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Word usage to look out for when you haven't got a Beta. (with particular reference to Iron Man and Avengers fandom). This doesn't cover grammar, canon, formatting or any of the other facets of betaing, just words that I've seen used where they don't belong.
If you're unsure of the difference between 'Affect' and 'Effect', 'Fewer' and 'Less', 'Callus' and 'Callous', or when to use an apostrophe (rule of thumb, apostrophe used where a letter is omitted, or to indicate possession where there does not already exist a possessive form without the apostrophe) then this might help you.
Proper use of possessive pronouns: its dog (the dog is its), his cat (the cat is his), her goldfish (the goldfish is hers), my aardvark (the aardvark is mine), your horse (the horse is yours), Our bunny (the bunny is ours), Their canary (the canary is theirs).
Then there are a few special cases- Whose elephant is that? (the elephant belongs to an unknown), and One's ferret (ferret belonging to a generic one- apparently in a tribe where ferret ownership is assumed).
This is a long list. I've been coming back and adding more as I encounter them. So far I've found no examples beginning with X or Z.
( I haven't time to beta for anyone,alas. )
One thing ends, another begins.
Mar. 22nd, 2025 09:11 amI finally did the taxes yesterday after weeks of trying to answers to my very basic questions. The internet didn't know, the user forums didn't know, the FAQ on two tax programs didn't know, people who worked for the IRS for the government didn't know.
It turns out the tax program changed in the interval and the page that had basically told me the wrong thing was gone, and just following the walk through worked.
Of course, NOW there's a new problem. I paid for an extra which was supposed to do two things- provide support if your return gets audited, and monitor you for Identity Protection. I got a report that someone's using my Social Security number, and my email is available on the Dark Web.
*ARGH* So I have to figure out what to do about that. The last time, many years ago, something similar happened (I went to a different grocery store than my usual, and the credit card company decided that meant someone stole my card and they were canceling it) I called and the 'confirm your identity' questions were all WRONG. They asked me about cars and homes I'd never owned, places I'd never live at and didn't ask me anything I COULD answer.
I finally broke down and cried because that was my ONLY credit card and I couldn't qualify for a different card company. So they relented and took the hold off the card.
So... now, I'm afraid to try to do anything. They warn if you try to get a credit report they'll ask Hard Questions and I'm... what publicly available proof of identity do I have? I've lived at the same address all my life, briefly owned a car I was conned into buying but couldn't drive (don't even remember the brand name)... dug up a long outdated passport... I guess I'll try to gather info...family birth places/maiden names/ etc?
The dates on the monitoring report go back years and years, so probably whatever they did has already been done so rushing is unlikely to make any difference.
It turns out the tax program changed in the interval and the page that had basically told me the wrong thing was gone, and just following the walk through worked.
Of course, NOW there's a new problem. I paid for an extra which was supposed to do two things- provide support if your return gets audited, and monitor you for Identity Protection. I got a report that someone's using my Social Security number, and my email is available on the Dark Web.
*ARGH* So I have to figure out what to do about that. The last time, many years ago, something similar happened (I went to a different grocery store than my usual, and the credit card company decided that meant someone stole my card and they were canceling it) I called and the 'confirm your identity' questions were all WRONG. They asked me about cars and homes I'd never owned, places I'd never live at and didn't ask me anything I COULD answer.
I finally broke down and cried because that was my ONLY credit card and I couldn't qualify for a different card company. So they relented and took the hold off the card.
So... now, I'm afraid to try to do anything. They warn if you try to get a credit report they'll ask Hard Questions and I'm... what publicly available proof of identity do I have? I've lived at the same address all my life, briefly owned a car I was conned into buying but couldn't drive (don't even remember the brand name)... dug up a long outdated passport... I guess I'll try to gather info...family birth places/maiden names/ etc?
The dates on the monitoring report go back years and years, so probably whatever they did has already been done so rushing is unlikely to make any difference.
( will probably update often because maybe power/internet will be gone for a while )
( 4 photos, assassin bug, loquat fruit and weird wire mess )
I just saw this alert.
AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7
So I'm stocking up on tabs with ENTIRE WORK (because I once thought I was prepared for AO3 downtime and I had only the FIRST chapters of a bunch of fic. Live and learn.)
Electric guy came and said the mess is AT&T, so maybe I'll call them when I have strength to handle another game of A.I. phone tag. He said he liked my sign (on the gate I have 'I am home, I don't have a car I am watching') When I told him I'd done that because I'd had my garden hose stolen when I was at the hospital he told me a story that...wow.
