Late Metrics

But first, a conversation:

Coworker #1 (on seeing me check my phone for text messages): I don't think I have your number.

Me: I have yours, though.  I'll send you a text, grab my number off of that.

Coworker #1: Awesome, thanks.  Is that a new phone?

Me: No, but I'm stuck with it for a while.  I am not a fan of the interface, but it was the cheapest no-frills text-enabled phone they had.  Is yours a Blackberry?

Coworker #1: No, it's an Android -- no, that was my last phone.  This is a Google phone thing.

Me: A Google phone thing.  Is that the technical term? (looks it over) Hey, it's pretty light compared to my phone.

Coworker #1: (tests my phone) Yours feels about the same.
Coworker #1: (to Coworker #2): Hey, which one of these feels lighter to you?

Me: Wait, we don't know if he's calibrated.  We have to use a calibrated weighing device to be an adequate judge of heft.  Are you calibrated?

Coworker #2 (scoffing): My wife says I'm definitely not.

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In other news, I forgot to mention page count yesterday, but I was unfortunately distracted.  In any case, now that I have shit under control at work (but there's other stuff that came at me out of the blue) and I can report progress.

I stress that no one should get excited about the page count.  There's at least three sections that I have to fix and one major global thing to sort out, and that's gonna take time to sort out/rewrite/fix/patch up/sweep under the carpet and hope no one notices.

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About Writing MASTERPOST

I should probably put all my posts about writing in a handy location -- mostly for my own references so that I don't run the risk of repeating a topic (though, admittedly, there's a lot that I could say about any one topic).  If anyone wants to suggest a topic they'd like to see, or would like to know how I address writing-related issues, just drop me a comment!

GENERAL
Writing Every Day
Getting into the Swing of Writing: Writing Homework
Dealing With Writer's Block

WORLDBUILDING
Worldbuilding (Part 1 of...): How to Get Started
Worldbuilding: Characters
Worldbuilding (external link)

WRITING
First Lines
Writing Dialogue
Writing Dialogue (addendum)
Writing Descriptions #1
Writing Descriptions #2
Setting the Scene
Plots and Plotting
Writing Action (general)
Writing Action (fights)
Writing Introspection
Summaries ** New 02 Jan 2015

SELF-EDITING
About Editing
Linecrafting
Wreck and Rebuild Project
Wreck and Rebuild #1
Wreck and Rebuild #2
Wreck and Rebuild #3
Wreck and Rebuild #4
Wreck and Rebuild #5

TECHNICAL STUFF
Macro for Writers (Word 2003 version)
Where I demonstrate geekiness by writing a macro to automate changing italics and bold (and other) formatting in your document to HTML code.  No pictures, though.
Macro for Writers (Word 2007 version)
Where I demonstrate geekiness by writing a macro to automate changing italics and bold (and other) formatting in your document to HTML code.  With pictures.