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hyphen or a dash
8/23/15
Proof reading for publication Blind Date, I came upon several hyphens where dashes should have been if I was going to put out a kosher copy.
Way back in the day, in the land of typewriters there was a dash symbol on the key board and writers used it. (BTW it's used without spacing.), but along came the computer keyboard and on the American keyboard (keyboards are different all over the world) there was no dash symbol. U can insert it with Num on lock + Control + Alt + Minus sign, but that's a hassle. So the folks started using hyphens instead of dashes.
The morning I was pondering this, I looked at the morning paper and noticed that they used a hyphen instead of the proper dash. I looked in an old printing of Our Winter of Discontent and noticed they used dashes, but how strange it looked when used properly without spacing.
I thought if I changed my hyphens to dashes, folks would think it's an error because today it's so uncommon; therefore, in the proof I left the hyphens in. I wouldn't worry about it being kosher, reformed would do.
Proof reading for publication Blind Date, I came upon several hyphens where dashes should have been if I was going to put out a kosher copy.
Way back in the day, in the land of typewriters there was a dash symbol on the key board and writers used it. (BTW it's used without spacing.), but along came the computer keyboard and on the American keyboard (keyboards are different all over the world) there was no dash symbol. U can insert it with Num on lock + Control + Alt + Minus sign, but that's a hassle. So the folks started using hyphens instead of dashes.
The morning I was pondering this, I looked at the morning paper and noticed that they used a hyphen instead of the proper dash. I looked in an old printing of Our Winter of Discontent and noticed they used dashes, but how strange it looked when used properly without spacing.
I thought if I changed my hyphens to dashes, folks would think it's an error because today it's so uncommon; therefore, in the proof I left the hyphens in. I wouldn't worry about it being kosher, reformed would do.
46
This past week I wrote the description for Blind Date.
The ten stories in Blind Date by Robert Hobkirk range in length from two to forty-six pages. No matter what the length of the story, the protagonists have one thing in common—they are struggling. One may be struggling to find his place in the sun. Another may be struggling to find a little shade. The stories take a look at the human condition from a different angle. The ten stories are “Blind Date,” “A Perfect Life,” “Kathy’s Struggle,” “Two Sacks of Groceries,” “Maurice Utrillo – Making Do,” “Junior High in Smog City,” “A Sure Thing,” “Sarge,” “Coffee Bums,” and “Electric Sheep Looking for Friendlier Pastures.”
This is what Wiki said about the number 46:
"Forty-six is a Wedderburn-Etherington number, an enneagonal number and a centered triangular number. It is the sum of the totient function for the first twelve integers. 46 is the largest even integer that can't be expressed as a sum of two abundant numbers.
46 is the 16th semiprime. 46 is the third semiprime with a semiprime aliquot sum. The aliquot sequence of 46 is (46,26,16,15,9,4,3,1,0).
Since it is possible to find sequences of 46 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 46 is an Erdős–Woods number."
Go around spouting that and u could fool the folks into thinking u were some kind of brainiac.
The ten stories in Blind Date by Robert Hobkirk range in length from two to forty-six pages. No matter what the length of the story, the protagonists have one thing in common—they are struggling. One may be struggling to find his place in the sun. Another may be struggling to find a little shade. The stories take a look at the human condition from a different angle. The ten stories are “Blind Date,” “A Perfect Life,” “Kathy’s Struggle,” “Two Sacks of Groceries,” “Maurice Utrillo – Making Do,” “Junior High in Smog City,” “A Sure Thing,” “Sarge,” “Coffee Bums,” and “Electric Sheep Looking for Friendlier Pastures.”
This is what Wiki said about the number 46:
"Forty-six is a Wedderburn-Etherington number, an enneagonal number and a centered triangular number. It is the sum of the totient function for the first twelve integers. 46 is the largest even integer that can't be expressed as a sum of two abundant numbers.
46 is the 16th semiprime. 46 is the third semiprime with a semiprime aliquot sum. The aliquot sequence of 46 is (46,26,16,15,9,4,3,1,0).
Since it is possible to find sequences of 46 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 46 is an Erdős–Woods number."
Go around spouting that and u could fool the folks into thinking u were some kind of brainiac.
Blind Date - Giveaway
Starting Saturday I have a new Giveaway for Blind Date. On Ammazon it has got a 4 star and a 5 star review so far. Two copies this time. It's free to enter with no strings. Good luck!
Audio video
I made an audio video of me reading the first story from Blind Date. Looking at the screen, it's on the left. Check it out, and give me some feedback how I can make the next one better.
