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Zenkitty - Sep 13, 2011 4:18:38 am PDT #25718 of 30001

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Juliebird, you just made me laugh, though that may not have been your intention! I went to a small-town Christian Academy too, and my education is woefully incomplete. My biggest complaint is not English - although I taught *myself* that - it's math. I learned *nothing* of mathematics past algebra. I truly believe that I would not have failed calculus and I would be an astrophysicist now if I had gone off to college with either a college-prep background in math, or the awareness that I simply didn't know what I needed to know and I needed a tutor, stat. Instead I thought my sudden shocking failure in all my math classes meant I was really not all that smart after all.

I know the Bible, though! I won the Bible study awards every single year, marinating in the irony of being the only atheist in the school.

Juliebird - Sep 13, 2011 4:25:52 am PDT #25719 of 30001

I am the fly who dreams of the spider

ZK, heh, I'm glad I made at least one person laugh (I think that's the best reaction I can hope for about a rant that's been stewing in me for years). I just hate that even now I still find myself staring at a word and wondering if I just made up the spelling for it. Spellcheck gives me confidence issues.

§ ita § - Sep 13, 2011 4:44:14 am PDT #25720 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Annoyingly, spelt is a word in American English anyway. Get crabby about learnt, or dreamt, or something, spellchecker.

Today is wear chainmail to work day, if you're keeping track.

sumi - Sep 13, 2011 4:53:26 am PDT #25721 of 30001

Art Crawl!!!

Spelt is two words! It's also a kind of grain.

Zenkitty - Sep 13, 2011 4:54:11 am PDT #25722 of 30001

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Annoyingly, spelt is a word in American English anyway.

It doesn't recognize quinoa either. And I've just learned that quinoa is not actually a grain, and thus I can eat it.

Toddson - Sep 13, 2011 4:55:32 am PDT #25723 of 30001

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Chainmail ... some days I could really use that. Or full plate armor. (veteran of public transit)

Lee - Sep 13, 2011 4:56:18 am PDT #25724 of 30001

The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Today is wear chainmail to work day, if you're keeping track.

I have no chainmail either! Can it be polka dot day instead?

Amy - Sep 13, 2011 4:57:50 am PDT #25725 of 30001

Because books.

I sense black latex day right around the corner.

aurelia - Sep 13, 2011 4:58:31 am PDT #25726 of 30001

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

One shouldn't wear clothing that makes noise to the theatre. (Ha. Spellcheck doesn't like theatre.)

I just got promotional email from AARP. That is so NOT ON.

§ ita § - Sep 13, 2011 5:11:47 am PDT #25727 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's too late to consider your submission for today, Perkins, but I will take it into consideration for tomorrow.

I'm not sure I have work-appropriate polka dots, now that I think about it. Perhaps I need to go shopping...

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