Kim Lombard Robson http://kimkiminy.com Proofreading and Copyediting, with a Smile. Wed, 09 May 2012 00:07:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 You Had Me At… http://kimkiminy.com/2012/05/08/you-had-me-at/ http://kimkiminy.com/2012/05/08/you-had-me-at/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 00:07:25 +0000 kimkiminy http://kimkiminy.com/?p=3237

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]]> http://kimkiminy.com/2012/05/04/youre-and-your/feed/ 0 Twenty Cats, As Fonts http://kimkiminy.com/2012/05/01/twenty-cats-as-fonts/ http://kimkiminy.com/2012/05/01/twenty-cats-as-fonts/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 21:42:21 +0000 kimkiminy http://kimkiminy.com/?p=3235 Here are 20 fonts and the cats that clearly inspired them. This is a rare and important opportunity for cat fanciers and typophiles to find some common ground. I especially love the Wingdings cat.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/paws/cats-as-fonts

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]]> http://kimkiminy.com/2012/04/29/poor-grammar-nazis/feed/ 0 Unless They’re Part of the Zombie Apocalypse… http://kimkiminy.com/2012/04/24/unless-theyre-part-of-the-zombie-apocalypse/ http://kimkiminy.com/2012/04/24/unless-theyre-part-of-the-zombie-apocalypse/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:11:58 +0000 kimkiminy http://kimkiminy.com/?p=3222

]]> http://kimkiminy.com/2012/04/24/unless-theyre-part-of-the-zombie-apocalypse/feed/ 0 The Difference Between Your and You’re http://kimkiminy.com/2012/04/10/the-difference-between-your-and-youre/ http://kimkiminy.com/2012/04/10/the-difference-between-your-and-youre/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:39:30 +0000 kimkiminy http://kimkiminy.com/?p=3215

]]> http://kimkiminy.com/2012/04/10/the-difference-between-your-and-youre/feed/ 0 Conversational Writing http://kimkiminy.com/2012/03/14/conversational-writing/ http://kimkiminy.com/2012/03/14/conversational-writing/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:42:42 +0000 kimkiminy http://kimkiminy.com/?p=3211 A teacher, once said, that, I overused commas. What she didn’t understand, at all, was that, I was writing, like Christopher Walken, speaks…

]]> http://kimkiminy.com/2012/03/14/conversational-writing/feed/ 0 Poor Shrek! http://kimkiminy.com/2012/03/04/poor-shrek/ http://kimkiminy.com/2012/03/04/poor-shrek/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:00:04 +0000 kimkiminy http://kimkiminy.com/?p=3206 The importance of proofreading:

]]> http://kimkiminy.com/2012/03/04/poor-shrek/feed/ 0 Weights and Measures http://kimkiminy.com/2012/02/29/weights-and-measures/ http://kimkiminy.com/2012/02/29/weights-and-measures/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:55:32 +0000 kimkiminy http://kimkiminy.com/?p=3204 From Culture of Chemistry blog:

2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds

10-6 fish = 1 microfiche

454 graham crackers =1 pound cake

10 millipedes = 1 centipede

10 monologs = 5 dialogues

2 monograms = 1 diagram

8 nickels = 2 paradigms

10-2 mental = 1 centimental

]]> http://kimkiminy.com/2012/02/29/weights-and-measures/feed/ 0 The Importance of Typesetting http://kimkiminy.com/2012/02/22/the-importance-of-typesetting/ http://kimkiminy.com/2012/02/22/the-importance-of-typesetting/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:36:48 +0000 kimkiminy http://kimkiminy.com/?p=3199 From XKCD.com:

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