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Entries from July 2008

Punctuate This!

July 28th, 2008 · 11 Comments

I found this recently: a story about how a professor gave his students the sentence, “A woman without her man is nothing.”  I doubt the story is actually true, but as the story goes, the female students and male students had two different ways of punctuating it.
The men in the class wrote it as: “A [...]

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Why Punctuation Is Important

July 12th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Dear John,
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior.  You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart. I can be forever happy - will [...]

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Tags: Humor

Happy 4th!

July 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

To those in America, of course!  (and apparently Japan…?)

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Tags: General

July 4th Fun Facts

July 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Tomorrow is the fourth of July!  Also known as eat, drink and set fire to flying objects day! :D  But, we should all have a little fun knowledge to share while waiting for the fireworks so remember some of these:
-31 places nationwide have “Liberty” in their name.  Iowa has the most with 4.
-74+ million americans said [...]

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Tags: History · Statistics