It just occurred to me when you have to define the words you are about to use, in a pre-amble sort of way, before you begin to explain something else, and the definitions themselves are paragraphs in length and sometimes refer to other sets of definitions, you have already complicated the process far more than necessary. I am, of course, America’s system of ruling itself.
Government web sites are not maximized for user-friendliness.
Now if you will excuse me, I must return to discussing the use of a hyphen in “user-friendly” and how exactly one would indicate the opposite of “user-friendly” … like do you add an “un” and if so, where. Is the damn word even hyphenated? What in the name of Hades is “friendly” modifying? I just want to know where to put the damn “un” to indicate the opposite of “user-friendly!” Aren’t hyphenated words treated as nouns, so wouldn’t the “un” go on user? But just because it’s a noun doesn’t mean it’s a single word, or does it? WTF?!
Yeah. That discussion right there. I have to get back to that now, so let me be blunt. Government web sites suck in just about every way imaginable. Have you ever noticed that?
Now should those last two sentences be two sentences, or should there be a colon there? Is the first word after the colon capitalized? Sh*t! I used ellipses incorrectly. I am certain of it!
I had something I was going to say, but the Grammar Harpy that lives in my head just will not shut up, and Lin, who also has an inner-grammarian, is always more than willing to explore the intricacies of modern grammar usage in American English. That has most certainly not helped put the harpy back in the box.
Whatever it was I wanted to say, is temporarily lost to the ether. In the end, I have been left with a browser window containing a page on the Florida Legislature’s web site and the knowledge that government web sites truly do suck for information retrieval. It took me so long to get close to what I was looking for, I completely forgot what I was looking for.
Thank you, Grammar Harpy! Thank you for ruining what, I am certain, would have been an excellent post about something concerning Florida. All I have been left with is hours of grammatical rules discussions with my husband, and this post. Thanks. Thanks a lot.
The cats have the right idea. It’s time to roll over on my back under an air conditioning vent and have a nap. I am off to the couch.
WTF Orb!
I can’t figure this one out. Every time I think I am about to discover why you are having this oral surgery that you keep talking about, I find myself not any closer than I was before. How did this come about and what exactly are you going to have done? Just direct me to your original post which I know will explain all things. Are they going to have to break your jaw? I certainly hope not, been there done that, had Thanksgiving dinner through a straw. I became got very fond of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup. :grin:
Easier just to explain:
First off, I ignored a jaw problem being caused by a wisdom tooth for far too long. No jaw breaking required, but they will be removing some bone.
Second, due to my absolute phobia about dentists and dental work in general (and having had a bunch of really bad dentists that did really bad work on my mouth), I ignored other problems far too long, and now I have to have four other teeth (back molars) removed as well. When your jaw doesn’t align right, it seriously messes up teeth, and my teeth are genetically crappy anyway. They didn’t need any help getting messed up.
It is, no doubt, not going to be a pleasant experience at all. While everyone keeps assuring me I will only be on liquids and soft foods for a week or so, I suspect, due to the jaw problem being addressed finally, it may take a little longer. Sure, the sutures are going to heal rather quickly, but the bone removal in the jaw area is probably going to make it difficult to dig into a pork chop any time soon.
But when everything is healed up, it’s all going to be sooooo good. That’s the only thing getting me through this is thinking about how very nice it will be to finally get this stuff done. All the same, I am terrified witless about being put under and having a bunch of stuff cut out of my mouth. It’s the most major health related thing I have ever undergone, so yeah … into the great unknown I go.
You may be going into the great unknown, but you’ll be taking a lot of well wishes and prayers with you. My only advise to you would be is to follow the doctors advise to the letter. Not knowing you personally, only through this blog, I have always got the feeling you may be a bit head strong at times and you may even think you know more than the professionals. lol Don’t rush things, we will all be here when you return.
Be well. :smile:
Yeah, I have never been one much for the laying around and healing aspect of getting better, which is why it’s good my mom is coming over for the week. She’s very, very good at making people follow doctor’s orders. And she’ll make sure that Lin and the cats are fed, the laundry gets done, the mail gets picked up, and all those other things I would feel I had to do and would do when I should probably just keep my butt on the couch taking my pills and having milkshakes.
Of course Lin isn’t thrilled about a week with my mom, but we’ll all just have to survive it. He can’t take a week off from work, and he SUCKS at taking care of the ill and injured. :lol: