You know you’re getting old when last month feels like yesterday, boy time sure does fly, especially when you’re having fun. I will try posting more often on this blog because I don’t want to end up here.
If you’re interested in being a guest blogger, send me an email or click on the contact me link above. I do have one guest post coming up the week after next when I’m on vacation and someone is even interested in interviewing ME! I’ll be sure to post the link when and if that ever happens. Barbara S., I know I owe you one, I’ll make good on my word, thanks for your patience. I hope to get some writing done while away and finalize the posts I have written, once I find them. That’s the downside to writing my posts out by longhand, keeping up with the notebook I wrote them in.
I’ve also been looking around for a new blog theme, so if you happen to stop by one day and things look weird or different, then you’ve landed on the right blog, come on in.
I’ve enjoyed my summer and now I’m reluctantly preparing to roll out the red carpet for S.A.D. It’s already getting dark way too early and it’s messing with my mood. I do plan to keep myself occupied with the A Photo a Day for 365 days project, the artificial light should help a little. Sounds like a lot of work fun!
A typographical error is a mistake made during the typing process. The term includes errors due to mechanical failure or slips of the hand or finger, but excludes errors of ignorance. ~Wikipedia
I highlighted the word mistake because that’s what a typo is, it’s a mistake and even though we all make them, nothing unnerves people like a typo. Why is that?
Illustration: We’re surfing the web, maybe we’re reading a blog post, and then we see it, a typo. We look at it, maybe we go back and reread the sentence again. Yep, it’s a typo and we stare at it like it’s a two-headed monster.
Next, we either run away screaming or somehow we muddle through the confusion of H being transposed with E and realize the word the author meant to type was “the” and we leave a comment.
After clearing up the confusion in our mind, we go on our merry way, but we can’t stop thinking about that typo! We go back to their blog, or the article, to see if it’s still there, and it is, the author hasn’t corrected it yet.
We scratch, we twitch, and maybe we call Bob from Accounting or send a copy of the typo around to people on our email list and announce we found a typo. No mention of a cure for cancer, but we found a typo. Unable to cope, we send the author an email pointing out their gaffe. All better now.
Seriously? That type of behavior reminds me of a cop who writes a ticket for a parked car because the meter expired while the burglar behind him tiptoes away with the booty. There are more pressing issues, especially in casual writing situations, when a typo can be overlooked.
So, besides the embarrassment, what is it about the typo that agitates people to no end? Is it our place to contact a blogger, or anyone, if they have a typo in their writing? When we make errors, are we as vocal about our mistakes as we are with the mistakes of others?
I read a couple of blogs that remain typo free, I commend you, and I’m sad – not really – to say I won’t be joining you in the ranks. I make typos here, not on purpose, of course, and if I’m a regular reader of your blog, then I leave typos there too. I might leave another comment asking the blogger (if I know them well enough) to fix my typo, or not, but I know I suck at proofreading.
Is that a lazy way of thinking. I suck so I refuse to try? No, I think it’s more of, I know when my writing needs to be error free and if I have an occasional slip of the finger, it’s not the end of the world, for me. I’m not saying we shouldn’t care or that it’s okay if our blog posts or emails contain errors, but if it’s a minor typo, can’t we all just get along, without the nitpicking?
Of course, no article, blog post or anything written should have an excessive amount of typos, it’s embarrassing and it looks bad.
If you’ve made a typo on your blog and someone contacted you about it, is it a big deal, do you freak out, become upset or do you say thank you and correct it?
I’m curious, how do you feel about typos? Should you or do you correct the typos from commenters on your blog? Is it about being perfect or not looking sloppy or ignorant?
I think Dee said it best when she said typos don’t appear until we (bloggers) hit publish.
This post was proofread by me and another set of eyes. I am nervously going to hit publish now, but if you should happen to find a typo, please do not email me, I made a mistake and I’m okay with it.
We all get one I’m not dead post, right? Well I’m cashing in the chips I should have turned in a few weeks ago, I really didn’t expect to be away so long.
I forget that not everyone knows where to find me on the web, but here, so if I don’t post or visit blogs, I appear to be missing. I don’t like it when people disappear or seem to have fallen off the face of the earth and I’m left wondering what happened.
It’s the same feeling I get when I’m picked up late and I don’t get an explanation as to why. I’m like whoa, whoa, whoa, no explanation? No, I’m sorry I’m late, but the engine fell out of my car or the dog swallowed my keys and I had to wait. Tell. Me. Something.
My explanation? The mental day I needed turned into a mental month. I hate being in a funk, but it happens. The weather also sucked, so let’s give some of the blame to Mother Nature.
Good news is, lately I have been in a great mood and I’m ready to come out of my dark cave and into the sunshine. Just wanted to say hello, I’m not dead, yet, and I appreciate the bloggers who stopped by to check on me. Meleah, thanks for “screaming” at me. I love how you just come right out and say it, “I need an update” and you bounce. Thanks for the nudge, sister.
In the meantime, I have been writing, rambling and amusing myself over here.
I’m turning the comment feature off for this post and will see you soon.
I wrote this blog post over a month ago, but I thought it would be much more fun and creative to animate it.
When you’re done watching it, I would love to know what you think about the question Michael asked: Is Social Networking Increasingly Becoming Narcissistic.
The views expressed on this program are those of the host and guest and do not accurately represent the views of ThinkingOutLoudBlog.com, even though I wrote it.
I should have posted this sooner, but sometimes I like to sneak out the back door, unnoticed. My apologies. For those who have been asking, I haven’t officially left EntreCard, my account is still open. Right now, I do not feel like dropping nor do I have the time to do so, anymore.
Without checking stats, I’m certain the majority of my traffic arrived via Entrecard and I will give a lot of that back, but I’ll take my chances.
I still plan to post to this blog daily as often as I can and spend a little more time visiting blogs. I never did say thank you, but thank you to the people who come here. I’ve found some great blogs from commenters and appreciate your feedback on my posts. If I don’t already have you in my reader, I’m sure we’ll meet again in the blogosphere.
I better go post something, it’s been a while. I’ll be right back!
