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Mar 21, 2011 12:34AM
Maybe I should have left you in the cricket thread after all. I can see you are going to cause me trouble. :)
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Stacia *eyes up here* wrote: "He's already on a roll."Hey, I saw that, did your eyes just roll?
Or weren't they your eyes?
Or is it a case of eyedentity theft.
I didn't realeyes I would get so paranoid during my initiation.
I need a drink.
I assume you can drink in the TC Lounge?
Looks like you've already been hitting the sauce.
Stacia *eyes up here* wrote: "Looks like you've already been hitting the sauce."I'm allowed to drink when the netball's on TV.
Michele wrote: "welcome, Ian."Thanks, Michele
Ian, why do you start a new line at every sentence?
Seemed strange to me too.But why not turn every post
Into a haiku?
Jonathan wrote: "Seemed strange to me too.But why not turn every post
Into a haiku?"
Is that true haiku,
Or could it be senryu?
We may never know.
iBritt wrote: "Ian, why do you start a new line at every sentence?"I like white space.
Multiple sentence paragraphs were designed to save paper or to fit as much content onto one page as possible.
They don't save cyberspace.
Does one sentence per line hurt your neck or something?
Perhaps I have strayed into a bad habit.Another online friend gets annoyed with me as well.
Perhaps on the cricket thread I got used to thinking that every sentence was a new ball.
I used to write for the street press in the 80's, and my editor made me do it then.
She hated chunky prose.
I carried it over into all of my non-fiction writing.
There is a nice article on paragraphs here:
http://patternbasedwriting.com/elemen...
If I was a student now, I don't think I would really get the concept of the unity of a paragraph.
I would love to hear what rules you obey when you form a paragraph.
"Supporting the argument that there is an art to paragraph writing… beyond rules, is that studies have shown that when paragraph formatting is removed from a piece of writing, few people will re-paragraph it the same way it was before. In fact, the same person may not re-paragraph it the same way two times in a row."
Jammies wrote: "Welcome to TC, Ian."Thanks, Jammies, nice sock puppet.
*huff*It's a ninja sock zombie, thank you very much.
Jammies wrote: "*huff*It's a ninja sock zombie, thank you very much."
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Thanks, Jammies, nice ninja sock zombie.
With the hat I thought it was a zombie nutcracker.
Barb wrote: "Ha! I didn't know it was a ninja ... looked like a zombie all dolled up in a little black dress and red purse. Who knew?"Careful, Barb, I think your avatar had better watch its viscerals after that comment.
Lyzzibug wrote: "With the hat I thought it was a zombie nutcracker."Them's fighting words, I'm sure. Even a newbie can tell that. (Notice experiment with two sentence par, how does it look, ed?)
Barb wrote: "I'm not afraid of Jammies. We're zombie-sisters."Is that enough to ward off the ninja in a zombie-sister?
Ian wrote: "Barb wrote: "I'm not afraid of Jammies. We're zombie-sisters."Is that enough to ward off the ninja in a zombie-sister?"
Ian, Barb's true secret weapon against me is her cuteness. She does the big-eyed little-sister look at me and I melt.
Lyzzibug, it's not a hat, it's a ninja mask! I am fierce and sneaky and scary, damnit!
Oh I see it now. I hadn't seen the bigger picture of your sock zombie ninja bunny. It is a bunny right? The little picture you can't tell they are ears.
I had no idea your sock zombie was a ninja...that just goes to show how sneaky you really are ;)
Her chief weapon is surprise. Fear and surprise.
I love how the blood on the sword and nun-chucks is also on it's mouth, like it took a bite outta someone... grrrrr!
Spppppppppppppppppannnnnnnnnniel! Spaniel face. So cute.
That
is the cutest dog I've ever seen! For that dog, I would be a "dog person". :)
Amelia, it's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel...most adorable dogs ever, IMO. And I totally just showed how much of a dog geek I am. :)~
Do they get big, or stay small?
