I know Zenkitty has mentioned this before, but there are several scientific journals where the official abbreviation does contain "Anal." And depending on your citation style, you use those abbreviations a lot.

Medical editing can be boring, so when those citations show up, it's comedy GOLD.

I would think so, except for the part where today they said that no, both Tim and I had our policies terminated after November 30. Someone at Humana has gotten into the bad LSD. I think it's the claims-processing squirrels.

Oh yeah, I mean, clearly you have to follow up!

I know Zenkitty has mentioned this before, but there are several scientific journals where the official abbreviation does contain "Anal." And depending on your citation style, you use those abbreviations a lot.

That's not OK! But then, I came up in a youth organization where the conventions were called "Assembly" and we were very firmly told that you can never abbreviate Assembly in any way. Not Ass., not Ass'y!

Years ago I worked for a company that attracted an investment from an outside group. This group was called the Venture Division, or VD for short.

My boss used to work on the "PWP" project. I could never tell her why I found the meetings designated PWP on her calendar so funny!

This is the worst sentence ever:

Each section consist of a PowerPoint lecture, most have a series of video lectures of a colleague of mine lecturing, assigned readings, learning activities, web resources to assist is your learning the material.

Oh my.

You guys, I think I actually feel better! Not 100%, but still.

Yay for betterness!

That is impressive, Sophia.

It took me so long to re-write it! I hope the professor isn't upset, but that was incoherent!

I used to help people fine tune their papers in college. I remember combining some short sentences into a compound with an introductory clause, and the person who wrote the paper originally looked at me like I'd performed successful open-heart surgery right in front of her, with a paper clip and a pocket knife. "That's brilliant! How did you do that!" I really should have charged more.

I have had The Elements stuck in my head since I heard a story on the radio yesterday about some new unstable elements that have been confirmed. I apparently know it slightly better than Modern Major General, although I doubt I ever knew the whole thing. Also, kinda surprised that Tom Lehrer is still alive.