Nicodemus (nicodemusrat) wrote,
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Punctuation and Truth

Punctuation is important. I'm a real stickler for punctuation. (I used to be only an artificial stickler but then I found a genuine organic stickle at this trendy local shop, so I upgraded.)

One thing that always bugs me is scare quotes. You know, "those things". Yet sometimes, ever so rarely, they are actually appropriate:



I feel "secure". In fact, I'm so tired right now, I feel like taking a half-hour power "security".
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  • Zootopia

    I got a chance to see Zootopia with my family this past weekend. [No spoilers below, don’t worry.] This is a movie that I’ve been looking forward to…

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    Kit and I flew down to FC. The flight was an inauspicious start to the trip... SF was stacked up due to weather. We actually took off at 11:15…

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    I started my next novel manuscript during this past month. I used the momentum of NaNoWriMo to get things jumpstarted. I did not expect to reach…