Thursday, January 05, 2006
Grammarcy
Yes, OmegaMom does speak and write the King's English.
No, OmegaMom does not always spell-check or grammar-check her posts.
OmegaMom is well aware that switching between third-person and first-person within a post is a writerly device, whereas switching between third-person and first-person with the space of a single clause is just plain stupid.
OmegaMom pleads her belly. Or, rather, her daughter's pneumoniac cough, which has distracted her a few times this week.
The best way to get a boatload of hits on your blog (aside from pimping it to all your best buds and shamelessly courting votes for Cute Picture Post [voting is closed, so I'll know if OmegaGranny's fraudulent double-vote counted or not tomorrow]) is to have someone with a boatload of regulars link to you in the first paragraph of her post. Muchas gracias, Cubbiegirl! I'm just glad you liked my post enough to link to it, and hope that a few of your worldwide audience (Australia, England, Alaska, wow!) liked my rantings enough to wander back now & then. I also sincerely hope that anyone who feels like they might be at risk for PAD or currently in the depths of PAD found my post a wee tad helpful.
A news headline: A four-year-old turns up on Homeland Security's "No-Fly" list. What a surprise. As the mother of an almost four-year-old, OmegaMom is merely surprised that more four-year-olds aren't already on that list.
Another headline: Robertson is at it again, saying that Ariel Sharon had a stroke as a result of God's Wrath. Is OmegaMom alone in thinking that Robertson's God doesn't sound like a very nice creature at all? Smiting Sharon, suggesting we assassinate Venezuela's president, drowning New Orleans, chastising the entire U.S. via the 9/11 attacks because we're so gosh-darned secular. Pat Robertson must be alternating between total glee at the way we heathens are being smitten (smited?) by The Lord and simply being terrified all the time. Ain't my kind of Kozmik All, is all I can say.
Gratuitous pics of OmegaDotter in various headgear:
The best way to get a boatload of hits on your blog (aside from pimping it to all your best buds and shamelessly courting votes for Cute Picture Post [voting is closed, so I'll know if OmegaGranny's fraudulent double-vote counted or not tomorrow]) is to have someone with a boatload of regulars link to you in the first paragraph of her post. Muchas gracias, Cubbiegirl! I'm just glad you liked my post enough to link to it, and hope that a few of your worldwide audience (Australia, England, Alaska, wow!) liked my rantings enough to wander back now & then. I also sincerely hope that anyone who feels like they might be at risk for PAD or currently in the depths of PAD found my post a wee tad helpful.
A news headline: A four-year-old turns up on Homeland Security's "No-Fly" list. What a surprise. As the mother of an almost four-year-old, OmegaMom is merely surprised that more four-year-olds aren't already on that list.
Another headline: Robertson is at it again, saying that Ariel Sharon had a stroke as a result of God's Wrath. Is OmegaMom alone in thinking that Robertson's God doesn't sound like a very nice creature at all? Smiting Sharon, suggesting we assassinate Venezuela's president, drowning New Orleans, chastising the entire U.S. via the 9/11 attacks because we're so gosh-darned secular. Pat Robertson must be alternating between total glee at the way we heathens are being smitten (smited?) by The Lord and simply being terrified all the time. Ain't my kind of Kozmik All, is all I can say.
Gratuitous pics of OmegaDotter in various headgear:
posted by Kate @
1/05/2006 10:13:00 PM
2 Comments:
2 Comments:
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At 1/06/2006 12:00:00 PM,
Granny J said… -
At 1/06/2006 06:42:00 PM,
Carol Anne said…
would you believe "smote"??
You're right --it's a great set (conjugation?) of verbs.
--Omegagranny
PS The purple one is grand!!