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Hey - scalpels are sharp! Who knew?
I'm proofreading. When I'm proofreading I'm switching continually between a scalpel, a pen, and a pencil. Time spent fumbling is reduced if you hold the scalpel and the pen in the same hand; if you fumble for the pencil as well, and you fumble wrong, you spear your finger. Ouch.
It's almost exactly three years since I cut my finger rather badly on a carelessly-placed scalpel and had to get stitches, now I think of it.
I was writing in residence at United Hebrew that week, in the library, where the Introduction To Judaism class was happening. The class turned into an exercise in giving chesed to Torah scribes who are sheet-white and dripping blood.
I'm proofreading. When I'm proofreading I'm switching continually between a scalpel, a pen, and a pencil. Time spent fumbling is reduced if you hold the scalpel and the pen in the same hand; if you fumble for the pencil as well, and you fumble wrong, you spear your finger. Ouch.
It's almost exactly three years since I cut my finger rather badly on a carelessly-placed scalpel and had to get stitches, now I think of it.
I was writing in residence at United Hebrew that week, in the library, where the Introduction To Judaism class was happening. The class turned into an exercise in giving chesed to Torah scribes who are sheet-white and dripping blood.
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