Accordingly to grammar rules, colon and semicolon are quite different (colon, semicolon).
Accordingly to daily usage they both seem to be just an hassle.
What about quotation marks? Wikipedia relates of the many uses of quotation marks, but, it seems not to list the simpler aesthetic, ornamental end.
When aesthetics overtakes grammar… consequences can be very funny and unexpected...
Via: The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" quotation mark
Italians certainly remember Totò...
Interesting documentary by Rachel Boynton.
It's about the various strategic approaches suggested by GCN (now Greenberg Quinlan Rosner a leading research and strategic consulting firm) on the bolivian election of 2002.
Here you can find an excerpt
It was presented yesterday night by the Italian television program "Report". And here is the transcription of the entire episode (in italian).
p.s.
Goni (Bolivian president) claim was: "se puede!"
Does anyone remember italian left party representative claim?
Why don't you check the leading research and strategic consulting firm's clients list? (you can find it here. Section Int'l Campaigns...)
I love quotes and aphorisms, and sometimes I use them like booster injections of conviction.
Today I found this interesting list of "101 Quotes on Creativity, Innovation, and Risk Taking"
Here are my best 5
1 - Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought. (Albert Szent-Gyorgi)
2 - You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. (Wayne Gretzky)
3 - A problem well stated is a problem half solved. (Charles Kettering)
4 - I refuse to be intimated by reality anymore. What is reality? Nothing but a collective hunch. (Lily Tomlin)
5 - I am looking for a lot of people who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. (Henry Ford)
Gaming and workout: incentive makes the sacrifice acceptable (and fun).
It's like flavoured cough syrups for children.
"An incentive is a bullet, a lever, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation" (Levitt & Debner, Freakonomics)
Phisical exercise is vital for the overall wellness of aging people.
Unfortunately videogaming might not be the best of incentives for grandparents...
But probably something linked to their grandchild might: what about a grandchild-grandparent marathon?
02/06/2008 Updated: Here
