Memo to self

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It is imperative to remember that until you start being properly socialized again, being around other people while you or they are trying to do work is a really bad idea, since you prevent both yourself and the other people from getting work done. (It's not an active desire to prevent, or even an active attempt to do so. It's just that being around people is so novel that "quiet time" doesn't really happen.)

Now I have a ten-page paper to write. If you'll excuse me...

EDIT: How do you write to the editors of the AP Stylebook and tell them they've used a word wrong?

initials Use periods and no space when an individual uses initials instead of a first name: H.L. Mencken.

This format has been adopted to assure that in typesetting the initials are set on the same line.

Bold in the second paragraph is mine, and highlights the incorrect word. Perhaps they should add "assure" to their "ensure/insure" entry.

Also, dear everybody: the singular of "series" is "series", not "serie". Just so you know.