@raysanni: True, but let's not forget the other people awarded such a holiday like the asshole Christopher Columbus himself, he who is associated with rape, murder, robbery and syphilis.
@bess marvin, girl detective: Yeah, but back in those times, it was more acceptable. By the way, does syphilis really belong in that list of charges? I know it was deadly back then, but I'm pretty sure CC didn't want to contract it.
The Notorious BIG, Christopher Wallace, can have a national holiday when everyone stays home from work and thinks about him. At the same time they need to make a national holiday for 2Pac, Tupac Amaru Shakur, also. Then Malcom, Malik el Shabazz. Beloved ones.
@krismry: Darned if I want to think about Biggie even on a day off. I do think Tupac's life and what he left behind bares some reflection. As for Biggie, he was a bright guy but his legacy is narrowing with the years. Oddly enough one of the most lasting things he gave us is Lil' Kim. Hey, thanks.
Foster Brooks is live in Viva Las Vegas, WuTanMan is here with the girls, girls, girls. Gawker's memorial day weekend is overrun with He-Male Elvis Impersonators?
@Smitros - Ha. Nice one. My total heart eclipse was last month.
ps - I would friend you but my browser is so archaic I don't have the option. (It also appears I can't "reply" anymore either.) Soon my words might just be ghostly ephemera that fade into oblivion like skywriting from a little plane....
I'm all for racial harmony, but T.A.N., what do you have against vowels? Are you a letterist? I've never read a text message that long without a booty call being involved.
Has there been any in-depth wikipedia research into the use of the exclamation point and the question mark together?!?!
This is the issue that is plaguing suburban America, as self-important PTA moms have adopted this puncuation to end every question and it is driving me crazy. Yes, I heard it was a question with the first question mark. When you add those exclamation points, it turns "Did you remember the cupcakes?" into "WTF is wrong with you? Did you remember the f-ing cupcakes?"
I'm not sure if I hate the ?! combo or the self-important PTA moms more.
It's easy to show feelings in person, on a video or audio clip and set proper mood. In text it's very difficult to not seem overly harsh without shaking up the rules of writing well.
I think there is one hip hop blog that uses CAPILIZATIION instead of exclamation marks.
But how do the uptight William-Strunk-Elements-of-Style types set the proper mood without bad grammar, wrongful punctuation and phonetically spelled dialogue?
@bayktdin: Don't even worry, Strunk and White are totally dead, along with apostrophes, semicolons, colons, quote marks, and all the rest of those archaisms and old relics. The only thing left is exclamation!!!!1!!!!!
By the year 2050, how you feel about something you write won't be expressed by punctuation at all, but by a form of electronic telepathy known as emoticonditioning. It was created by Bill Gates as part of a plan for world domination he came up with after watching an episode of "Dollhouse," but that he couldn't get to work because the software wasn't supported by Windows.
When someone reads what you write, all the nuances (excitement, sarcasm, irony, what-have-you) will be projected directly into the reader's brain. As a result, everyone will finally get your jokes, but it will turn out that they actually aren't as funny as you think they are.
The young folks, of course, will be much more facile with this technology than the rest of us, and will spend hours a day trying to force each other to think of the word "interrobang."
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Another B.I.G. legacy is Faith Evans, who is a far more talented singer than Lil' Kim could ever hope to be, but never as famous.
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Wow, it is oppressively happily peopled and warm outside, I had to run back home and pour out an inch in a cool room.
Double X has been chapping this little Jewess's butt, cannot wait to see what the kids have to say on this topic, among others...
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Bookshileh, is that you hanging from the ceiling?
Foster Brooks is live in Viva Las Vegas, WuTanMan is here with the girls, girls, girls. Gawker's memorial day weekend is overrun with He-Male Elvis Impersonators?
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And maybe a shriner or two to boot. {{grynne}}
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ps - I would friend you but my browser is so archaic I don't have the option. (It also appears I can't "reply" anymore either.) Soon my words might just be ghostly ephemera that fade into oblivion like skywriting from a little plane....
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That last sentence sounds like my world.
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Don't worry. That's better than a total eclipse of the heart.
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nice @AZN FLU
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This is the issue that is plaguing suburban America, as self-important PTA moms have adopted this puncuation to end every question and it is driving me crazy. Yes, I heard it was a question with the first question mark. When you add those exclamation points, it turns "Did you remember the cupcakes?" into "WTF is wrong with you? Did you remember the f-ing cupcakes?"
I'm not sure if I hate the ?! combo or the self-important PTA moms more.
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[en.wikipedia.org]
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I think there is one hip hop blog that uses CAPILIZATIION instead of exclamation marks.
But how do the uptight William-Strunk-Elements-of-Style types set the proper mood without bad grammar, wrongful punctuation and phonetically spelled dialogue?
Guilt as charged Mr. Strunk... guilty as charged.
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When someone reads what you write, all the nuances (excitement, sarcasm, irony, what-have-you) will be projected directly into the reader's brain. As a result, everyone will finally get your jokes, but it will turn out that they actually aren't as funny as you think they are.
The young folks, of course, will be much more facile with this technology than the rest of us, and will spend hours a day trying to force each other to think of the word "interrobang."