People came home to find their backyard grill missing. A few days later the grill returned along with a full tank of propane and thanks for using it and four tickets to a Marlin (baseball) game. They went to the game and returned home to find they'd been ROBBED.
And then I got a reply from Flickr, they say the deletion was deliberate but wouldn't tell me even what rule I broke. I read the rules
https://www.flickrhelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/20529310987796-The-rules-of-Flickr
and since I don't think I did ANY of them, I can't be sure even if they let me get a new account, I might get deleted again. So I won't even try. Just glad I was able to email one person who was able to email one other person who is on the forum so they have closure.
In joining Flickr, our members agree to abide by the Flickr Community Guidelines and Terms of Service.
Upon review, we determined that your content and/or behavior was in violation and your account was terminated.
We’re not at liberty to discuss the specifics of accounts closed for violations, but please see The rules of Flickr for more insight.
( 4 photos, assassin bug, loquat fruit and weird wire mess )
I just saw this alert.
AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7
So I'm stocking up on tabs with ENTIRE WORK (because I once thought I was prepared for AO3 downtime and I had only the FIRST chapters of a bunch of fic. Live and learn.)
Electric guy came and said the mess is AT&T, so maybe I'll call them when I have strength to handle another game of A.I. phone tag. He said he liked my sign (on the gate I have 'I am home, I don't have a car I am watching') When I told him I'd done that because I'd had my garden hose stolen when I was at the hospital he told me a story that...wow.
People came home to find their backyard grill missing. A few days later the grill returned along with a full tank of propane and thanks for using it and four tickets to a Marlin (baseball) game. They went to the game and returned home to find they'd been ROBBED.
And then I got a reply from Flickr, they say the deletion was deliberate but wouldn't tell me even what rule I broke. I read the rules
https://www.flickrhelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/20529310987796-The-rules-of-Flickr
and since I don't think I did ANY of them, I can't be sure even if they let me get a new account, I might get deleted again. So I won't even try. Just glad I was able to email one person who was able to email one other person who is on the forum so they have closure.
In joining Flickr, our members agree to abide by the Flickr Community Guidelines and Terms of Service.
Upon review, we determined that your content and/or behavior was in violation and your account was terminated.
We’re not at liberty to discuss the specifics of accounts closed for violations, but please see The rules of Flickr for more insight.
It was raining when I woke up, but mostly it threatened, so I did finish weeding enough cleared space to transplant the remaining grass runners.
I saw an assassin bug when I was weeding. Tried to take a photo, if it doesn't work, then look at the top photo here, which looks very similar to the one I saw. They're generally considered harmless to humans although they can bite and in some species it can be long lasting painful.
( long google wander to ID is this a disease carrying bug, eventual answer No )
Oh, HELL... forget about contacting me through Flickr. My account (had for over 11 years) has been DELETED. I put up a post, I commented, I returned to find my account gone and my user icon and name replaced by a generic cartoon camera and the name 'dashing spoon [deleted]'.
So, I've spent time attempting to use their 'help' which is basically ONE form you can fill out which is impossible for someone with a deleted account because some of it is 'provide the URLS for things you can no longer get to'.
I am too upset to think. I don't even know what photos were lost. I did a cull back years ago when Flickr didn't want any 'adult' images and I removed even slightly iffy fan fiction drawings, so I don't think they deleted me for that. If they ever get back and give me a reason I'll be lucky. I doubt they'll reinstate it for whatever reason they took it down.
So no photos now. I am too annoyed to function.
I saw an assassin bug when I was weeding. Tried to take a photo, if it doesn't work, then look at the top photo here, which looks very similar to the one I saw. They're generally considered harmless to humans although they can bite and in some species it can be long lasting painful.
( long google wander to ID is this a disease carrying bug, eventual answer No )
Oh, HELL... forget about contacting me through Flickr. My account (had for over 11 years) has been DELETED. I put up a post, I commented, I returned to find my account gone and my user icon and name replaced by a generic cartoon camera and the name 'dashing spoon [deleted]'.
So, I've spent time attempting to use their 'help' which is basically ONE form you can fill out which is impossible for someone with a deleted account because some of it is 'provide the URLS for things you can no longer get to'.
