Snowball the Editor

Meet the perfect editor: my cat, Snowball. I believe Snowball is an exceptional candidate for the position of technical editor, for the following reasons:

1. Perfection is her motto. Snowball is very neat and elegant, effortlessly. Not a hair is ever out of place, or if it is, not for long. No matting, no mud. Even her shedding is neat.
2. Snowball loves predictability, order, and silence. Occasionally mice. Clean mice.
3. Although Snowball does chew pencils and certain plants, her destruction is quite inadvertent. Her clawings are very subtle, though she is no stranger to red ink, or blood, whatever.
4. She believes that dogs, children, and all other undisciplined life forms need to shape up, and she does her part to see that they do.
5. She is very focused when she wants something, rather, when she wants someone to do something her way. Relentless loud meowing or a little nip can be quite persuasive, and those persuasion skills are always highly valued in the workplace.
6. She has many years of experience thinking "You idiots" but not saying it.

In my house, Snowball rules. Duke the dog is afraid of her, her brother Tiger has deep respect, and I am her beloved servant. She keeps us in line. Plus, she is very affectionate and appreciative when things are correct and as they should be.

Here at Sun Microsystems, our editors are polite with their suggestions, are quite understanding when we do not do their markup, and don't order writers around. To Snowball this is just wrong, wrong, wrong, and sorely lacking in consequences. Although her philosophy might seem to be somewhat atypical for the Sun culture, I feel sure that Snowball's piercing look (above) will keep disagreements to a minimum and contribute to the highest quality.