Cats -1 (ciao Oreo!)

Maybe a tad too far. But someday, the 'ol foot behind the head again? We'll see!

So I've decided at some point in the near future I am going to be opening an online diabetes swag shop, to promote education through laughification (see! fun with the language!), but more details on that as I suss them out.

In other news, 275 views! CARROT'S GETTIN' FAMOUS!

Also, I'm starting yoga. Kind of. I'll let you know how that one goes, faithful readers! Oof! (turns out I am not a stretchy person)

                                                                                           
                                         

                                           

Punctuation Marks

The period is a busy man.
A small round traffic cop.
He blocks the helter-skelter words
And brings them to a stop.

The question mark's a tiny girl,
She's small but very wise;
She asks too many questions
For a person of her size.

Of all the punctuation folk,
I like the comma best.
For when I'm getting out of breath
He lets me take a rest.

Quotation marks are curious.
When friendly talk begins
You'll always find these little marks
Are busy listening in.

The exclamation mark's an elf,
Who is easily excited.
When children laugh or cry or scream
It's then he's most delighted.

                           -Anonymous

                                                  

Be it never said that I am a grammar Nazi or even proficient in the use of all of the above, but sometimes (daily) I worry about about the demise of the English language among the youth, especially via text messaging.

Phrases such as, "im hur ware ru" or "LOL!!!  in an brgrkng plz dont tell mom im their" make me physically cringe every time I see them. When I text, I have to go to the THIRD PAGE of symbols to put an apostrophe in. The third page, as supposedly ranked by usage - having to scroll by £ and  ¥ on the second page to get there.

Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing with the English language as much as the next guy and will indulge myself in an occasional, "Imma come up there and kick yo' face, ya bum!", but only among friends that I know have a firm grasp on how to properly communicate in the real world and can enjoy such bending of the rules.

Old fogey? Maybe. Defender of freedom, America, and usage of the English language? Absolutely.









*none of these are real text messages, for the record.