Hello again, Boots readers. I've missed you.
I'm planning to start a serial account of the motorcycle trip as soon as I stop sleeping 10 hours a night and waking up tired.
Here's a journal entry from Digby, Nova Scotia, July 9—two weeks and 3,000 winding back-road miles after I'd left in the middle of a deafening Michael Jackson drumbeat—says, "News still full of Michael Jackson. Don't waste your life in front of TV. Nothing ever happens."
What have I missed since I've been gone, from the world of communications?
Welcome back, David! Glad you got home in one piece (or with your typing fingers intact at least).
As for what’s changed, I’m back on my own!
Looking forward to reading about your travels.
Holy smoke, Ron. I’ll call when earth stops shaking.
Well, let’s see. Walter Cronkite died. But unlike MJ, it was news only for a day or two. Kind of says a lot about our world, doesn’t it?
Palin/LaToya Jackson to run for president/vice president in 2012. Just kidding 🙂 But I read a funny article on it today from one of my favorite humor columnists in S.C. http://www.thesunnews.com/news/columnists/celia_rivenbark/story/987145.html
Does AIG going for a second round of OK-Corral-inspiring bonuses count as communication news? Welcome back.
You’re back just in time to answer my fresh dilemma, together with the wise blog readers. Is there NO rhyme or reason to adverb placement, only usage and clarity? No rules? Would that explain why everyone seems to have divergent sets of rules?
Yossi, you sound like you’re ready to jump, blithely.
What’s driven you to the edge?
I’m trying to figure out if we should judge each adverb placement by context and style, and ignore any professed set of rules.
What made me ready to jump is the obvious in corporate communication – editing an article. Grammar rules should unite us, not divide us, and boy did they divide us here. We just gave up eventually and rewrite the sentence.
And this was after a spectacular morning of succesfully removing corporate buzzwords like “execute” and “expense account categories” from an otherwise useful article. It started off as such a nice day.
Yossi, you struck a blow for humanity and suffered a slingshot strike in the eye. Get an eyepatch and take up the cudgel again on the morrow!
David
As I said, you returned in the nick of time for my salvation. Recover well, and a speedy return to writing.
Yay! You’re back. As with the others, I’m looking forward to hearing about the trip, which I’m certain generated some entertaining moments.
As a rider with a bike in the garage awaiting a part while some fantastic riding weather passes me by, I am jealous, excited, and anxious to hear about the trip.
Welcome back, friend!
Good to be back, all.
I hope to have the first installment up this week.
What kind of bike, Michael?
Frank McCourt died. So sad. I loved Angela’s Ashes.
’96 Kawi Vulcan Classic 800. Bought to head west from DC into the Virginia hills on occasion, but used more frequently as gas hit $4.00+.
Yep, 50 MPG is sweet. Good luck with the part, Michael, and keep the rubber side down.
Part in, installed, and still the fuel leak. Mixed with oil. Might be a stuck float valve in the carb. Back to the drawing board.