BIG NUMBERS

BIG NUMBERS: I'm always interested in big numbers, like infinity and the number of stars in the universe.

A nanosecond, for instance, is one billionth of a second, an extremely tiny number.

One thousand trillion is called a quadrillion in the U.S. system and quattuordecilliard in the European system.

If you multiply a billion by a billion, you get a quintillion; that's 1 with 18 zeroes (a billion has nine zeroes).

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Millisecond vs Microsecond vs Nanosecond

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Be done in a jiffy

Short time: According to something I just read, a 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Not as short as a nanosecond (one billionth of a second), though. I just love learning new stuff.

Word play: Abstemious and facetious are the only words in the English language that have all five vowels in the order of AEIOU. Try it. I know facetious -- I use it constantly -- but I had to look up abstemious. Turns out that abstemious comes from abstention or abstinence. It means sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.

Error alert! I was just watching TV, and the local news channel was boosting a story called Mustang makeover, with a cowboy riding a horse. But they had Mustand Makeover on the screen. Later, the TV station wrote Farwell instead of Farewell for a story on a funeral. Oops!

Media maven: If you're into media news, you might check out Romenesko.

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MORE EDITOR@WORK BLOG ENTRIES

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

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• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

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• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer OUTTA there!

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• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

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• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing