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theholyinnocent ([personal profile] theholyinnocent) wrote2008-08-19 12:50 pm
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the bounty of random

1. A photo of the actual Arundel tomb, from World's Worst Camera Phone (and courtesy of the missus):



(It was a couple weeks ago that I heard Roseanne Cash read Larkin's "Arundel Tomb" on NPR, which had prompted me posting the poem then. It's prompted me to reassess him as a writer; previously I was not too appreciative of his work.)

2. Ladies, your dream man is here.. Damn, when these mail-order bride things go bad, they GO BAD.

3. I hereby declare it my personal mission in life to preserve the semicolon. Why? The semicolon is sexy. Friends, join with me: Use a semicolon today!

[identity profile] noir-moll.livejournal.com 2008-08-19 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ladies, your dream man is here.

Holy.Fuck. I vote we revive the practice of tarring and feathering for this cocksucker.

Huh. I didn't realize the semi-colon was in such dire straits; I use it all the time. (There's my contribution to the cause.) And if the work product of my bosses is anything to go by, the hot little punctuation mark is a mainstay of legal writing.

[identity profile] theholyinnocent.livejournal.com 2008-08-20 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Very tempting, that. At the very least, this guy will be a goldmine to a therapist one day. Fucked. Up.

the hot little punctuation mark is a mainstay of legal writing

At last, something positive about the legal profession! :)