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What do you

Mathias Baden — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:32:14 -0600

What do you mean?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

OK, word nerds, time to

Ruth Anne Maddox — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:09:25 -0600

OK, word nerds, time to step aside.

I HATE when words are misspelled on purpose, which is why you will never see me spending my hard-earned money at businesses that try to be cute while perpetuating illiteracy (i.e. Kwik Trip, Hom Furniture).

I can't even misspell in text messages -- which drives my daughter batty and I get a couple messages a week reminding me: "Mom, u dnt have to spell evrythg out!"

Ouch, that hurt just to repeat it.

A friend of mine who is a brainiac and earned his Ph.D. by the time we had our 10-year high school reunion is afraid to send me e-mails because his spelling is not so stellar and he doesn't want me to take my red pen to his correspondence.

And if I have to pick a favorite type of word, I'd have to go with action verbs. And my favorite punctuation is the dash -- when used properly. I'm not so fond of exclamation points as they tend to be overkill.

I LIKE WHEN WE CAN WRITE IN

Mathias Baden — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:17:23 -0600

I LIKE WHEN WE CAN WRITE IN ALL CAPS. Or When We Just Over Capitalize Various Things That They Want To Emphasize. Or wheN, In juNioR HigH, wE usED tO wRiTe NoTes WiTH ComPLEte diSREgarD to THe rULEs Of CaPiTALizatION.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

If anyone wants Brandon's

Mathias Baden — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:11:44 -0600

If anyone wants Brandon's number, it's online at http://www.jordannews.com/node/681. Ha ha, now the phone calls will come a-rollin' in ...

But, seriously, if you want to call Brandon, you should be encouraged to do so. Unless you're dialing the wrong number.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

How did you know about the

Brandon — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:29:00 -0600

How did you know about the stacks of newspapers all over my apartment? Anyway, I probably should give out my number more often. Then I wouldn’t be stuck sitting around on a Friday night wondering why I have nothing to do.

Speaking of phone numbers, I realized this morning that I signed up for a land line when I started internet service in my apartment, but I don’t even own a phone to connect to the line. This isn't really related to the above post at all, but I thought it was interesting.

I'm thinking it might not be

Kyle Thill — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:42:08 -0600

I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea for you to give your number out just a wee bit more often. Sure it will take time away from you stacking those newspapers and magazines all over your apartment, and possibly from caring for the dozen or more cats you might eventually own. But it would be good for you, trust me on this one.

I'm sorry, your opening up like this shouldn't be an opportunity for ridicule, it's certainly your first step towards recovery.