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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Search terms

I’ve noticed a trend in search terms recently:

  • why is my handwriting so bad (3)
  • how to have beautiful writing (3)
  • bad handwriting (2)
  • why is my handwriting bad (2)
  • why does my handwriting change (1)
  • my handwriting is so bad (1)
  • legible handwriting (1)
  • why is my penmanship so bad (1)
  • beautiful legible handwriting (1)
  • really nice handwriting (1)
  • why my handwriting is so bad (1)
  • pictures of beautiful writing (1)
  • why is my hand writing so bad (1)
  • is my handwriting bad? (1)
  • really bad handwriting (1)

 

That’s 21 different instances of bad penmanship related searches people have used to find my blog, in particular, this post.  I guess people are really concerned with the quality of their handwriting these days.  Well, that’s good.  I think people should be concerned about it.  You can’t very well write letters to others if the recipient can’t read it.  Well, you could write the letters, but they would be pretty useless.  And why would you want to write useless letters?  We should all improve our handwriting so we can write legible letters that we can send to friends all over the world and help keep the USPS in business (campaigning!).

Anyway, perhaps you’re curious about how I’m doing with my handwriting exercises.  Well…uh…you see…I’ve been busy.  I haven’t actually practiced my calligraphy.  I have written a lot of letters though and I did have to do some fancy lettering for a craft.  I got a set of dip pens for more letter writing fun, too.  It…probably hasn’t improved my handwriting that much.  Heh.  I also don’t have a sample for you right now.  So…uh…yeah.  This isn’t a very satisfying post is it?  Sorry about that.  I guess you’ll just have to wait until next time.

And almost 16 now…

Yar!  I be realizin’ t’day that it be Talk Like a Pirate Day!  Now, ye be gettin’ sumthin’ special w’ th’ t’day’s post written entirely in Pirate!

Me old fart o' a dog.

I just be realizin’ that Choco, me older dog, be almost 16.  Aye, sixteen!  That means she be o’ legal age to get her driver’s license!  I be wonderin’ if she would like to get her license.  I be not adverse t’ it.  She should be able t’ go out an’ see her buckos.  I be not sure how many bucks she be havin’.  She be not terribly interested in sailin’ w’ th’ other dogs.  She prefers t’ go explorin’.  Maybe she be likin’ t’ go hikin’ more.  I be not havin’ th’ time t’ go hikin’ w’ her an’ this summer be frightful hot, not good hikin’ weather.  Maybe if she be havin’ her own car, she be goin’ farther out t’ find th’ good trails.  Maybe up in t’ mountains.  I bet she be likin’ that. She be havin’ some issues with her hips, but she probably be likin’ some independence an’ freedom a car be givin’ t’ her.

Well, if she be wantin’ her driver’s license, I suppose I ought t’ be signin’ her up for driver’s ed.  I be wond’rin’ if there be any drivin’ schools that offer doggy driver’s ed in here waters.  They be needin’ specialized cars for t’ behind t’ wheel trainin’, y’ know.  Choco be needin’ a booster seat o’ some sort an’ t’ pedals be needin’ t’ be raised so that she be reachin’ them.  I be not cert’in if she be usin’ her aft legs or forelegs t’ operate t’ pedals. Th’ interior o’ th’ car would have t’ be designed so that she be easily operatin’ thin’s w’ her mouth too.  I be not seein’ any drivin’ schools around me area that has these specialized cars.  Maybe I be callin’ them t’ check.

It be occurrin’ t’ me that Yaris might like t’ tag along an’ go on adventures w’ Choco.  She be havin’ t’ wait awhile.  At least a year after Choco gets her license.  That be th’ law now.  If ye be gettin’ your license at 16, ye be not legally drivin’ minors w’out someone who be at least 25 in t’ car as well. Yaris be not likin’ that.  She be not likin’ t’ be at port when Choco gets t’ do somethin’.  Oh well.  She just be havin’ t’ deal w’ it for a year.

Another thin’ that I be considerin’ be that Choco be havin’ cataracts now. That be affectin’ her vision.  She might be havin’ t’ always wear corrective lenses, which be not in her loot.  I might be havin’ t’ take her t’ see an optometrist first.  Be ye knowin’ o’ any good doggy optometrists?  I be pretty cert’in me current optometrist be not seein’ dogs.  Also, Choco be not havin’ eye insurance, so that needs t’ be taken into account. Maybe Costco be havin’ reasonable prices for canine optometry visits.  Maybe I be havin’ to ask her vet too.

What I be thinkin’ would disqualify her from gettin’ a license apparently ain’t no problem. Y’ see, Choco be be nearly deaf as a post now.  But apparently, no state be barrin’ deaf people from drivin’.  In fact, many o’ them insurance scallywags be not havin’ higher insurance premiums because o’ the disability because deaf people be more visually aware o’ their surroundin’s than hearin’ people. That makes sense. I’ looks like all she be havin t’ worry about be her eyes then.  I be askin’ if she wants t’ go get her driver’s license.

Ye be not understandin’ Pirate? Here be the post written in English!