The semi-colon is not waffly at all. When used properly, it is used where neither a period nor a comma would be quite right; the semi-colon is the ONLY appropriate choice in that context. Which makes it not at all waffly. The anti-waffle, if you will.
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
Steph L. - Oct 05, 2009 11:20:20 am PDT #497 of 3094
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Scrappy - Oct 05, 2009 11:21:45 am PDT #498 of 3094
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The anti-waffle, if you will.
The pancake.
Steph L. - Oct 05, 2009 11:22:12 am PDT #499 of 3094
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I really need to get me a semi-colon t-shirt.
Steph L. - Oct 05, 2009 11:22:28 am PDT #500 of 3094
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Mmmmm...pancakes....
Kathy A - Oct 05, 2009 11:23:41 am PDT #501 of 3094
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
who learned the Preamble to the Constitution via song
When we took our Constitution test in 8th grade, you could hear kids all over the room humming the melody under their breath.
meara - Oct 05, 2009 11:26:21 am PDT #502 of 3094
who learned the Preamble to the Constitution via song
...you know the song is slightly wrong, yeah?
P.M. Marc - Oct 05, 2009 11:28:20 am PDT #503 of 3094
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
and "Oooh, we have a real active Republican?!?! We DO have everything!" :)
Nah, I think our Libs quit the party over Bob Barr. ;)
(I'm an ex-Libertarian. I don't think that counts.)
flea - Oct 05, 2009 11:28:33 am PDT #504 of 3094
information libertarian
When Casper was sick last week, her teacher emailed me some homework and it included watching the Schoolhouse Rock video on nouns. This made me feel good about her pedagogy!
Trudy Booth - Oct 05, 2009 11:45:46 am PDT #505 of 3094
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
When we took our Constitution test in 8th grade, you could hear kids all over the room humming the melody under their breath.
Same here. I can still sing it.
beekaytee - Oct 05, 2009 11:47:34 am PDT #506 of 3094
Compassionately intolerant
Hey everybody.
I am absolutely delighted by this thread and say a big howdy to lurkers and non-lurkers alike.
I haven't known what to say to jump into the conversation but am currently so totally hopped up on caffeine (for the first time in months) that I'm inspired to jump in.
This could go badly.
b.org is my first and will continue to be my only online community/fandom. It is an oasis of sanity and intelligence on the interweb, unlike any other in the world, as far as I can tell.
As I recall, I was drawn here by a random link from fireflyfans 2 or 3 weeks before the DC f2f. Having had no experience with virtual groups, except for the few that caused me to flee before my eyes bled, I didn't understand the protocols. I didn't know anything about lurking, and being the sort who fears no cocktail party or public speaking requirement, I jumped right in. Mistake. Full respect to lurkers!
Still, 5 years on, the joy, the enlightenment, the laughter, tears and wonder I have experienced here have deeply enriched my life. Not a day goes by that I don't share something 'from my online community' irl. I'm pretty circumspect about saying the name because I feel undeservedly territorial over this wonderful place.
I live on Capitol Hill in DC, a stone's throw from the Capitol building and I'm fond of saying I live in a postcard. My love for the neighborhood is even greater than my love for b.org.
I'm blessed to live in the center of a lovely village with my trusty sidekick, Bartleby. He's a 'Basselmation'...imagine a Dalmatian who got left in the dryer too long. He's the center of my universe and works with me in both my human counseling and pet coaching practices.
My most visited threads are Boxed Set and Bitches, but I read religiously, the right hand threads and show threads. I try to keep up in Natter, but have been known to skim like a dragonfly. I also trip into technology occasionally, generally propelled by electronic despair.
As an actual dyslexic, I rely heavily on what I learn from the wiser and more articulate among us for grammar guidance. I love olives...especially the jalepeno stuffed green ones I get from "the pickle guy" at Eastern Market at the weekend. My favorite punctuation mark is the...wait for it...ellipsis...because I write like I speak.
I'm excited to read more lurker's delurking and am continually boggled by the consistent level of clever, funny and wise I see in everyone here. JOY.
eta: pretty much EVERY post of mine contains an error, no matter how many times I read over it before hitting the post button. see the aforementioned dyslexia. sigh.
etaa: ::facepalm:: In a move hilarious only to me, I edited to removed a redundant word and took out the wrong one. sigh...I said it could go badly, didn't I? I'm actually shaking from the caffeine. Woohoo!
etaa2: My original board name was beej (shout out to bj!)...bonny is my actual name and the wordplay of bonny fides is a nod to my enduring efforts to remain genuine.