So, twice this week I've gotten random, and, very importantly, unsolicited email messages from LDS LinkUp! They both have said "You have received a message from..." and then fill in with generic email ID like Juliet78... Juliet 78 windows on my soul? Juliet born in 1978? Juliet 78 donuts a day (hopefully humanly impossible)? I certainly never knew a Juliet.... Never. Except the one from my least favorite Shakespeare play. Nevertheless, I click on the link to this message, because it is LDS Linkup, and it could be something interesting, like I did know a Julie back in the day. She was my cave woman when I played the part of a cave man for a ward movie. She broke up with her cave man (probably because I konked her on the head), or maybe you flee from a cave man, but anyway, she got married. Maybe she wanted to send me a picture of her kid, or a link to her blog. But no! The link is broke. The one before from janelov51* was already deleted from the system. I don't think I checked it that much later. Sinister, I tell you, Sinister!! This is worse than spam, it's spam in sheep's clothing**!
But then, I can be more discerning. I don't even have a picture to alure random solicitations from females. Maybe it's my stunning credentials. Just checked.... not much there. All you'd know is that I'm a research assistant who went to Belgium on his mission. Probably several dozen of those, surely.
*I hope this name is not Jane lov 51, but a much more obscure, Russian sounding name... which would sound like Janilov...KGB...since 1951. Except that I'm pretty sure that names that end in "ov" are male. Maybe the KGB still wants... me of all people.
**Hmmmm.... Spam made from lamb... sounds like an abomination.
***Okay, my use of asterisks is a conscious rip off from a good friend's blogging style (who was also copying someone else). I usually write asterisk stuff in parentheses. I think parentheses are only supposed to have 1 sentence between them. Three is enough to offend people who don't even know better. I can't see a better way.
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Maybe its her address in NYC.
I find I speak (and write) in too many parenthesis.
You are correct "ov/lov" is masculine...I also hate those emails from link up...I should probably delete my profile as I never check it...
Actually, there are plenty of notable authors who put more than one sentence between parentheses. Sometimes they even put four sentences in them. By the way, if that friend's initials are CBG, she stole that technique (asterisks) from me, ha ha ha. And I'm sure I stole it from someone else once upon a time. Probably John Fowles' book The French Lieutenant's Woman.
If I'm wrong, dismiss this comment. I found your blog from a comment on CBG's blog.
Yes, I recognize those initials. And I DID give you credit as well, btw. I may start using footnotes to go my own way. That would show you!
Thanks for reading my blog! I've already returned the favor a while ago (a little anyway. I write short blogs and read short amounts of blogs).
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