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Daily Comic: The Bangs
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: comics, exclamation point, interrobang, Pollux, punctuation, question mark
Mad Men, Season 4: Saarinen's Curves
Filed under: The Squib Report Tagged: Jacques Tati, Mad Men, Martin Schneider
Martin Schneider writes:
Watching Mad Men the last two weeks ("Public Relations" and "Christmas Comes But Once a Year"), it's been a shock to see how thoroughly its creators have used the plot point of a new office environment as an opportunity to pivot from what I've been calling the 1950s/"Sinatra" side of the 1960s to something closer to, say, Swinging London, not to mention Woodstock. I had once assumed that the show would find this transition difficult—at this point, I think this show can do anything.
The sight of the airy, sleek, symmetrical, somewhat plastic new SCDP office, with its Eero Saarinen furniture and Op Art wall decor, puts me in the mind of a possible key influence none of (continued)
Daily Comic: Pickup Lines
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: comics, love, pickup lines, Pollux, romance
Competition Point: Which Punctuation Mark Is Loved the Most?
Filed under: Headline Shooter Tagged: Aristophanes of Byzantium, Ben Greenman, books, contests, giveaways, punctuation
Aristophanes of Byzantium, head of the Great Library of Alexandria in the 2nd century B.C., is considered by scholars to be the inventor of punctuation. Aristophanes created a scheme for notating texts that that included a proto-period, proto-comma, and proto-semicolon.
Aristophanes: this new recount of our punctuation contest, to win Ben Greenman’s new book, What He’s Poised to Do, is for you.
We have received many wonderful, creative, funny, sad, and inspiring letters. Ellipsis remains the leader with 16 letters of love… People love it a lot. Semicolon follows close behind with 12; semicolon is second but not secondary. The exclamation point is third!
The current high rankings:
Ellipsis: 16
Semicolon: 12
Exclamation Point: 9
Apostrophe: 8
Comma: 7 (continued)
Daily Comic: Introducing the Superhero The Semicolon
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: comics, crime, electric car, Pollux, Prius, semicolon, superhero, superheroes, The Semicolon
Introducing a new superhero: The Semicolon.
Contest: Write a letter to a punctuation mark. Deadline: August 15. (continued)
Daily Comic: Corndogs
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: comics, corndogs, economics, economy, Pollux, recession
Contest: Write a letter to a punctuation mark. Deadline: August 15. (continued)
Daily Comic: Air Question Mark
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: comics, Pollux, punctuation, question mark
Contest: Write a letter to a punctuation mark. Deadline: August 15. (continued)
