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Comment on Punctuation Station by Beth Hull

Beth Hull — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:04:44 +0000

PB, you’re only as much of a hypocrite as I am for telling Z that “desserts are special treats, not meant to be eaten all the time” when I’m sneaking handfuls of peanut M&Ms.

Hmm. That sounds very hypocritish. Well, I won’t judge you here!

Comment on Punctuation Station by Beth Hull

Beth Hull — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:01:58 +0000

Ah, I didn’t think of the snarky flexibility of parentheses. Yet another vote in their favor. I overuse ellipses, too! Forgot all about those guys.

Comment on Punctuation Station by PB Rippey

PB Rippey — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:01:33 +0000

The awful truth is I use the serial comma when writing children’s fiction as of course I want children to read what I consider proper punctuation and grow up with it and utilize it later in life——but I’m not at all serial comma-ish when writing adult fiction. Hypocrite? & so it goes…Lovely ode!

Comment on Punctuation Station by readingisdelicious

readingisdelicious — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:57:07 +0000

Like you, I am a big fan of parentheses (it lets me include snarky comments, although this is not one), and the Oxford comma!! LONG LIVE THE OXFORD COMMA! I tend to overuse commas sometimes, and they end up in odd places where they shouldn’t. I do not use ampersands very much at all, except in Twitter to help me fit the 140 character limit.

Another form of punctuation I overuse and LOVE are ellipses. Because my thoughts tend to trail off a lot into musings. Or sometimes it’s the punctuation raised eyebrow!

I’m trying to cut back on exclamation marks, but I tend to get enthusiastic and excitable, which means I MUST USE ONE!

I wish Daniel liked apostrophes… >_>

Comment on Why I Write by Punctuation Station « Nebula

Punctuation Station « Nebula — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:51:40 +0000

[...] ago, in my post Why I Write, my Reason #1 was that I love words. Well, I also love punctuation. I have my pets, and my tics, [...]

Comment on “He Don’t Eat No Meat?” by Beth Hull

Beth Hull — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:22:24 +0000

You’ve got me thinking about what I would miss if I became a vegetarian, Maggie. A cheeseburger, and of course, that magical croissant I keep talking about. Sushi. But I eat these things so rarely anyway, I don’t know how much it would matter. Maybe I could be a vegetarian, like, 90 percent of the time or something.

Comment on “He Don’t Eat No Meat?” by Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:31:37 +0000

I think I could become a vegetarian. The only meat I’d miss is chicken, and the occasional strip of bacon.

Comment on “He Don’t Eat No Meat?” by Beth Hull

Beth Hull — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:02:46 +0000

Is it YOUR birthday, PB? If so, happy birthday to you! If not, happy birthday to someone else! I hope you enjoyed the dinner – I love the variety in your family meals. I’d probably sample, too.

Comment on “He Don’t Eat No Meat?” by PB Rippey

PB Rippey — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:13:39 +0000

My husband is a vegetarian, except that he eats fish, except that my 4 year old won’t–not even fishsticks–so I cook chicken and chik’n for the boy, fish for the man and I eat by sampling. Except for this evening, when my husband showed up with a birthday take-out dinner consisting of a big juicy steak and potatoes mashed w/bacon, a tuna sandwich for himself and my son had spinach and cheese tortellinis. I think we’re a long way from the Olivia talk…Hysterical about Nemo going to the food bin!

Comment on “He Don’t Eat No Meat?” by Beth Hull

Beth Hull — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:07:07 +0000

becomingcliche, you had me cracking up about chewing on cows.

Seven & readingisdelicious, I had no idea pork/ham was such a popular meat product! I mean, I enjoy a grilled ham & cheese croissant as much as the next huge pregnant lady (maybe moreso).

readingisdelicious – I am mostly vegetarian out of laziness, too. Meat’s messy. I’m like my mom & always worried about cooking it enough. And I barely know how to brown hamburger. Besides, meat’s expensive (yes, so is organic produce. Maybe not the best argument). Also, I vow to never eat a pig who wears clothes. Pigling Bland and Olivia are both safe from me.