writing exercise: one sentence

thought this was fun:
www.onesentence.org

here was mine:
the blue jay happily splashed in the birdbath until he felt hot breath drying his tail feathers.

happy technology day!

yeah another celebration!
this event is going on in the city where i work (irving, texas).

check it out.

quote of the day

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many--not
on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
-Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist

Happy National Punctuation Day!

Thank you to my copyeditor friend Brandy for this one:

With all the breaking news out there — Clay Aiken, Lindsay Lohan, Abe Vigoda — I’d hate for a story to get lost. And National Punctuation Day is just that kind of story.

For most people, punctuation is an irritant: a misused collection of periods, commas, virgules, question marks and exclamation points that is thrown, willy-nilly, into an e-mail or text message. But for some of us, punctuation is an overlooked treasure. Without punctuation, a declaration turns into a question. Without punctuation, sentences run endlessly until they bump into the next page. Without (correct) punctuation, Canada’s Rogers Communications may not have lost more than $2 million.

So, celebrate the semicolon. Offer hosannas for hyphens. Pay attention to asterisks. National Punctuation Day only comes around once a year — and that day calls for more than one exclamation point!!!

OK, maybe not.

– Todd Leopold, CNN.com Entertainment Producer

P.S. Any errors made in the previous are the fault of my copy editor.

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