JUST AN ORANGE

The Friday Politic ~ throwing trancendence out the window

The running mates have been decided. The conventions are over. Sprint to the finish line: decide who to vote for. I’m looking for a good write-in candidate.

I liked everyone’s speeches, for the most part, speaking of the candidates, their wives, and their VP picks. Rudy Guiliani was a kick in the pants to watch. Wow, vitriol delivered with a chuckle. Actually it was all good entertainment for me, from Bill Clinton carefully extolling the virtues of his presidency while trying to sound like he was really talking about Obama (we know differently) to Sarah Palin rockin’ the Republican house all the way down(!) I was thoroughly entertained and amused.

But, oh yeah. Forgive me, it must be all those hours of watching The West Wing, but I forgot myself for a second there: politics is supposed to be more than amusement and entertaining spectacle. (We have the media coverage of politics for that.) I’m not sure I can vote for either party in good conscience. I certainly don’t have the religious fervor with which each party proclaims their ideas because pragmatism is a necessary component of getting things done. I’m casting a vote for some pragmatism!

C.S. Lewis said something about the “ideal” that I really like: Idealism can be felt and even talked about, but cannot be lived. Add that, with a dash of wanting to be the people/party in power, and life gets a little bit tricky inside the beltway and out.

But as I wait to see what happens, with my own vote nonetheless, at least, at the very least, I’ll be entertained.

I am a Semi-Colon

You are elegant, understated, and subtle in your communication. You’re very smart (and you know it), but you don’t often showcase your brilliance. Instead, you carefully construct your arguments, ideas, and theories until they are bulletproof. You see your words as an expression of yourself, and you are careful not to waste them. Your friends see you as enlightened, logical, and shrewd. (But what you’re saying often goes right over their heads.)You excel in: The Arts You get along best with: The Colon

What Punctuation Mark Are You?

This Lovely Quiz found at Toddled Dredge

Should I mention that even before I looked at this quiz I suspected this is the mark I would be all along? Hee. I really do have an affection for the semi-colon.

I want to be
        famous
so I can be
        humble
about being
        famous.

What good is my
        humility
when I am
        stuck
in this
        obscurity?

~ by David Budbill

We all need a little humor in our lives. Learning how to correctly punctuate may just be the icing on the cake. This book is so funny, I laugh out-loud whenever I read it. (Yes, I have read it multiple times). And if you ever needed help, as many people do, with a semi-colon or colon or any other punctuation mark, this book is for you. Also, Lynne Truss is British. Which pretty much seals the deal right there. I am seriously considering handing this book out as a gift. You know - wedding or baby showers, birthdays, Christmas, housewarming occasions. I think correct punctuation is important: you should, too.