The World of Stuff .com

How popular?

Over the past school year, I’ve been hanging out with the kind of people who are inclined to read blogs, including this one. As a result, a lot of the things I say come back to me when I see them at school. It was weird at first: “How did you find out about that?” I would ask. “I read it on your web site,” would be the reply. I’ve even heard to this site referred to as “popular” or “semi-popular.” Sure, it may be popular among one of my circles of friends, but how popular is it, say, among the school as a whole? I doubt the influence extends far outside my circle, but I’m curious. If you go to Pompano High, and you’re a regular or semi-regular reader, just post a simple comment to identify yourself — or flag me down in person and let me know.

Tonight on Ask Jordon:

Sunny: What’s you middle name?

Me middle name is James.

Luke: What kinds of people are jobs for? Are you one of those people?

As you’ve told me many a time, jobs are for losers. I only wish I believed it. If it’s true, then maybe I’m not a loser.

carol: In one of your book singing you had a pear of shocking pink boots on wher did you get them.

I love helping people with their schoolwork, especially English. I’m good at English. Let’s see how I can lend my talents to this piece of writing. I offer these corrections:

• This isn’t part of your sentence, but for future reference, capitalize your name. Even E.E. Cummings did.
• It is generally considered correct to be at a book signing rather than in one.
• The word “singing” should be “signings.”
• A comma may be added after the initial prepositional phrase for clarity.
• Be careful of homophones. A pear is a fruit, while a pair is a group of two similar things. I guess they’re a tricky pair of homophones.
• I wouldn’t normally end a sentence with a preposition. You might simply say “…had on a pair of shocking pink boots.”
• This is a run-on sentence. Add a period where the first sentence ends and capitalize the next word.
• The word “where” is misspelled.
• End interrogative sentences with a question mark (?).

The result: At one of your book signings, you had on a pair of shocking pink boots. Where did you get them? Now you’re ready to send your question to whatever author you’re talking about, and they he or she won’t make fun of you.

Have a look at photos from Flat Stanley’s White House Visit. Where else could you see old photos of Bush administration officials posing with a little guy cut out of paper?

Pictures of unusual buildings around the world.

One year ago: “Life just gets more and more difficult, doesn’t it? I have a feeling I’ll never get another break.”
Two years ago: “Seeing as today is April 4, 2004, or 04-04-04, I thought it would be suitable to write a bit about 404 error messages.”