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Boy, are you ever right, Buzzy. I always recommend that people download Firefox as a (free) browser, if only to get the add-on called Screengrabber. That way you can save all your online clips as jpgs.
FYI, I've tried doing this with other add-ons and with Safari as my browser, but I've not been as satisfied with any other way to do this. Please chime in if you've had better luck than me with non-Screengrabber screengrabbers.
I just discovered that a number of my bylined clips have been lost forever, due either to a publication going out of business (Executive Traveler), or worse -- a particularly vindictive act on the part of Questex. In 2008, I wrote a number of articles for Travel Agent Magazine and Luxury Travel Advisor; when I recently went to search for them in the magazines’ archives, my name never turned up in the results.
I subsequently performed individual searches for the articles, and those did turn up (actually, one still has not) – but my byline had been systematically eliminated, one by one: the pieces were/are now attributed to an anonymous contributor.
Fortunately, in a few instances, the articles had been republished on other websites before the nefarious minds at Questex got around to sanitizing my byline.
My advice to everyone is to store the online version (as soon is it appears) in a protected virtual environment, to ensure its continued integrity. If applicable, secure a hard copy, scan it and lock it away on a personal hard drive.
Hal, you've created a great fantasy about my terrier. She's a smart dog, she's trained me well, and I believe that if she could speak English, she would put us all to shame. Epically!
Ed, you asked the right question: Are any of you using terms like IMHO in your travel stories?
@Northeast News - "I believe you've put your finger on the root cause of this restricted language: Stupidity is fashionable."
Yes, I think it comes down to that type of willful ignorance. I noticed you have a very nice highland terrier (is that the breed, the one on the Dewar's label?) on your avatar. Now, that leads me to reason, since this is a very intelligent breed also, and since I've read some owners swearing that their dogs could talk to them, one even claiming that his can bark "I want out!" - well, wouldn't that be great if you could also teach your own to be fashionable and bark: "I want totally...out!" or "I so need to go walkies!" or "I need to go ca-ca...epically!" All of which would be more useful than listening to an editor trying to be fashionable, or being trapped at a dining table on a press trip while someone barks about their marriage woes. Epically.
As to the New York accent, I listen to it just with great affection nowadays.:) There's nothing special or real about being genericized. For me, accents evoke time, place, specificity, and especially memories.
As to the New York accent, I listen to it just with great affection nowadays.:) There's nothing special or real about being genericized. For me, accents evoke time, place, specificity, and especially memories.
Made multiple trips
It aired for months
how ATT wasn't
Blush.