Shmuel's Soapbox: The Blog

Burying the Lede

So yesterday I finally sorted out this journal's archives, some of which I'd been meaning to get to for more than a decade. The late 2000 and early 2001 entries are now on this domain with the rest, and the last Blogger entries are now indexed and accessible again. At some point, I'll need to remove the Haloscan wreckage from the Blogger bits, but that might take another decade. (Meanwhile, the LJ feed appears not to be working. I don't know why.)

So what's new at Chez Shmuel in the past year? If you've read this journal in the past, you probably know the usual litany: copyeditor, underemployed, no medical insurance, no social life.

And indeed, I'm still doing the freelance editor thing. My latest almanac is now on sale at bookstores everywhere. I could definitely use some more clients, or even a full-time job with medical benefits, but I'm managing.

Dental insurance might have been nice. I'd been trying to avoid going to the dentist as long as I could, but my tooth finally forced the issue. I've just gotten through multiple 4-hour sessions at a local dental school for the main phase of a root canal treatment... next up will be four 2-hour sessions devoted to cleaning (one for each quadrant of my mouth), followed by taking care of three fillings, and going back to the tooth with the root canal to rebuild the core and add a crown. Whee.

(The major downside of going to a dental school: it takes forever. The major upsides: it's a bit cheaper, and you get to help train the next generation of dentists.)

Anyway. I need to do some more editing and then feed the cat before I go to have dinner with my girlfriend, so probably I ought to get on that. More to follow.