I learned no serial comma, but use it now because it does aid with comprehension a good portion of the time, and doesn't hurt the rest of the time. I spell judgement with the e, as is right and proper, and often behaviour and other ior words with the u as well. I did, in about 8th grade, stop writing theatre on purpose.
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Deena - Jan 29, 2011 2:43:36 pm PST #14297 of 30000
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
NoiseDesign - Jan 29, 2011 2:55:00 pm PST #14298 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
I use theater for where you go to see a movie and theatre for live shows as is right and proper.
sj - Jan 29, 2011 3:00:39 pm PST #14299 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Deena, yes! Thank you so much for the cookbook. I am so far behind on thank you notes.
askye - Jan 29, 2011 3:13:18 pm PST #14300 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I'm not good at math and I always dreaded math in school. I had issues with paying attention and double checking my work (no matter the subject but it really hurts in math), reversing numbers ( and letters), trouble visualizing amounts and lengths, plus I missed a lot of school when I was younger.** So then when I got older I had all those problems plus not having a strong foundation in math.
Fractions and percentages just about killed.
- *This didn't hurt as much in other subjects where I could read what I needed to catch up.
sj - Jan 29, 2011 3:19:15 pm PST #14301 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
TCG made dinner tonight and now we're enjoying red wine and lavender chocolate. It's a good day.
askye - Jan 29, 2011 3:29:43 pm PST #14302 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I had dinner with Dad tonight we went to a local restaurant because I saw on their website tonight they had quail. Dad likes quail.
I forgot to make a reservation but we got the last open seat. Dad had Sausage-Hazelnut stuffed Quail with Pear apple chutney, grits and homemade Worcestershire sauce (which he didn't like). And a Beet and orange salad.
I had this awesome salad I'm calling Breakfast Salad - poached egg, bacon lardons, croutons, cheese, warm bacon -onion dressing. YUM. And Lobser Arancini with scallop and fennel and parsley. It was good I never had arancini but it's fried rice balls.
Then for dessert they teased us with Meyer lemon tarts w/blackberry sauce, the lemons were grown on the property. Only they were out. So Dad had guava cheese cake and I had this apple tart that was nice but a wee bit dry.
Hil R. - Jan 29, 2011 3:43:21 pm PST #14303 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Brendan Fraser really has the perfect square-shaped head for his part in Gods and Monsters.
ChiKat - Jan 29, 2011 3:49:22 pm PST #14304 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I use theater for where you go to see a movie and theatre for live shows as is right and proper.
This is 100% correct.
Barb - Jan 29, 2011 4:20:00 pm PST #14305 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I use theater for where you go to see a movie and theatre for live shows as is right and proper.
I am ChiKat & ND in this.
Thanks for the hairpats, guys. meara- there must definitely be another spa day soon. Perhaps after I come back from New York.
TB, I have a Labrador-- add bacon, she'll chase anything.
I'm still irked by the showing vs. telling critic, but I'm trying to reassure myself with the fact that she perhaps her opinion is not one I should worry myself with overmuch, given that one of her favorite books is Twilight. Clearly, not my audience.
billytea - Jan 29, 2011 4:41:23 pm PST #14306 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm still irked by the showing vs. telling critic, but I'm trying to reassure myself with the fact that she perhaps her opinion is not one I should worry myself with overmuch, given that one of her favorite books is Twilight. Clearly, not my audience.
Clearly, the problem is that you failed to show your characters emoting through sparkles.