A Note About This Blog

I used to be a writer. Unpublished, but a writer just the same. I have several 100,000 word novels sitting on my hard drive. Then I fell off a horse and got a concussion that scrambled my brains really good (yes, I was wearing a helmet.) After that forming a written sentence was very difficult for quite some time. It's still difficult, but at least now generally the sentence structure isn't egregiously flawed. Verbally and written wrong words pop in, I switch words around, and sometimes I make no sense at all. It isn't because I don't have knowledge of grammar and punctuation, but my brain simply can't do it sometimes. Reading this blog you're accepting that there's going to be things that look like typos or make no sense. It's not because I don't proofread, it's because my damaged brain doesn't see what's wrong. I try my best, but things will slip through. I don't need them pointed out, I know they're there, but if I continued to worry about them I wouldn't write at all. I didn't for quite some time. It's painful as a past master of words to use them so badly, but fortunately the words don't seem to mind.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Secretary Fun

I have to share this e-mail I just sent out to our local D&CTA:

Are you tardy with your entry?

Just realized you haven't mailed your entry for our show this Sunday? If you send me an e-mail and pop it in the mail tomorrow you don't have to pay the late fee. Otherwise, the club gets $10 of your dollars for your poor secretary's pain and suffering. The club does need the money, so maybe I should be encouraging lateness, but I'm not a huge fan of pain and suffering. Especially when it's mine.

And remember! Entries for the May 12th show are due May 3rd, which is just over a week away. Unlike Hunter/Jumper shows late entries for dressage really screw up the planning. There's hand wringing and hair pulling involved. Stop secretary stress! Get your entries in on time.

Pam
(Okay, I was joking about the pain and suffering. And the hand wringing. The hair pulling is real.)


I have gotten more responses to it than any e-mail I've sent out before. Mental note: make all e-mails to the club amusing.
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