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Oh this No Punctuation Wednesday has been coming a long long long time even though it IS technically a Monday but who would argue with a woman on a rant
Not you thats for sure
Anyway the thing that has been driving me nuts
wait a correction please
ONE of the things that has been driving me nuts
for just ages and ages now is that I am very good at a small number of things
PERIOD
you have to imagine the period
PERIOD
next sentence please
I am very good at a small number of things and very bad at a middling number of things and very average at an incalculable number of things
And this bothers you WHY you ask
clever as you are you asked without punctuation
at least you did in my head
It bothers me because most of the things on my list of things that I am very good at
are imaginary
and the rest are useless
and while my favorite things in the world
are useful things such as machines and manufacturing and plants and animal husbandry and tools and paper supplies and small appliances and also probably cooking skills and balloon animals and high technology
WHEW pant pant pant
while those useful things draw me in like a moth to a flame they have not seen fit to make themselves understandable to me
sort of like languages and math
I can fake it really well
but I stink at some crucial part
for instance VOCABULARY RETENTION if you are talking about languages
and I was
or EVERYTHING if you are talking about higher math
and I was trying not to
so while I crave crave crave to be good enough at something that I could speak about it
write about it
learn enough to get really good at it
maybe make money at it
or just polish it into an avocation
the way that elegant Ladies of a Certain Age become painters or photographers or paper makers
while I want to be really good at something
even just one thing
I have no idea where to start and no particular skills to hone
and as far as I know being really good at Facebook is nothing more than an annoyance
and a cheap one at that
Ive been trying to do that, Rick. All this time I mustve been hitting the snooze.
Posted by: foolery | October 18, 2011 at 07:06 PM
Guess you need to hit that re-set button and start life all over again this time specializing in just one thing that way you can compare which life you like best
Posted by: Rick's Cafe | October 18, 2011 at 04:58 PM
I would, too, Ron. ; )
Posted by: foolery | October 18, 2011 at 10:52 AM
I'm here in support. But me mention anything in the way of advice, NOT ME. B/c right now I think you'd be good at reaching through this computer screen, snatching me off the couch and stuffing me in a modem.
Posted by: Audubon Ron | October 18, 2011 at 10:50 AM
seems as if you excel at not using punctuation and I too suck at math if its more than 20 I am truly in trouble because I have but 10 fingers and toes which to count on with I was going to use a slash and then considered a parenthesis but realized even with my lack of talent in parsing sentences that they are indeed punctuation
Posted by: Daryl | October 18, 2011 at 07:05 AM
s m i l e
Posted by: foolery | October 17, 2011 at 08:20 PM
theres a lot to be said for cheap annoyances
I rather like them myself
like this one girl i recall from high school that
i probably should not go down that road
Posted by: boB Cleveland | October 17, 2011 at 08:15 PM