Colleen Barry

AP style by day, AP flour by night. she/her

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

What people think goes on in a copy editor’s brain all day: “I love the Oxford comma and hate splitting infinitives!”
What is actually happening in my brain all day: *endlessly overthinking prepositions*

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

If you’re ditching Twitter for Blue Sky, look me up! I’ve been hanging out there since last summer. https://t.co/5lNmxr6vbe

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@northboundlane Nice!

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@H_E_Saunders and I won autographed Goosebumpses at the #ACES2024 silent auction!

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

OK #ACES2024, I’m late but I’m here! If you see me, come say hi!

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@cococoyote Ha!

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@MerriamWebster Borborygmus

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@ACESEditors Did the conference hotel already book up? I just tried to find a room and the hotel site is telling me that the rate isn’t available for the conference dates.

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

As of today, you no longer need an invite code to use BlueSky! I’ve been hanging out over there and I enjoy it; it’s a lot like 10-years-ago Twitter. Check it out! https://t.co/qKZ33F1p4I
https://t.co/jDeCFfjGdT

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@baylorgrad Sent!

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

Anyone want Bluesky invite codes? It’s a lot like old Twitter over there.

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@MaxxTheLycanroc Can I DM you?

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@gintautasd Aaayyy, congrats!

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

My landlord, a Somerville native who rents out his old house, just offhandedly provided the most chef’s-kiss example of Boston-area parochialism I have ever encountered: “[A Somerville alderman] grew up here, went to Harvard and then came back.”

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@printeralia Sent!

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

Any mutuals want to check out a social media site with buttons on the posts and headlines on the link cards? I have a couple codes.

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@_schem Congrats, Emily!

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@joshua_eaton Oh yeah, “let it ring twice and then hang up and get your quarter back” meant “pick me up from the mall.”

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

@editwithemily Ugh, I’m so sorry.

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

Do any of my charming and intelligent mutuals still need an invite to the new place?

[Colleen Barry @CopyCurmudgeon]

The best time to be in northern New England is obviously late September/early October, but the second-best time is in August right after a rainstorm.