the bounty of random

[theholyinnocent]

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!

Comments

[theholyinnocent.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think it depends on how it's being used. (Although I can't speak for British usage.) As an adjective, it should be hyphenated ("He was an anal-retentive asshat"), otherwise not ("Man, she was being all anal retentive"). Or at least that's my take on it.