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chaosvizierWhen writing a letter regarding personnel and titles, a common abbreviation is the shortening of "Assistant" to "Asst." This is reasonable and saves time and energy. However, be aware that "Assistant" should not, and in fact should never, be shortened to "Ass.", as this leads to unfortunate sentences like the following:
"Mr. X will be serving as the Ambassador's Personal Ass."
And then people ask me why I'm snorting and grimacing at my desk, and I hate explaining myself.
That is all.
And, on a lighter note, The Shakespeare Meme!
I had to memorize Macbeth V.v. in high school for some reason. Oddly enough, it's still there, taking up valuable space that could otherwise have been spent holding nude JPG's of Kirsten Dunst or something.
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps in its petty pace from day to day
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more.
It is a tale told by an idiot,
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Personally, I prefer a scene earlier in the play.
"What, you egg?" [stabs boy]
"Run, mother, he has killed me!"
And finally, Keanu Reaves in "A Merchant of Venice Beach" (courtesy of The Critic)
"Hath not a dude arms?
If you prick us, do we not get bummed?
If you poison us with bad guacamole,
Do we not blow chunks?"
And then, the Post a Poem meme!
I used to know all the words to Merlin And The Gleam, but I don't anymore. Don't fault me; it's a long fucking poem. Tennyson's use of Arthurian themes in his work was a subject of research of mine at one point in time; this poem uses the theme of Merlin as a metaphor for his own life, yadda yadda, just read the goddam poem.
My other favorite poem is The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost. Fragments of this poem still occupy precious space in my memory banks, but that's ok, because it's a nice poem.
That's right, I occasionally have culture and like poems. You got a problem with that? I'll iambic pentameter your ass!
"Mr. X will be serving as the Ambassador's Personal Ass."
And then people ask me why I'm snorting and grimacing at my desk, and I hate explaining myself.
That is all.
And, on a lighter note, The Shakespeare Meme!
I had to memorize Macbeth V.v. in high school for some reason. Oddly enough, it's still there, taking up valuable space that could otherwise have been spent holding nude JPG's of Kirsten Dunst or something.
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps in its petty pace from day to day
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more.
It is a tale told by an idiot,
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Personally, I prefer a scene earlier in the play.
"What, you egg?" [stabs boy]
"Run, mother, he has killed me!"
And finally, Keanu Reaves in "A Merchant of Venice Beach" (courtesy of The Critic)
"Hath not a dude arms?
If you prick us, do we not get bummed?
If you poison us with bad guacamole,
Do we not blow chunks?"
And then, the Post a Poem meme!
I used to know all the words to Merlin And The Gleam, but I don't anymore. Don't fault me; it's a long fucking poem. Tennyson's use of Arthurian themes in his work was a subject of research of mine at one point in time; this poem uses the theme of Merlin as a metaphor for his own life, yadda yadda, just read the goddam poem.
My other favorite poem is The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost. Fragments of this poem still occupy precious space in my memory banks, but that's ok, because it's a nice poem.
That's right, I occasionally have culture and like poems. You got a problem with that? I'll iambic pentameter your ass!
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Date: 2005-09-23 05:52 pm (UTC)You do realize this makes C-3P0 jokes inevitable...
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Date: 2005-09-23 06:07 pm (UTC)I'm not shiny golden, but I have a nice tan.