[x]Blackmoor Vituperative

Sunday, 2011-03-06

Ridiculous capitalization rules

Filed under: Writing — bblackmoor @ 13:05

Anyone who has taken an English class in the last fifty years knows how ridiculous the rules are for capitalizing titles in English. First word, sure. Proper nouns, sure. Pronouns? Why would a pronoun be capitalized? “In” when it is functioning as an adverb, but not when it is functioning as a preposition. Uh… yeah. Prepositions aren’t capitalized, but sometimes they are if they are longer than four letters, depending on whom you ask. And it gets worse; this is just the tip of the iceberg.

So here is my rule for capitalizing titles:

A title is capitalized as though it were a sentence.

Either capitalize every word in a title, or capitalize it as though it were a sentence… whichever you think looks better.

That’s the best I can do.

Thursday, 2011-03-03

Duh, WINNING.

Filed under: Entertainment,Society — bblackmoor @ 20:43
Duh. WINNING.

Charlie Sheen is my new favorite person. He is so unapologetically, enthusiastically demented. I can only wish I had the balls (and the money) that the Sheen has. Banging seven-gram rocks and “models” half my age in rapid succession. Tossing out brilliantly insane bon mots like they are confetti.

Confetti at a parade for my awesomeness.

“I’m a grandiose life, and I’m embracing it.”

Stay gold, Charlieboy… Stay gold.

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