hmmm, could distract attention away from the main issue. Very Rovian of you Frank.

Our cats' behaviorist recommends distraction to defuse inter-feline tensions. Fortunately, Rigatoni is easily distracted. Actually, he probably has the feline equivalent of ADD. The cats feeling the tension the most, on the other hand....

I have the image in Aimee in a corset. And a very nice image it is.

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Very Rovian of you Frank.

Um, thank you? I think.

I mean, think of the things I post here, and on LJ, and the links I click on (thanks ita!) on/from my work computer! If they decided to pay attention, I would so be fired.

Seriously.

In France, you are only taught cursive. And it is fairly common practice to handwrite job application letters (in fact, it is sometimes required and companies do handwriting analysis on it).

Man, that would suck. My handwriting (both print and cursive) is so atrocious that I would never ever get a job.

The analysis would come back "Severly impaired or possibly an unfrozen caveman. Do not hire."

Yeah, my handwriting was once compared to that of a three year old with broken fingers.

It's... not good. Though having such terrible writing is a bit like writing in code, in that no one else can ever read what you've written.

I was at my mother's this Sunday, and she pulled out a bunch of frosting recipes on 3 x 5 cards, and immediately said, "Well, you wrote this one." And it was true, that was definitely my handwriting -- as it had been in college or shortly thereafter. But I look at my notes now, and that's not how I write any more.

Granted, when I write these days it's usually in an on-the-fly situation, on a train or scribbling while on the phone, but -- I can still do my old college handwriting if I work at it (which is a little stylized, and meant to be pretty) but generally don't bother.

Which, actually, I would say is true of a lot of things from college.

I was doing fine, and laid down for a little bit of a nap, and then I remembered that tomorrow would be the fourth anniversary of the day my friend Katherine shot herself. At least I didn't miss it entirely. :-(

Though having such terrible writing is a bit like writing in code, in that no one else can ever read what you've written.

Often I can't read what I've written.

Last year, when I was taking the bus to work a lot, I actually wrote the first chapter and a half of my book longhand while on the bus.

Transcription later was a hoot. "Did I mean to say 'muffin' or, possibly, 'Quetzalcoatl'? In context, they both kind of make sense..."

Are a lot of school districts out there teaching the D'Nealian method? My kids were taught that way, and it was so hard for me to get used to. Straight up and down print letters are out, and partly curved letters are in, which is supposed to ease the transition to cursive.