delgrosso:
A client emailed me this morning. Said he wanted a little more “zip” in the copy I wrote for him.
I asked him what zip was.
“It’s just, you know, zip.”
So I waited two hours, then emailed the same copy back to him, except that I’d added one exclamation point somewhere in the middle.
“Perfect!” he responded.
I really don’t know how to feel about that.
It’s like you work for my boss, too.
Sorry.
It’s like you work for my boss, too!
My dad has eye surgery at noon today.
When he was a teenager, a soda bottle exploded in his eye. Through some miracle, and the super-talented and creative work of surgeons, he didn’t lose that eye completely.
A few years ago, my dad was recovering from back surgery so he was pretty well laid up in bed for a few weeks. This happened to be during March Madness. So he was okay with it. One day, he couldn’t read the scores at the bottom of the screen. Later that day, chunks were fuzzy. The next day, he went to the doctor who rushed him to a specialist. The specialist had him in surgery the next day.
Because of the trauma he received as a teenager, his eyeball had warped out of shape. This caused his retina to partially detach. A detached retina means blindness. So the specialist put a buckle around his eye to keep it in shape then reattached his retina with a laser. He’s still partially blind in that eye and will never regain that vision. But partially is better than all the way.
Anyway, during his checkup, they noticed that one of the straps of the buckle had worn through. So, today, they have to either remove, repair or replace it. There are four possible, and very real outcomes:
- They repair the buckle. Things continue as they were.
- They replace the buckle. Things continue as they were.
- They remove the buckle. Things continue as they were but with the very real risk that his eyeball will warp again, detaching the retina.
- He’ll lose his eye completely.
I’m really hoping for anything but the latter.
ladawn asked: Aimee, I followed your link and I can't find those comics anywhere and I need them in my life. Please help.
Here’s the thing, apparently they’re no longer for sale. I don’t know why because they’re genius. Maybe if I looked a little harder. But still, I know some people who really need those.
