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Friday, July 04, 2008 Austen Itch! Laura Hile and I have decided to try something interesting for the summer months. Over at Austen Itch!, our Jane Austen networking site, we have decided to open up a space to get in touch with our inner Austen character. If you've ever want to be Lizzie, or Emma or Caroline Bingley, go on over and become her. (Or become a him, if the fancy strikes.) The rules of the road are spelled out on the site. Take a chance and become a part of the ongoing Austen story. Take care--Susan Kaye 4:51 PM - 2 eprops - 1 comment - email it .   HAPPY 4TH OF JULY   9:27 AM - add eprops - add comments - email it Tuesday, July 01, 2008 The Associated Press is reporting ... that in 2006, a young man was given a 2-point credit, out of a possible 27 points, for answering a question with "ef off." (I would cut and paste a quote, but the Associated Press is getting very prissy about bloggers using their copyrighted material without their express, written permission. And giving them money. I'll just tell you about the silly little boy and his potty mouth pen.) Anyway, the examiner gave the credit, which would have been more if the guy had punctuated. The tester said that it would have been wicked not to give him any credit because writing the expletive showed some very basic skill, conveyed some meaning and was spelled correctly. He added that "ef off" was better than writing nothing at all. We live in a time when artists use excrement as a material, photographers use it formed into words as the basis for their work, and now this young man is using verbal excrement as the universal answer to standardized testing. Are we surprised? In a post at another website, I said I thought that the shock being expressed over this was misplaced. Had the likes of Jane Austen lived in our time of such freedom, I'm sure we'd not have been troubled with such wordy passages as, "You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope." or "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Generations would have been spared so much verbiage had she just had that little "effin'" tool. Take care--Susan Kaye 5:49 AM - add eprops - add comments - email it Friday, June 27, 2008 You Are a Spork You have a playful, eccentric sense of humor. You are creative. You see the world in bold colors. (I think the new banner more than proves that! -- SK) You are a dabbler. You love to experiment. You aren't an expert in anything, but you know a little about everything. (Jane of all trades, mistress of none. -- SK) What Utensil Are You? 1:19 PM - add eprops - add comments - email it I just can't keep my hands off... things! Looking at the last blog outfit, I decided it's really not me. I'm more of a tan and red for summer sort of gal. But do you like the banner? Colorful, and a bit on the odd side with an homage to summer in the sun glasses and the garden hose. It's not often one gets to use "sun glasses" and "garden hose" in the same sentence. The Weather Guessers™ are predicting HOT HOT HOT temperatures for us for the next four days. I have my window covers up, (small fleece blankets I got on clearance for $2), and it is nice and dark in here. We'll come out from under at about 7pm and get fresh air in the house. Off to edit. Should be done Monday with the first ten chapters! Take care--Sue 11:55 AM - add eprops - add comments - email it Next 5 >>

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