Nov 18 2007
Agent Orange: Can you hotwire that car?
Lash: No, jackass. I’m a Harvard MBA. And there is no way you would ask a white…
Agent Orange: Just because you attended Harvard doesn’t necessarily mean you’re devoid of useful knowledge. Excuse me for giving you the benefit of the doubt.
Nov 18 2007
Jacob Mallow: I’ve finally perfected the concoction. It will–
Paingod: No.
Jacob Mallow: What?
Paingod: I don’t want to know what it does, how it does it, or your vast and no doubt eminently disruptable deployment strategy. Telling me can only guarantee that your plan does not come to fruition.
Jacob: What? How would that matter?
Paingod: …
Paingod: You’re new here, aren’t you?
Nov 18 2007
A Marine typist vs. the Chicago Manual of Style:
MARINE: About two spaces after a period. As a U.S. Marine, i know that what’s right is right and you are wrong. I declare it once and for all aesthetically more appealing to have two spaces after a period.
CHICAGO MANUAL: As a U.S. Marine, you’re probably an expert at something, but I’m afraid it’s not this. [sic]Status quo. [sic]
I think XHTML turns properly formatted periods (with two spaces after) into single-spaced periods. That looks HIDEOUS, which is especially problematic for writers that upload large blocks of text, like novel chapters and lengthy reviews. Whenever I edit a Word Press post, I have to go back and make sure that I’ve replaced the double-spaces so that it’s readable.
I think it’s pretty funny that we don’t put any spaces after periods in abbreviations. Something like “he’s a U. S. M. C. drill instructor” would be painful.
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