tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post2926984361941630799..comments2024-03-27T03:15:55.367-04:00Comments on EPBOT: Jen's Gems: Beauties, Beasts, & The Great Period DebateJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888187687405622408noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-47078473812869503342018-01-30T18:30:45.452-05:002018-01-30T18:30:45.452-05:00Read the article about periods at the end of texts...Read the article about periods at the end of texts-- I must be old, because that is so not me! When I get a text without a period it says "I'm upset about something." If it has a period, it's just a regular sentence "spoken" in a regular tone of voice. Interesting! (I'm 40, so I guess I am old, in computer years. XD)Jenny in Duluthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-66258950353596814682018-01-28T23:08:32.332-05:002018-01-28T23:08:32.332-05:00My husband and I love Lucas the Spider. Last weeke...My husband and I love Lucas the Spider. Last weekend I was like yeah! Theres a new one! I think about 100 of those views are mine. Anytime i've needed a little pick me up lately I'll pop over to youtube and watch a few. Anyway, have a great week :)<br />BrandiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-16172775423457683492018-01-27T15:17:15.735-05:002018-01-27T15:17:15.735-05:00Oh my gosh! Those Lucas the Spider videos are awes...Oh my gosh! Those Lucas the Spider videos are awesome! So stinking adorable!Leah Shttp://www.secretsofmommyhood.menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-12227749396555136722018-01-27T14:18:24.678-05:002018-01-27T14:18:24.678-05:00Writer/editor here. (And, if you've ever heard...Writer/editor here. (And, if you've ever heard the saying, "The shoemaker's children go barefoot," the same applies here -- I'm terribly remiss in thanking you for the adorable piece of art I won. The writer's thank-you notes don't get written.) I don't see anything particularly wrong with your sentence there. Some folks would say you should have an initial cap after the colon, because the text that precedes it and follows it can each be read as individual sentences, but others don't, because the colon makes it all one sentence. And some folks would have trouble with the all-caps text in quotes, but you're not using quotation marks for emphasis, just to treat the phrase as a single modifier, and if your hypothetical person is shouting, representing it in all caps is reasonable. (And some folks would have trouble with my beginning a sentence with "and," but they're full of hooey.) So, perhaps, you are, in fact, "flaunting" (that is, showing off) proper grammar in that sentence, though I think you meant to say "flouting" (refusing to obey). :-) StephanieJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-72684803555000970552018-01-27T13:44:06.064-05:002018-01-27T13:44:06.064-05:00Nono... Trust the Jen. Lucas is adorable.Nono... Trust the Jen. Lucas is adorable.Robin Bobcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-10969915514057607462018-01-27T13:27:04.683-05:002018-01-27T13:27:04.683-05:00Oh, and I thought you were going to go in a whole ...Oh, and I thought you were going to go in a whole 'nother direction about periods. ;)<br />-ZipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-44224365377615218962018-01-27T13:25:49.028-05:002018-01-27T13:25:49.028-05:00Lots of fun in today's post! :D Lucas is too...Lots of fun in today's post! :D Lucas is too cute for words -- my heart grew three sizes with that little tiny "hi under glass!" All the beasts and dragons today were fabulous. And NPH -- always a winner! He was so good in the concert staging of Sweeney Todd. <br /><br />Thanks for a fun Sunday post!<br />-ZippyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-13328085916564566192018-01-27T13:04:54.720-05:002018-01-27T13:04:54.720-05:00I had a dream a couple weeks ago that I went back ...I had a dream a couple weeks ago that I went back in time to the very beginning of human history and met Eve. She lived in a hut-like house, and she had a lot of candles because lots of people had visited her and brought her candles so she'd have light.<br />Anyway, a man was there, writing away, and I think he was writing the Bible, and he was writing the commandments and one of them was "Future generations shall make sure they know and use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation."<br />One of the weirdest dreams I've had! I didn't know I cared so much, and while I know I make mistakes all the time, I do find it very hard to make sense out of meaningless groups of letters.<br />Written language means something, and people saying "You know what I meant" doesn't really convey the meaning of what they're trying to write.<br />I don't correct others (ok, I do correct my husband when he makes the same mistake over and over, but English is his second language and I'm sure he wants to get it right) but I do want to be correct myself.Betty Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02185785966008220637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-76331786711268366682018-01-27T12:15:15.853-05:002018-01-27T12:15:15.853-05:00LUCas is super adorbs! LUCas is super adorbs! Mary B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10378567309895085081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-73897121483484152732018-01-27T08:37:34.186-05:002018-01-27T08:37:34.186-05:00Great post, but I'm sure you would want to kno...Great post, but I'm sure you would want to know that it's Neil, not Neal. And there is no cute when it comes to spiders. Had to scroll fast - there's no way that thing's talking to me! Thanks for the warning! Love Epbot, sorry for a mostly negative comment!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453280243942886194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-73793228547102759322018-01-26T22:38:15.486-05:002018-01-26T22:38:15.486-05:00That NPH video was magical.That NPH video was magical.Margaretnoreply@blogger.com