Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Alright, I'm gonna give this a shot.

Ok, I'm going to take the plunge.  It seems like everyone is blogging these days, whether they have anything interesting to say or not, so I figured I may as well toss my hat into the ring.  I'm just going to put up a quick post to get things going.

I really need to get to bed - I've been going to sleep much too late the past few days, partly because I'm trying to teach myself Web Design, hoping to find an avenue to earn some extra income.

/Rant - Does no one proof-read anymore?  I can not believe the spelling errors that I have found in published works.  I've almost grown used to the typical their/there/they're, to/too, and its/it's  confusion, but in these days of Word processors with auto-spell check, there is no excuse for "mooon" to make it into print.  I mean, even my browser is telling me that it's spelled wrong!!!  Even more embarrassing, I just read (in a best-selling book, no less) the phrase "wrought with disaster", which I can only assume that the author intended to be "fraught with disaster"  How far have the mighty fallen - no longer are we producing works where the author strives to find the perfect word to express a nuanced meaning, rather, we are churning out half proofed tripe that doesn't even make grammatical sense! /Rant off

Good night all.

1 comment:

elj377 said...

Awesome...welcome to the blogging world...just to warn you it is addictive! I'm glad that you is something rather than isn't!

I too hate the grammatical errors that are everywhere but then I make them frequently!