Pete and I have stayed with Drew & Kristen (and want to come visit you two SOON!)
t points and points and points again
This, please.
I know I will embarrass myself terribly if I try to list everyone I've visited or had visit me, because I'm bound to forget someone I love to pieces and then feel like an utter idiot for forgetting them.
But...leaving ND out of the mix since that's an obvious one...
People who have stayed with me:
billytea, Tom Scola, Cass, Trudy, Matt H, megan walker, Jilli & Pete, Jon B., Victor & thessely, Jessica, omnis, javachik, Sean K., laga, meara, Hil, Debet (I'm pretty sure?), Kate P....
People I've stayed with:
Jilli & Pete, Cass, Matt & Beth, Jon B. & FAQ Wife, Victor & thessely, megan walker, laga, Juliana (CHAOS!, Kate P.)...
If I add people who I've either visited or had visit but didn't spend the night, I'd add DX, sj, Vortex, Trudy, Kat, Allyson, Suzi, Theo, Nutty, Deb, Sean, Aims & MM, vw, Emily, Frank, erin_obscure, Plei & DH, JZ & Hec, P-C, Jessica & DH, Maria, Tom & Nora, libkitty, Barb & DH, Nilly (on two coasts during her travels), and everyone I've seen at F2F (which I'm not counting for the purposes of this list).
I luvres my Buffistas.
And I'm certain I'm forgetting people. I am lame that way.
As a matter of interest, are there any Americans here opposed to the serial comma? I don't use it; it's simply not the standard in Australia. From my perspective it's just part of the list of American freakiness, like the attachment to Imperial measurements (despite the national mythology being tied up in an act of revolt against the British Empire), a random loss of vowels, a willingness to use peanut butter for anything short of a personal lubricant, an apparent loss of fine motor skills in your left hand whenever you pick up a fork, and the governership of Illinois. (As you will note, this list of American freakiness does indeed include the serial comma.)
I have stayed with PixKristin! At your old tiny IKEA-riffic cottage in LA!
That's right!! I couldn't remember if we'd ever actually stayed at one another's places or just stayed adjacent. Ima go back and edit.
That reminds me, I need to upload and send you guys the picture of us in my sleep cave!
Hee. Sleep cave and my mutant arm!
billytea, I was taught not to use it and, in general, am opposed to it. I do take it on a case-by-case basis, though, and if I think it's required to prevent ambiguity I will use it. But I try not to get myself all wound up in a sentence of such complex construction that I honestly need to use it.
I've stayed with Kristin and DebetEsse. Nilly has stayed with me. I think that's it.
The strongest argument I heard for using the serial comma is that it gives items in a series equal weight. It is the reason I use it even when clarity is not a major concern.
I can't believe I even have an opinion. Pre- buffista it was an arbitrary rule.
