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Anonymous, pro-Oxford comma book editor with revelations, insights, and (mostly) complaints on weather, NYC, puppies, publishing processes, and hair washing.

New York, NY
Joined June 2010
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You think you know someone and then you find out they use two spaces after a period.
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About to ask my Uber driver for a link to his Spotify playlist—
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All you need to know is that I made-and drank—my coffee before I fixed my inside-out contact lens.
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The (grown) woman next to me on the subway is watching the original Beauty & the Beast on her phone. I don’t miss commuting, but I do miss finding stuff like this over strangers’ shoulders.
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Forget Post-its—I wish I had created Command Strips.
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Subway report (it’s been a while): Only 10 people in my entire car. Everyone masked, several double masked (🙋🏻‍♀️). One person reading a book, another a newspaper. OK!
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Good morning from a woman who not only remembered to defrost her chicken overnight, but who also remembered to put it in a marinade this morning.
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When you think you’re really smart for starting your roast chicken at 4:30 so you can have dinner by 6... and then see the recipe you chose cooks for three hours.
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When someone gets in the elevator with you, looks at your puppy, and asks if you live in the apartment above them... it’s not great.
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Shaved my legs and am now ready for 2021.
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Can we still describe things as “so 2020” in 2021? You know, just in case everything isn’t magically better?
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The only thing about Elf that’s unrealistic is a publishing house being open on Christmas Eve.
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We said WHITE Christmas, not WET Christmas
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Wait, so it’s not still the weekend, or it is?
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Same, but 27 seconds or never.
I have only two speeds of email reply: 27 seconds 3 weeks
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Ever do a @onepeloton ride, wash your hair, and miss an important call in the middle of the day, then say, "Sorry, I was in a meeting" when you return? Highly recommend.
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I wish my dog would learn to sleep late on the weekend. I also wish I would learn to turn off my alarm clock on the weekend.
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No, autocorrect. When I typed “cheapest” I did not mean “cheap East.” Calm down.
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Chilly humidity: Top three worst types of weather.
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I’m out of coffee. Please send help. Or coffee.
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