They are a smallish breed, if they are bred well, they are on the small side. They never really lose that puppy look and they have very soft fur. Here's an info. link.http://dogbreedinfo.com/cavalierkingc...
Barb wrote: "*points at Alecia and yells "dog geek, dog geek"*"::sticks tounge out AT Barb:: *snickers*
A close friend has on of those dogs that was rescued from a bad breeder. He's taller than standard for the breed (the dog, I mean). And he is a neurotic mess. It takes forever to get him to warm up and come to me every time I see him -- and I am always soft and gentle with him. It's sad -- but he's a lovely dog just the same.Historically, they were used as living lap robes for women in carriages in cold weather.
Ah, they are too cute! I just want to babble at them in non-coherant baby talk and rub my face in their fur!
Yes, that is the exact urge I got, Alecia.
The breeder near here seems very much more reputable, but I would for sure take that into account before I bought one. I would never fund a "puppy mill", Larry. In my experience most rescue dogs are a labor of love! I have friends that have taken in rescue dogs, one friend a Boxer and the other a Weimaraner...both neurotic breeds to begin with. Yikes! Talk about issues!!
The breeder near here seems very much more reputable, but I would for sure take that into account before I bought one. I would never fund a "puppy mill", Larry. In my experience most rescue dogs are a labor of love! I have friends that have taken in rescue dogs, one friend a Boxer and the other a Weimaraner...both neurotic breeds to begin with. Yikes! Talk about issues!!
Larry wrote: "A close friend has on of those dogs that was rescued from a bad breeder. He's taller than standard for the breed (the dog, I mean). And he is a neurotic mess. It takes forever to get him to warm..."I see you are a fellow dog geek :)
I like to pretend my dog is a new exotic mix that everyone will be coveting. The Weimaretter. Hoo boy is he neurotic.
Alecia wrote: "Barb wrote: "*points at Alecia and yells "dog geek, dog geek"*"::sticks tounge out AT Barb:: *snickers*"
(emphasis mine)
Alecia, remember that rule about correcting people?
*giggles*
Oh, and those are not ears, they're horns!
Barb, those are one set of big eyes that won't make me melt--I really dislike CKCSs, sorry.
Chows are such high maintenance...too much for me. Poor things. They do look like little teddy bears when they're puppies though.
I need a ginger kitty. Think Honey will go for cat number 4?
I need a ginger kitty. Think Honey will go for cat number 4?
Amelia, they certainly are high-maintenance, but I loved my chow-shepherd mix. Of course, I also loved my malamute-shepherd mix and I do still love my little Heinz 57, so clearly, I'm just a big softie.Can you explain to Honey that you will get very, very sick and possibly die without a ginger kitty? Or that he will? ;)
Growing up my gran had a half Chow half Doberman. Polly. She was like a full grow bear; the size of a doberman, but with the black shag of a Chow. And, her tongue was red and black mottled like one of those dairy cows. She was the sweetest dog ever! One day a boy from school tried to beat me up in the alley just up from my gran's house; Polly came and scared the living poo out of him! :) She saved me.
So, I do love Chow dogs. They're just so hairy. The combing and bathing and grooming...oh my. Too much!
So, I do love Chow dogs. They're just so hairy. The combing and bathing and grooming...oh my. Too much!
Amelia, that's what I was going to say, but my short attention span couldn't hold on to the thought.I loved my chow-shepherd mix. But when he died, I swore, no more long-haired, double-coated dogs.
Jammies wrote: "Alecia wrote: "Barb wrote: "*points at Alecia and yells "dog geek, dog geek"*"::sticks tounge out AT Barb:: *snickers*"
(emphasis mine)
Alecia, remember that rule about correcting people?
..."
Shit! Karma comes to bite me in the ass! LOL :D
my best friend has a chow, and he's really cute, but waaay to high mantainence. its a good thing im allergic or he would have been at our house half the time.
Alecia wrote: "Ah, they are too cute! I just want to babble at them in non-coherant baby talk and rub my face in their fur!"Don't do it, Alecia. That's exactly what Terminalcoffee is for.
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