Delusional skeptic, reveling in a multiple-personality disorder. Alternating between a 21st-century blogger, a 3rd-century BC Carthagenian general, a 5th-century BC druid, a 23rd-century BC Beaker-people trader, a 20th-century Estonian freedom-fighter, a time-traveler, and a sheepdog in Wyoming.
Yes, I'm a grammar nazi. I work hard not to let it show. But come on now, This is a nationally syndicated cartoon strip. The jagged, electricity thing in the sky is "lightning". The opposite of getting heavier (or darker) is "lightening".
i saw a book review a couple years ago for "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Rierdon. Yep, you guessed it - the blogger spelled it "Lightening" throughout the review.
what flabbergasted me was he had a picture of the book cover (with the correct spelling, of course) right there in the freaking review!
in this age of acronyms, tweets, and texting shorthand , typos no longer bother me. if i can read the message, it did its job.
spell-checker boo-boos amuse me. i can't tell you how many engineering reports i've read where phrases like a "fro a cheep price" pop up. stoopid spel-chekker.
but cartoonists really should know when they aren't sure of a spelling. after all, they is edumacated too.
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Thank you Terry, we need more of you in the world.
i saw a book review a couple years ago for "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Rierdon. Yep, you guessed it - the blogger spelled it "Lightening" throughout the review.
what flabbergasted me was he had a picture of the book cover (with the correct spelling, of course) right there in the freaking review!
how clueless can you get?!
Wow, that's pathetic. I have my fair share of typos, but I really try to keep them to a minimum. I is edumacated after all. ;)
in this age of acronyms, tweets, and texting shorthand , typos no longer bother me. if i can read the message, it did its job.
spell-checker boo-boos amuse me. i can't tell you how many engineering reports i've read where phrases like a "fro a cheep price" pop up. stoopid spel-chekker.
but cartoonists really should know when they aren't sure of a spelling. after all, they is edumacated too.
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