Friday, January 20, 2006

Changes to My Site + the Panda Book

I've made a few changes to the site this morning on this wonderful SNOW DAY! First, I added a "subscribe to this blog" feature. I also changed the order in which my side bar items appear, and added a "recent comments" section. Let me know if you have any problems with these new features. They should make life easier for my few but faithful readers.

I'm thinking about punctuation a lot lately. One of my favorite nerd books is "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," which deals a lot with the rules of punctuation and how people break them. It was so fun the first time, I might need a refresher course soon.

14 Comments:

At 1/20/2006 12:51:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Looks great so far. I like to be able to see "recent comments."


And I would like to read that book. Have heard much about it, but have never read it. Hey, I got an Amazon gift certificate for Christmas! :)

 
At 1/20/2006 05:05:00 PM, Blogger J-Dingo said...

"Eats, Shoots & Leaves" sounds like a book about the dining habits of Mafia hitmen.

 
At 1/21/2006 09:31:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think James and I need to read that book!

j-dog, your comment cracked me up!

 
At 1/22/2006 03:14:00 PM, Blogger Allan said...

My brother tells me that the first printing of that book was chcok full of grammar and punctuation errors.

Can you say oops?

 
At 1/23/2006 12:03:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cool, I like the comment hack. You got skillz.

Here's a puctuation question for you. Does the period go after the end quotation mark or not? For instance:

"here is a quote".
or
"here is a quote".

 
At 1/23/2006 05:51:00 PM, Blogger Sarah said...

How 'bout, "Here is a quote."

I think that's the proper way to say it. Correct me if I'm wrong, fellow-punctuation-geeks!

 
At 1/23/2006 06:02:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oops, yeah I meant that as the second choice.

 
At 1/23/2006 08:53:00 PM, Blogger Sarah said...

J-Dog, the book IS about mafia hitmen... in a way. I'll leave you with that intriguing thought.

 
At 1/24/2006 04:33:00 PM, Blogger J-Dingo said...

So what are pandas doing running around with firearms? I thought they were docile.
Checked out the forward on the Amazon site. The author sounds a BIT bossy. Just a bit. Inappropriate apostrophe's are annoying, though.

 
At 1/24/2006 10:06:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

James and I need to read that book.

 
At 1/25/2006 06:33:00 AM, Blogger Sarah said...

But hey, bossy is okay with me when it concerns incorrect punctuation. Some things in this world just can not be tolerated! :-)

Jules, I should give you my copy to read!

 
At 1/25/2006 07:51:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am sure it would help me. I've been a stay-at-home mom so long that I've lost some skills. I have gained a lot of new skills like patience, endurance, putting others before myself,and butt wiping, but other things have slipped!

 
At 1/25/2006 06:30:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Geesh Sarah, I am such an airhead! I just realized I left the same comment twice. It's a wonder how I survive. What's even scarier, I have four children who depend on me. Yikes!

 
At 1/25/2006 07:25:00 PM, Blogger Sarah said...

Ha! No sweat, Jules... I just assumed that you really-really-really wanted to read the book!

 

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