Failure Bread

Dear Readers,

Today, I underwent some pretty daunting maxillofacial surgery, so I may or may not be out of commission for a few days.  But since I don’t want to leave you hanging, I have prepared in advance today’s little tidbit.  Anyone who has frequented my previous webpage attempts (Mom) may recognize the next few posts as some of my older work, but hopefully I’ll be back to writing fresh, shiny, dryer-sheet scented new posts soon.

Until then, I leave you with a random moment of awesomeness from this week.  Enjoy!

Stephanie:  So I was surfing the internet the other day, and I found this website that had a grammar error, and I submitted a comment about it.  I felt like a total nerd.  It was a misused semicolon and it was just staring me in the face!  I had to do something.  But I gave my real email account, so I was scared that my account would be hacked or get a virus or something.  But the guy just emailed back and said thanks for pointing it out.

Me:  Well, good for you for trying to put a stop to the epidemic of semicolon abuse.  It’s cool he took it so well.  I guess someone who’s willing to use a semicolon is concerned enough about grammar to try and use it properly.  Do the same thing for me if you catch any; I’d be horrified to have my name on something like that!

Stephanie: Hehehehhe.  Nicely done.

Me:  …OMG  I didn’t even realize I did that!  I am a God among insects.

Stephanie:  Hahahahahahahahaha.

Me:  That was actually kind of priceless.

Stephanie:  Indeed, it was beautiful.

Yes.  It is true.  I am such an English geek that to me, unconscious, correct semicolon use is like unto the work of deity.  In a beautiful shining moment of rain-misted clouds and harp chords, I glimpsed grammar enlightenment.  I have reached punctuation Nirvana.