Framing the Dialogue

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Talk To The Hand

“Yo Taylor!  I’m really happy for you.  Imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.”

Kanye West (as he stripped the microphone from the actual video award winner, Taylor Swift)

Talk to the handUnless you are totally out of the celebrity loop, you have probably seen the video of what may be the quintessential act of rudeness by a person who is quickly amassing quite a resume of ill-mannered stunts.  It is actually rather ironic that the offensive and self-absorbed Kanye West criticized Swift when he seems to rely on Autotune to improve the sound of his voice.  To their credit, most of the crowd booed West and gave a standing ovation to the young Taylor Swift after West left the stage. 

Eats, Shoots and Leaves

I was intrigued by the title of the book and the humor that it promised.  I could picture a panda having a meal at a restaurant, shooting up the place and leaving.  Eats, Shoots & Leaves left me wanting. 

Lynne Truss uses funny examples to teach punctuation.  Even with humor, punctuation is a dry subject and I found myself struggling to finish the book.  I wondered what was wrong with me, as this book is a New York Times #1 Best Seller.  I am a Monty Python fan, so it cannot be the British humor.