I have broken 4 bones, bought 2 motorcycles and
sold one (the '71 harley fx), become a ham general,
started to learn the steel guitar, been to alaska and
loved my family much more often....... super!!! -- j

and my years at my last company job before I was offered early retirement and 'took the money and ran.' I hope you're enjoying life as much or more than I am... :)

that's part of the reason for my departure at age 59
into retirement -- "casting pearls before swine"
comes to mind....... -- j

True, but after 24 years "in industry," I also realized that, even if I were 'communicating' with the cleanest, truest FM signal I could produce, if I am surrounded by AM 'receivers' they will not decode or perceive ANY message. :(

And management always seemed to blame me, the 'transmitter' for the "failure to communicate."

Stay tuned.

wow. people feel strongly about these things.

um, for *what*?

do it!

And some people want to
save space.

I'm formerly from HP and I was disappointed by Ms. Fiorina.

Some people also spell "you" with three letters.

What about people misusing the words
"off of" - this kills me! U don't jump
OFF OF a swing; u jump off a swing.
Or 'he's coming off of a binge;' no!
He's coming off a binge! This irks me
more than the apostrophe problem!

I came from a world where "published work" was
supposed to both communicate *and* teach --
demonstrating the right way to communicate!

IF we had that, these days, more might "get it"....... -- j

my browser dropped the closing parenthesis. adding that to the url bar seemed to fifm.

... good one, johnpe... but you seem to assume that a lot of people who use apostrophes to indicate plurals would 'get it.'... :)

Thank you, kh. Are you suggesting I post a blurb for my puzzles? A philosophical mission statement/article with a gentle sales pitch at the end? Do you have a word limit suggestion? Shall I include a picture or two? How about a title like "Gamepuzzles, paradigms of a rational world"? You can answer me off-thread at kate@gamepuzzles.com if you prefer.

The statement "There are no Dagny Taggarts in today's world" needs a whole lot in the way of specification as to meaning.

- Do you mean there are no brilliant, principled women in prominent positions within corporations? I can tell you about a woman named Gwynne Shotwell, President and CEO of a little company named SpaceX, who gave a talk on the future of private space exploration a year or so ago that about had me jumping for joy;

- Do you mean there are no brilliant, principled women in prominent positions within journalism? Virginia Postrel. Megyn Kelly. Michelle Malkin. Star Parker. Say no more.

- Do you mean there are no brilliant, principled women in prominent positions within elected (or appointed) office? Judge Janice Rogers Brown springs immediately to mind. Mia Love too - as of a month from now. There are a number of lesser others, each with her own ideological shortcomings but courageous in any case - Haley, Bachmann, Palin, etc.

- Do you mean there are no brilliant, principled women in prominent positions within the Arts and Entertainment field? Yes, that particular line of work carries more than its share of human debris, but ohhboy - where would I begin on the plus side on that one?

On the contrary, I think they're everywhere - but that "major" media, errm... have a problem with women in positions of power, so we don't hear much about them.

you are so kind. consider a post soon, we are all interested in holiday gifts

That's appropriate apostrophe usage!! Ugh...unicorns' nuts.

IamNemo just got Gulch PWND

Hear, Hear!
(Yeah, I'm a guy, but still.... What nonsense.)

I keep clicking but it doesn't go anywhere.
Surely it's not just the bald statement!

If so, well... bullsh!t. What nonsense.
Ridiculous. And shame on 6 "thumbs ups".

We, of all people, should know better.

(But I must be missing something, right. The link is broken or something. Right?)

Thanks. I hoped you'd like it when db and I selected it for you. With all the hearts it's one of my most romantic sets. You are much loved.

I would register an appeal to the rules which you
cite here -- to make "if's, and's or but's" work best,
do this::: "IFs, ANDs or BUTs" and then reduce the
font size of the capital letters. -- j

p.s. I do "expert editing" as a sideline.

I'm not sure it was me, but it might have been. After all, there is much debated over gods' hairy balls