it's really just fake old. like applebees decor.

Thanks to my friend Sarah who is also a fabulous violist for sending me this photo.

"classic".

Thanks Jim for sending me this picture from somewhere in the LA area. I guess it's "old fashioned" because it has nothing to do with things being old?

I also have a question

I found this on crummy church signs



what's weird about this is there is a place where quotation marks WOULD be appropriate one line down. But it's not there. Maybe "Summit's Youth" are really asking, do you have good grammar? our church could use some direction...

January 2007 = "blog" record

According to my sitemeter, the month of January has been record-breaking for hits. Thanks to everyone who's been submitting photos and linking to this site. I am now one step closer to my dream of becoming a punctuation celebrity...

Anyway, let me take this opportunity to remind new and old readers to keep your cameraphones busy and email me your submissions at bethanykeeley (at) gmail (dot) com.

phonetic punctuation

my friend kristen's recent post about voice recognition software reminded me to try and find a video of Victor Borge's phonetic punctuation routine. Obviously, if we punctuated our sentences this way, writing would be even more difficult.

I have a "game" to play...

reader John posted this one in a comment. I'm not sure if the quotations signify a title here, and if that is grammatically kosher. However, I think we can all agree that the name of the coming store should be emphasized by a larger size, not by punctuation. Maybe the ineffectiveness of this sign is the reason the place closed down.

Maybe the place actually is entirely round - no corners at all! hence the quotation marks.... OR maybe the "games" are actually work. Like, hey kids, try this fun "game" called data entry!

(thanks John)

Drive-Thru Gas Station

Found on the way home for Christmas this year:



Have we developed in-drive fueling now?

I don't really get this one

haha, just kidding, it takes other change too. Or something. Found in an arcade in Santa Monica (where Jim beat me in air hockey).

no, really, it NEVER ENDS!

I don't know if it's not really endless, not really soup and salad, or not really dining...

(found by Jim in Brighton MI)

too much fun in one sign

We saw this one on our drive from Georgia to Michigan. I don't even know how to begin this snark. But it has a single quotation mark. That's definately inappropriate.