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September 15, 2003Another opening, another show...
The Redlands Footlighters' "Love, Sex & the IRS" opened last Thursday to a large audience (one which set the tone for the entire weekend, numerically speaking). I'm still trying to scare up the link for the review in the Redlands Daily Facts, but you can peruse the Press-Enterprise's review here.
In other news, fellow cast member Lisa Fite e-mailed me the following a few days ago and told me I had her consent to disseminate it to the masses.
My greatest worry at present is whether or not I have been too zealous with the all too intimidating semi-colon. Semi-colons are the one form of punctuation that I believe would slap writers if they; the semi colon, became animated and could do so. I know what you are thinking.... You probably think that the exclamation point has just as much, if not more motivation to slap writers... I could not disagree more!! You see, exclaimation points can be used willy nilly and no one cares, least of all the exclaimation point!! See right there, I used one and another wanted a piece of the action and piggy backed along. If you let it, an exclaimation point would likely have no problem hanging out all by itself. After all, it will hang on to words as small as NO!!! See, I'm tellin' ya! Damn exhibitionist exclaimation point!
Now a prima donna semi-colon would never allow itself to be used half-assed like the exclaimation point. The semi-colon demands that you first ask; would you like a comma or a period with that? Even if you choose correctly, the semi-colon is not above shameless mocking. You see, the exclaimation point and question mark sit on a period, you can't blame them, they want attention. The comma is just lazy, let's face it. A comma is like someone who wants to raise their hand, but just can't find the strength. But a semi-colon, yes a semi-colon, is the only punctuation mark that makes the period sit on top and makes the comma balance it! This is why commas HATE semi-colons...lazy ass commas! I'm starting to see the semi-colons point here! I say we give the hardest work piece of punctuation a little break here!
Did I mention the fact that Lisa eats too much sugar?
Posted by patrick at September 15, 2003 11:59 AM
CommentsI do not!!
Posted by: Lisa at October 9, 2003 11:07 AM
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