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Talk Shop
	General Discussion Where newspaper copy editors and their fans talk shop. Moderators: jjmoney62, Phillip Blanchard	6481	37122	The daily show Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:26 am J Kaufman
	Nightmare Jobs of the Week Help-wanted ads from hell and other employment matters. Moderators: jjmoney62, Phillip Blanchard	1034	5832	Great expectations Tue Aug 20, 2013 5:03 pm J Kaufman
	Australasia Moderator: paulwiggins	261	705	The horror XXVII Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:32 am J Kaufman
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	Difficult to Categorize Off-topic or nearly so. Moderators: jjmoney62, Phillip Blanchard	4405	15334	Practice tip Wed Sep 11, 2013 5:34 pm J Kaufman
	Baseball Moderator: jjmoney62	497	3336	Today's Google triumph Fri May 10, 2013 8:38 am J Kaufman
	Cats and Kittens; Dogs and Puppies In an effort to boost traffic, we provide a place to post pictures of cats, kittens, dogs and puppies. Moderators: jjmoney62, Phillip Blanchard	70	115	More story, less cat Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:21 pm J Kaufman
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	General Discussion Past 10/1/03-6/30/04	1039	7065	Say what? Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:54 pm DEdits
	General Discussion Past 2/3/03-9/30/03	522	2464	Red Alert Tue Sep 30, 2003 4:48 pm Phillip Blanchard
	General Discussion Past 4/8/02-2/2/03	554	2263	Quick assistance sought Sun Feb 02, 2003 10:32 pm rumymommy

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"This is like group therapy with prisoners in the Poynter Institute's dungeon." ... "You take a vocation that the simple-minded consider to be mere drudgery, and you exploit every bit of fascinating and humorous nuance imaginable." ... "Delicious" ... "Ask your professors? The only professors whose opinions matter are named Walsh, Blanchard and McIntyre." ... "What I come here for, I can find ONLY here. Phillip, you've built a great place." ... "Nothing gets us hotter than reading bitchy discussion threads from over-exhausted copy editors endlessly debating the merits of "theater" versus "theatre." ... "I love this site. It's better than the Kool-Aid acid tests." ..."I'm awed at the efficiency with which matters of opinion get hashed out in this forum." ... "Phil is the bomb!" ... "I'd wager that it's exactly your sort of hidebound thinking that contributes to the problems newspapers are having attracting readers." ... "I'm totally obsessed with this site. It's like porn--if you get off on Scrabble." ... "It reveals the backstage carping and vindictive emotions that roil the souls of those trapped at the copy desks." "When they say "testy," they certainly mean it. Whether it's reporters, editors, or the general public, no one is above their savage snark." ... "An apparent crack in the thin grey line." ..."Testy Copy Editors is a bitchboard for journalism's underclass." ... "My desire to read 'Testy Copy Editors' is only rivalled by my desire to pop "Constipated Call Girls" in the DVD player." ... "Phillip Blanchard is not just a testy copy editor, but a prophet scorned in his own time, and those of us who defend wordplay will be punished for it come the Judgment Day." ... "Phil Blanchard is as dashing in person as he is at the TCE board." ... "As far as writing and editing go: Read this board, read Bill Walsh, memorize the style book, read William Zinsser, and read the New York Times. That's a good start." ... "You should let go of your bitterness. You were not the oppressed talent you thought yourself to be. You were a miserable, brooding, silent, joyless grind, lucky to have a job at the Sun-Times, and we're lucky now that you've moved on to afflict others."

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