Comments on: Arts and Farts and Crafts Week 1: Writing – “Tar and Feathers” http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/ Learning to love food Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Spoodles http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Mike Spoodles Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:54:54 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=88#comment-156 Hahaha, well, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Of course, it's a lot less flattering when my so-called "imitation" is ten times better than my own piece. Your piece is all yours, dudeman! Hahaha, well, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Of course, it’s a lot less flattering when my so-called “imitation” is ten times better than my own piece. Your piece is all yours, dudeman!

]]> By: Conor http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Conor Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:38:20 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=88#comment-155 I just realized how incredibly like yours my story is. I shouldn't write while so tired, I guess. I love the cotton candy line. I like the imagery of the mountains and how that plays against the presence of lawn ornaments. I like "Maybe they'd always been there." I enjoy reading your writing. I just realized how incredibly like yours my story is. I shouldn’t write while so tired, I guess.

I love the cotton candy line. I like the imagery of the mountains and how that plays against the presence of lawn ornaments. I like “Maybe they’d always been there.”

I enjoy reading your writing.

]]> By: Conor http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Conor Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:25:13 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=88#comment-153 Also, <a href="http://www.aimwell.org/Fonts/Keyboards/keyboards.html" rel="nofollow">this utility</a> looks kind of neat if you often type weird characters. Sorry, I'm on a bent here. Also, this utility looks kind of neat if you often type weird characters.

Sorry, I’m on a bent here.

]]> By: Conor http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Conor Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:22:28 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=88#comment-152 Oops, <a href="http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6251&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=0" rel="nofollow">source</a>. Oops, source.

]]> By: Conor http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Conor Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:22:01 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=88#comment-151 A brief lesson:<blockquote>hold down an Alt key, type 0151 on the numeric keypad, then release the Alt key.</blockquote>That's how you type an em dash in Windows XP, which I presume you're using. In OS X (for those interested) I believe it's alt+shift+hyphen. In Linux it's whatever the fuck you want it to be. LIVE—LONG—AMIDST—EM—DASHES!—! A brief lesson:
hold down an Alt key, type 0151 on the numeric keypad, then release the Alt key.

That’s how you type an em dash in Windows XP, which I presume you’re using. In OS X (for those interested) I believe it’s alt+shift+hyphen. In Linux it’s whatever the fuck you want it to be.

LIVE—LONG—AMIDST—EM—DASHES!—!

]]> By: Mike Spoodles http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Mike Spoodles Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:47:35 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=88#comment-150 Not a lot of time to comment at the moment because I'm on a short work break, but I can partially explain the "hyphen dash." I type in two hyphens (the Microsoft Word equivalent of an em-dash), and Wordpress automatically converts them to a single hyphen. Glad you like the stories, and I hope you keep up with the arts challenge! Not a lot of time to comment at the moment because I’m on a short work break, but I can partially explain the “hyphen dash.” I type in two hyphens (the Microsoft Word equivalent of an em-dash), and WordPress automatically converts them to a single hyphen. Glad you like the stories, and I hope you keep up with the arts challenge!

]]> By: Conor http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Conor Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:38:04 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=88#comment-147 Man that was such a metal fucking story. (I stopped reading after the first paragraph to throw cats at you about the em dash.) I so want in on this shit. Will try to keep up. Just keep it going! Man that was such a metal fucking story. (I stopped reading after the first paragraph to throw cats at you about the em dash.)

I so want in on this shit. Will try to keep up. Just keep it going!

]]> By: Conor http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Conor Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:33:41 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=88#comment-146 Goddamn it use em dashes! You can't use a hyphen as an em dash and then in the next freaking sentence use a hyphen as a hyphen! Because maybe you have friends that are tenderly, frantically, with much fumbling and sweating, clasping their last thread of sanity! When that thread breaks, Mike... well, something about flamingos, I'd imagine. Goddamn it use em dashes! You can’t use a hyphen as an em dash and then in the next freaking sentence use a hyphen as a hyphen! Because maybe you have friends that are tenderly, frantically, with much fumbling and sweating, clasping their last thread of sanity!

When that thread breaks, Mike… well, something about flamingos, I’d imagine.

]]> By: Mike Spoodles http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Mike Spoodles Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:28:11 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=88#comment-130 Well, my initial idea was to have anybody that wanted to participate publish it in their own blog and then let me know about it so I can link to it. However, you can e-mail it to me at MSTrox@gmail.com if you're so inclined. Well, my initial idea was to have anybody that wanted to participate publish it in their own blog and then let me know about it so I can link to it. However, you can e-mail it to me at MSTrox@gmail.com if you’re so inclined.

]]> By: j o l i http://uglydudefood.com/2008/06/arts-and-farts-and-crafts-week-1-writing-tar-and-feathers/comment-page-1/#comment-129 j o l i Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:03:01 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=88#comment-129 and where should we send our themed submissions? ? and where should we send our themed submissions? ?

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