The Reactionary Blogger: Reacting to Footnote Accusation.

written by Julie R. Neidlinger      6 comments      link this post     


Mark, I1 have2 long had3 a thing4 for footnotes*; it's no secret5.

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1There is too much "I" in my writing, but I (oops) have difficulty in finding other ways to refer to myself without using the the rather rude and inaccurate method of "you" as a general reference to people. So, I (ack) use "I."

2A fine present-tense expression of ownership2B.

3The past tense version of footnote number 2.

4 The Thing is one of John Carpenter's better films, in my opinion.

5Despite it's premium price tag, Secret is not the best deodorant. Suave, which has a lower price-point, works just as well.

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2BThis could possibly lead to a discussion on the reality of ownership. Do we own anything, really? Can living beings2B-B with limited living potential "own" anything?

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Um....

2B-B By living beings, I'm meaning humans.

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*In a jolting move of irony, only the word "footnotes" has no footnote. It does, however, have an asterisk.


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Good morning Julie! I was thinking that it was more of a footnote observation rather than an accusation, but it is fun to be acknowledged. Speaking of footnotes..they made a movie about the famous painter who painted with his feet, does anybody play the piano with his or her feet? A true foot note.

By Anonymous Mark, at 2/10/07 09:35  

"Suave does what theirs does for less than half the price."

By Blogger MichaelBates, at 2/10/07 14:54  

Well done*! I don't think I would have known where to stop.


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*Viz, this post.

By Blogger ThirstyDavid, at 2/10/07 15:21  

Funny,* Julie.** You will post on just about anything, won't you?***

*By funny, I mean more than mildly humorous here****, not laugh out loud hilarious.

**I have no idea if I can even put superscript numbers in for footnotes in a comment, let alone how to actually do so. So, asterisks it is.

***Just a rhetorical question. I think we all know the answer to it already, don't we?*****

****i.e., it made me smile, and that is more than wonderful for me today.

*****Yet another rhetorical question that needs no answer, and yet if I know you, you will almost certainly have one.

By Anonymous Will, at 2/10/07 17:38  

You're so David Foster Wallace!

By Anonymous Jim, at 2/10/07 18:20  

Great, Jim.

Now I have to go Google...

I'm that ignorant.

By Blogger Julie R. Neidlinger, at 2/10/07 18:49  

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