Monday, May 4, 2009

Leave the keyboard options alone!

I'll bet each of us knows that person who can't leave the text options on their keyboard alone.  Like, if there is something worth writing about, it should be italicized or emboldened or in color or CAPITALIZED  or all FOUR with lots of !!!!!! or really BIG!! 

People-- keyboard options are there to be used sparingly and rarely, not as a part of everyday writing.  The use of these options is the equivalent of shouting at the reader.  Man, I'd belt you in the mouth if you yelled at me like that all the time.

Besides, what are you gonna do when you want to impart something meaningful, deserving of attention? Resort to descriptives like really, really, really, totally, unbelievably important?  Spare your self the indignity. Get over your keyboard addiction.  It bugs normal people.  Well, anyway, it bugs me.

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