Another frickin' reason to be grateful...
>________________________________ > From: authfriend <authfri...@yahoo.com> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 6:39 PM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Good article about bad writing > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price wrote: > >> Considering the fact that you're in a small group of FFL posters >> that charge a fee for their writing services, would it be fair >> for some of us to think you're the poster (she seems to have no >> discernible similarities to Judy or Feste) best compared to Ms. >> Ros, and therefore wonder why you haven't taken a page or two >> from her writing, and learned how to get paid better for your >> efforts; or were you just being ironic, type, type, type (smiley >> face)? >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergraphia > >Could be worse, Bob. From the page at the link: > >"The Reverend Robert Shields maintained a diary chronicling every 5 minutes of >his life from 1972 until a stroke disabled him in 1997. The diary fills 81 >boxes and contains approximately 37.5 million words. This gargantuan work >details every minutae of Shields' life, including extensive details of his >bowel movements, blood pressure, body temperature, and various medications, as >well as extensive lists of the groceries he bought and their prices. Many >entries consist of 'I was at the keyboard of the IBM Wheelwriter, making >entries for the diary.'" > > > > >
