On a bus!
Blog Yeah, kitt finished writing this at 18:19 on 29 January 2016
I have to admit to enjoying the looks I get with some backward looking selfies.
Slam and a Commentary
Blog Written with a loving hand by kitt some time around 19:22 on 28 January 2016Okay, first a slam, and then a commentary.
Slam
Hi Kit, Hope you're well. I noticed your went to CalTech and wanted to see if you'd be interested in ...
Kitt with two Ts.
Are is a linking verb, so, "[I] hope you are good," or "[I] hope you are doing well."
The shortened name of the California Institute of Technology is spelled "Caltech," with a little t.
And I noticed you, not your, went, though you could make it your if you added a gerund after it and continued the sentence, "I noticed your graduating from Caltech and wanted ..."
Though, after I look at that, I can see people thinking that it should be "I noticed you are graduating..." which would be "I noticed you're graduating...", and while those thoughts could be correct, in this context, they are not. I am not (future tense) graduating from Caltech, I (past tense) graduated from Caltech. The "your" in this case is the possessive of the gerund "graduating" referring to an event in the past, and "I noticed your graduating from Caltech" is, indeed, correct grammar.
Run-on sentences and partial sentences, notwithstanding.
Commentary
I recognize that immediately being put off by grammar errors is a very snotty thing to do. I catch myself correcting people grammar, thankfully before I voice the correction these days, and remind myself that the language is constantly evolving. Communicating well is better than just communicating, and just communicating is better than communicating poorly. One doesn't need perfect grammar to communicate well or even just.
That all said, if you email me at the email address I give you, don't spell my name with one T. It's worse than spelling my last name with one D. It is RIGHT THERE IN THE EMAIL ADDRESS, or the URL, or the google search, or what have you.
I know that cold calling people is hard. I know that people are suspicious of recruiters. I know that trying to find people for jobs is hard, much harder for good people for jobs (and I am good at what I do). I know all of this and I know that if you want me to contact you back, you have to get my name right first.
The Folded Earth
Book Notes Posted by kitt at 14:13 on 27 January 2016
Another book selected by my mom. I believe her selections are hit-and-miss. I really liked the Hole books (after the first one I read), and, well, am really meh about this one. As evidenced by the length of time between this book and the previous book I read, I found this one slow going (which is to say, if 10 days is a long time to finish a book, that's still 36 books read this year).
More to the book.
While the country is significantly different, the feel of this is similar to White Teeth: a long rambling story about people, with the climax coming right at the end, with no explanation of the "ever after" part.
The Folded Earth is a tale of a caste-adjusted young Indian widow who escapes the tragedy of her equally young husband by moving to a small town and taking a job as a teacher. She adjusts to the small-town life, and becomes a part of its landscape. We hear the tales of the illiterate cow girl who falls in love, the crazy animal whisperer, the drunk general, and the remaining story members, as the widow adjusts to life alone, and perhaps a resolution to her husband's mysterious death.
If this style of rambling story appeals, it could be an interesting book for you. It's not my style, so I struggled to finish it, though finish it I did.
It's going in the little lending library, it's not a keeper.
