Did you need an extra comma in there, Gris? As in "parents, God, and Ayn Rand"? 'Cause that's how I read it.
Numfar! Do the dance of joy.
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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
aurelia - Apr 20, 2005 2:17:19 pm PDT #5883 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Betsy HP - Apr 20, 2005 2:18:22 pm PDT #5884 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
My biggest problem with the whole "parents, God and Ayn Rand" thing is... well, actually, I have a two-fold problem with it.
Um, it's the time-honored joke about the serial comma.
The question is, is it right to say "I'd like to thank Tom, Dick, and Harry" or to say "I'd like to thank Tom, Dick and Harry". Some organizations do it one way, some the other. The "parents... Rand" phrase is the standard example of why the second comma (known as the serial comma) is important.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 20, 2005 2:18:46 pm PDT #5885 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't see Rand settling down with someone who wanted it to be all about Him.
Betsy HP - Apr 20, 2005 2:19:13 pm PDT #5886 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
And God isn't that desperate.
aurelia - Apr 20, 2005 2:19:22 pm PDT #5887 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Comma cross-post. Heh.
Jon B. - Apr 20, 2005 2:20:01 pm PDT #5888 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
is the standard example of why the second comma (known as the serial comma) is important.
Them's fightin' woids!
aurelia - Apr 20, 2005 2:21:48 pm PDT #5889 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Are we gonna argue about Objectivist punctuation now?
Betsy HP - Apr 20, 2005 2:28:57 pm PDT #5890 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Throw in muffalettas and it's the Bestest Argument Evah!
P.M. Marc - Apr 20, 2005 2:45:15 pm PDT #5891 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Are we gonna argue about Objectivist punctuation now?
Can I rename the semi-colon John Galt?
aurelia - Apr 20, 2005 2:58:43 pm PDT #5892 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Who is Semi Colon?