Seems John and I have got ourselves embroiled in a good old fashioned spelling and grammar war. Before we resort to dictionaries or is that dictionary’s, no, pretty sure it is dictionaries at 20 paces let me just say that despite an A in HSC English and a job that requires an exceptional eye for detail (granted for numbers not words) I take an appallingly sloppy attitude to spelling and grammar, not to mention the fact that I rarely proof read a post, who has the time? I even handed in an essay with absolutely no punctuation when I was in year 8, unfortunately by that stage I had yet to read Keroauc so could not plead that I inspired by the stream of consciousness vibe, man.
Regarding my 1 second of fame on the Melbourne Marathon special yesterday, nope, not the black shorts and dark top, I was in black shorts and a white tank top.
Did you read The Age today, seems Arnie does not believe that Marijuana is a drug, ’tis only a leaf folks so toke up with impunity, Arnie says it is OK. Guess that gives the green light to Heroin as it is only a pretty red flower and isn’t Cocaine just a leaf as well, while we are at it Anabolic Steroids are just a hormone aren’t they and I suppose a time bomb isn’t really a weapon just an alarm clock with a bad attitude.
I have chucked the dice again and today it is 7 books that I have read more than once
1 - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
2 - Bridget Jones’ Diary by Helen Fielding 
(a bit like white bread, you know it isn’t all that good for you but it’s nice to have every now and then)
3 - Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson
4 - Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
5 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick (which was made into the film Bladerunner which I have seen even more times than I have read the book)
6 - 1984 by George Orwell (Probably one of my most re-read books, I reckon I have a 1984 moment just about every day, more so when an election is looming)
7 - And the Ass saw the Angel by Nick Cave (contentious, some people love it some think it truly awful. I am in the love it camp, the book even makes me laugh. I saw it put on as a play once in a small room in South Melbourne with a mixture of actors and life sized puppets, it was brilliant)
No running today, I took a rest day.
i have read 1984 a MILLION times..it used to be my fave book.. i love it. have you read the one by Aldous Huxley..cant think of the name at the moment but its great..Brave New World!!!
Comment by runjanerun — October 29, 2007 @ 8:35 pm
A couple of my team members use me as their grammar-checker / spell-checker, they reckon I’m better than the ones built in to MS Word!
Comment by Andrew (ajh) — October 29, 2007 @ 9:56 pm
There you go Em - run your posts past Andrew before you hit “publish” or whatever you do with wordpress.
But seriously, I’m calling off this war. My Mum told me yesterday she refused to apply for a job because there was an errant apostrophe in the job description. I’ve decided I need to calm down before I get to that stage.
So no more super-critical pedantry from me. Misspell all you like. I may even include a spelling miztake myself one day.
Comment by JH — October 30, 2007 @ 11:35 am
On third look, I must still be blinking. Only one thing for it… you’ll have to run with the lead pack in the marathon or half next year.
Comment by Ewen — October 30, 2007 @ 1:16 pm