing I won't be doing this commute much longer helps, in the meantime I'm still doing the 12-hour days.
The mailing I'm currently proofreading includes specific text for every state in the US (except Texas, for complicated reasons), plus the District of Columbia. The instructions say it's using "state mottos". It's not. It's also not using state "official nicknames", except by accident. What they appear to be using is (slightly old) license plate tag lines. So New York's says "The Empire State," not "Excelsior," New Hampshire has the famous "Live Free or Die," and Marylanders are urged to preserve the Chesapeake. The copywriter is getting a general query pointing out that these aren't the state mottos (though that at least spares me trying to proofread Hawaiian [Latin I can handle]), and a specific one noting that if they want to stick to the license plate mottos, the D.C. mailing should say "Taxation Without Representation." (The less said about such lines as "greatest snow on earth," the better.)
On this list, the text for Colorado reads "Nothing without Providence." Or, in words of one syllable, "It's all God's fault." (That was my second thought on reading that motto, the first being "What does Rhode Island have to do with this?")
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Oddly, we were behind a Colorado plate tonight. It had mountains with a flower in the middle, but we couldn't see the motto.
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