Posts tagged “writing”

I took a class in early 20th century American literature while I was a student at the University of Florida. Every essay, book, or article we read struck someone somehow. I got so disgusted by students saying, “What struck me about…” or, “I was struck by…” that I wrote a response paper asking the professor to imagine me striking a student on the head with my Norton Anthology the next time someone said something about being struck. I found a list of world wide web dangerous words today and it reminded me of that class.

Billy has started something. I think that Lifeshots is something new. It’s something different. I also thought — and still think — that Uber.nu is new and different. It should be noted that I am often wrong. Both of these could be stale and very similar to everything else you’ve seen. But I like ’em.

(note to self: “note to self” gag is getting old)

I am also reminded that there is a reason why I don’t like reading run-on sentences. Why do I continue to write them? Control… I must learn control.