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July 20, 2004 -- 12:01 AM
posted by nobody knows my face

    You can't stand the incorrect usage of apostrophes? That's fair. Neither can I. But I also can't stand people who can't stand my use of quotation marks when I use them correctly.

    Please see quotation mark usage here.

    Here are the ways I used quotation marks in my post that you referred to, as detailed in the above link:

  • British and United States style differs as to whether single or double quotation marks are used, but neither is an absolute rule, and a publisher's or even an author's style may take precedence. (The only absolute rule is consistency!)


  • Another important usage of quotation marks is to indicate or call attention to ironic or apologetic words. Ironic quotes are sometimes called scare quotes or sneer quotes. [They] are also used to indicate that the writer realizes that the word is not being used in its (currently) accepted sense.



  • Under the circumstances, I'm almost tempted to change your vote for you since your reasoning for voting 'nay' was invalid.


    But I won't.

July 20, 2004 -- 12:00 AM
posted by nobody knows my face

Did you know that a mere 4 miles beneath our feet, the earth is approximately 1700 degrees celcius? That's some fucked up shit right there that is. Though I guess I shouldn't be surprised considering magma erupts from the floor of the earth on a regular basis.

July 19, 2004 -- 4:46 PM
posted by Par

    Not to be outdone, we Canadians have our own Ann Coulter, Ezra Levant.

    Interestingly, he makes a reference to Bourque.org as a popular source of news. This comes from the fact that they got 3 million visits in the month of June. Well this site must be awesome. Out of a free university page, without advertising from Ezra Levant, we got nearly 4000 hits in June! Therefore, 4000 people must read this message board!

July 19, 2004 -- 4:35 PM
posted by Par

July 19, 2004 -- 1:58 PM
posted by alison

    all you living near high-tension power lines, beware. As people have been saying for years, they're emitting energy... more energy than just that buzzing you hear too. This picture (and some of the work this guy does) looks at what high-tension power lines are doing to their environment. These flourescent tubes are being powered by the electromagnetic field generated by the powerlines above.



    for more, check here for more on the guy. he works in neon and flourescent lighting a lot

July 19, 2004 -- 11:29 AM
posted by edo

As Paras and I were talking about: Ali G interviews Posh and Beckham

July 19, 2004 -- 10:50 AM
posted by Par

    Despite the massive public interest, no-one was found to have lost their organs.
    Phew. That was a close one. I'm glad they threw that last line in; I would have been worried for weeks.

    Mmmm.. . Whales
    Musical
    Sailing
    Battle Pong

July 19, 2004 -- 12:09 AM
posted by edo

July 19, 2004 -- 12:09 AM
posted by alison

    I think I'm experiencing the inverse temperature principle: the warmer it gets outside, the colder they make the basement. Fuck I'm freezing. I need my fleece down here. I suppose it's better than hot. Maybe I'll get some work done... but all I really want to do is sleep. And I dressed for the outdoors today, not the indoors.

    mmm... sleep who else watched the storms last night? They were spectacular, but didn't cool the house down enough to make sleeping alright. And then my dad went on a tirade this morning closing and locking all the windows so that no one could break in... well fuck. Our house is going to be a furnace. and who would want to break into our house anyway? there isn't much to steal.

    And, Taylor, I vote nay mostly because I don't want any more bomb stuff... but also because you're using apostrophes inappropriately, and I just can't stand that.

July 19, 2004 -- 12:01 AM
posted by Beck

    damn it's hot here... I can't sleep at all.
    So I'll let you know more about the camping thing.

    It's a simple campground, each lot has a fire pit and a picnic table. There are outhouses dotted around. Each lot can hold 1-2 vehicles as well as a few tents (the site says max 8 people per lot) and costs $12 per night. Fire wood is provided, hopefully it is drier than last time I was there. It's a very nice lake, decent for diving, swimmable, and the surrounding woods are nice for hiking. What we would need to bring: transportation (obviously), tents, food, junk food, changes of clothes, stuff to do (boce ball, frisbee, etc.), and alcohol.
    That's about all I can think of right now - I'll post if/when I think of something I forgot.

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