College Humor: The Demicolon

College Humor has a great post titled “New Punctuation Marks for Grammar Nerds“.

It includes things like the Double-Reverse-Sarcasticmark, used to denote either sincerity or sarcasm, depending on the sensitivity of the reader; and Isolation Marks, used to quarantine bad spelling, so it’s clear who owns the shame of the mistake.

My favourite, however, is the Demicolon (pictured left).

The Demicolon can be used to connect anything to anything else, grammatical or otherwise – even a picture of a bear and the planet Neptune. Awesome.

Victory-Captures-The-Wind is a close second.

Read the full list, with examples, at College Humor.⁽¹⁾ We need to implement this.

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.⁽²⁾

Footnotes:

1. Shall I quibble over the incorrect spelling of “humor”, or let it slide because they’re American? [↩]
2. Also, I love this example. [↩]

I like fancy dinner parties, and I like my wines to be well dressed too, so when I saw wine capes at the store I had to buy them.

Though likely intended as a Hallowe’en decoration, I use them year round. Vampires are always fashionable.⁽¹⁾

A very thoughtful friend brought this back from Edmonton, of all places. Apparently the LCBO doesn’t carry it. To have this corrected, write to them here.

I love the idea, and the wine’s not bad either. Very fruity.

Vampire Vineyards is located in sunny California, and seems to have a vested interest in vampire literature and culture.

We tried the Cabernet Sauvignon, but they also make vampire coffee and Dracola. I kid you not.

I’m (un)dying to try out some of their other wines.

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Footnotes:

1. Notice the lack of sparkle. Bling – yes, sparkle – no. [↩]