Beth Romanik

I edit for style, with style. I'm into grammar geekery and weird words but I communicate mostly in Simpsons quotes. I still love paper & ink.

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

I'm usually against gender-specific job titles (firefighter, not fireman; server, not waitress), but y'all can call me an editrix all day.

[Kati Kokal @katikokal]

The six horsemen of an impending hurricane, in order of severity:
- Publix begins selling hurricane cakes
- Midwestern family starts checking in
- Disney closes
- Editor asks you to check out plywood supply at Home Depot
- Jim Cantore arrives
- Waffle House closes

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

Here for this Pez dispenser filled with books I can also rest a drink on

[DD 📁 @designdocument]

The "Bookgroove" booktrack-table by Deniz Aktay (2022)

[andrew lowe @andrewlowe]

i am SO SICK of summer i want FALL i want to wear PANTS and eat SOUP and drink HOT COFFEE and rake LEAVES and summon DEMONS while everyone is ASLEEP and the moon is FULL and i’m wearing a SWEATER

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

Kate Pierson of the B-52s is selling her fantastic motel near Woodstock but my friends laughed it off when I suggested going in on it together and creating a commune, which is frankly very rude of them!!

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

@aasuaje @noelness The most quotable! My favorite keeps changing but always toward the top is “Is there something you could share with the rest of us, Amazing Larry?!”

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

Become a writer anyway. Fuck it, do it, it won't save you, but it's still a beautiful dream to write novels and short stories and poems and mingle with other dreamers and make art and laugh in the face of death. And writing is constant death. May you always live más.

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

Exact same thing happened to my friend when her cat passed. Such a good company 💙

[Anna Brose, MSc @alcesanna]

I contacted @Chewy last week to see if I could return an unopened bag of my dog’s food after he died. They 1) gave me a full refund, 2) told me to donate the food to the shelter, and 3) had flowers delivered today with the gift note signed by the person I talked to?? 😭🥹

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

Realizing I’m going to be reminded of Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk at random times for the rest of my life and never sleep well again

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The Laundry Jet is the first vacuum powered laundry chute that transports laundry from any room with ports installed, to the laundry room [read more: https://t.co/ad50LRzmkn]

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

@TestWithNishi TWIST ENDING: It was announced this morning that the concert is canceled anyway, because someone in the band has covid! ☹️

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

This did not age well. Concert is tomorrow and I’m not going because, once again, crowds (even outdoors, as this show is) seem like a bad idea! Great job, everybody!!

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

I’m officially fully vaccinated!! To celebrate I bought tickets to a concert happening almost 13 months from now, which is still probably the earliest I’ll feel comfortable leaving my house!!

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

Just dab a little on your neck and on each wrist

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

Listen,

bear spray
DOES NOT
work like bug spray.

We would like to not have to say that again.

[Sir Michael @Michael1979]

The words STATIONARY and STATIONERY are often mixed up. Here's a way you can easily remember which is which 👍

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

@NoelWurst hahaha 👵🏻

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

Lots of good mnemonic devices in here for help spelling two words that look similar but mean very different things! 😅

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

The absolute serenity I recently experienced from archiving 12 weeks of emails without reading a single one 🧘🏻‍♀️

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

I once watched a colleague (who had just returned to work after maternity leave) highlight every email in her inbox and press delete. When she saw the look on my face, she shrugged and said, "If they really need to talk to me, they'll find me." I think of her nearly every day.

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

The Acosta Bridge in downtown Jacksonville, FL, is lit up in support of Ukraine tonight. 🌻

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

RIP, my Wordle streak 😭

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

@TheyWrestleTest I just made this one. I really liked the different take on a classic—it’s got Thai flavors from lime, ginger & soy sauce! https://t.co/cf9SEdc7UA

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

@JosiahRenaudin Welcome.

https://t.co/0UQWL4iIDa

[Isaac Fitzgerald @IsaacFitzgerald]

Do I understand what is happening? I do not. Do I know what the colored blocks mean? I do not. Am I happy that everyone seems so happy with their colored blocks? I am.

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

I gave birth over Thanksgiving weekend, and I said that honestly I was glad for it to be happening then, when everyone else was out catching covid, rather than the following weekend, when everyone would be in the hospital being treated for it, and all the nurses were like “YUP”

[Beth Romanik @bethromanik]

I also had a high-risk pregnancy and was advised to skip appointments I otherwise would have had! And only patients were allowed in the office, so my husband couldn’t come to ultrasounds and missed seeing our baby move! Great job, everyone!

[Bess Kalb @bessbell]

lol my doctor recommended I don't come in for a high risk ultrasound for a high risk baby in a high risk pregnancy because of the Omicron spike but by all means fucking hang out and pretend it's whatever.