I am too upset to think. I don't even know what photos were lost. I did a cull back years ago when Flickr didn't want any 'adult' images and I removed even slightly iffy fan fiction drawings, so I don't think they deleted me for that. If they ever get back and give me a reason I'll be lucky. I doubt they'll reinstate it for whatever reason they took it down.
So no photos now. I am too annoyed to function.
Charge of the Heavy Brigade
Feb. 28th, 2025 04:46 pm( Was successful that day, but the Light Brigade's poem was more popular than the Heavy Brigade's. )
( 4 hours of ranting trying to accomplish something that in the past took 2 seconds and a AA battery )
So I've been at this for an hour and a half now- without even getting to upgrading (and I'm not at all sure it won't want to do another upgrade once it goes up to MacOS Sequoia.)
Got tired of waiting, made waffles and been reading fic and rinsed my latest rock tumbling.
( Read more... )
Set 7 more designs for sale. I should make more as I'm down to 3. Ok, I dug out my PSD 'stripes for plaids' and made a new PSD with one layer the plaid zig zag to fit that 12 inch square and am playing with color...
( Read more... )
So that's 4 hours gone... at least I did get a waffle. :^)
Remembered that the stripes for plaid basic layered design I'd figured out so I could make COORDINATING stripes at the same time. So going back to pull the colors from the four plaids to make stripes instead of the sensible way, make the stripes and then the plaid. I wish I still had a brain... maybe I should eat more tuna fish. :^)
Ok, uploaded 15 designs and then went out with. Max. It works so the bogus charger at least didn't hurt it (It might have been still running on the charge it had from the new charger- I didn't run it down completely- that would take So MUCH pushing the pole around the pool I'd be without energy, too.)
Back to set up the new designs. Spoonflower being wonky site again. *flumph*
I made a waffle sandwich- a little butter, thin slices of Spam, thin slices of Cheddar, half a minute in the mike. NOM NOM NOM.
Ok. going for 5 pm. Did no sewing today. Am going to see if I can get myself into the swimming pool. It might be too chily, But worth a try.
( 4 hours of ranting trying to accomplish something that in the past took 2 seconds and a AA battery )
So I've been at this for an hour and a half now- without even getting to upgrading (and I'm not at all sure it won't want to do another upgrade once it goes up to MacOS Sequoia.)
Got tired of waiting, made waffles and been reading fic and rinsed my latest rock tumbling.
( Read more... )
Set 7 more designs for sale. I should make more as I'm down to 3. Ok, I dug out my PSD 'stripes for plaids' and made a new PSD with one layer the plaid zig zag to fit that 12 inch square and am playing with color...
( Read more... )
So that's 4 hours gone... at least I did get a waffle. :^)
Remembered that the stripes for plaid basic layered design I'd figured out so I could make COORDINATING stripes at the same time. So going back to pull the colors from the four plaids to make stripes instead of the sensible way, make the stripes and then the plaid. I wish I still had a brain... maybe I should eat more tuna fish. :^)
Ok, uploaded 15 designs and then went out with. Max. It works so the bogus charger at least didn't hurt it (It might have been still running on the charge it had from the new charger- I didn't run it down completely- that would take So MUCH pushing the pole around the pool I'd be without energy, too.)
Back to set up the new designs. Spoonflower being wonky site again. *flumph*
I made a waffle sandwich- a little butter, thin slices of Spam, thin slices of Cheddar, half a minute in the mike. NOM NOM NOM.
Ok. going for 5 pm. Did no sewing today. Am going to see if I can get myself into the swimming pool. It might be too chily, But worth a try.
AO3 fic meme
Feb. 23rd, 2025 07:24 pmI got this from thisbluespirit
Rules: give us the links to your fics with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the fewest words.
Most hits Peachy Keen
second most kudos Siberian Variations
third most comments Siberian Variations
fourth most bookmarks Scarlet Souls
fifth most words Harem
fic with fewest words Shirt, but Sweet
(the count is misleading as it includes a note to the readers- the actual fic is 11 words.
Rules: give us the links to your fics with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the fewest words.
Most hits Peachy Keen
second most kudos Siberian Variations
third most comments Siberian Variations
fourth most bookmarks Scarlet Souls
fifth most words Harem
fic with fewest words Shirt, but Sweet
(the count is misleading as it includes a note to the readers- the actual fic is 11 words.
( ...Can't make it much worse. )
Also, completely random and so full of joy.
Crab Rave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDU_Txk06tM
Also, completely random and so full of joy.
Crab Rave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDU_Txk06tM
