tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post115725953162528363..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: The Imperfect Among Us and the Right to ChooseAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1157320390634986212006-09-03T16:53:00.000-05:002006-09-03T16:53:00.000-05:00Oops...I just realized I hadn't finished my previo...Oops...I just realized I hadn't finished my previous post, but I'm going to let you all just hang on that unfinished sentence. :-)Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1157320294916070002006-09-03T16:51:00.000-05:002006-09-03T16:51:00.000-05:00Anon, Thank you, I have edited the post and even c...Anon, <BR/><BR/>Thank you, I have edited the post and even changed some of the sentence structuring. Did you catch any of my other typos--there were several. <BR/><BR/>Might I make a suggestion, as you and I actually share the same pet peeve? <BR/><BR/>Whenever my irritation level rises to the point that I must make a comment to the blog author (always taking into consideration the reason for the blog), I just send a personal e-mail versus leaving comments in the com boxes. I find that I've made my point, assisted the author, and if the author does not take my advice I just learn to put up with it (again, taking into consideration the reason for the blog. <BR/><BR/>So far this has worked very well although I've notices that even the very best bloggers sometimes let a few errors escape. That happens and will likely continue to happen here, as well. Yes, it annoys me when that happens but I don't always have time to go back and edit everything at random. Other bloggers don't, either. <BR/><BR/>I used to do many reviews on a writing website and helped authors catch their spelling/grammar mistakes. Often they were simply the results of hurried fingers. When I went back to review my own work and edit, I often found the same errors in my work that I so easily found in another's. <BR/><BR/>That actually helped me to overcome my scrupulous irritation at other's errors...finding the same problem in my own. But admittedly, that irritation is still there and like you, sometimes I need to speak up. <BR/><BR/>I do appreciate your concern and from one scrupulous reader to another...thank you! <BR/><BR/><BR/>Whenever I get to the pointAdorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1157317025589536002006-09-03T15:57:00.000-05:002006-09-03T15:57:00.000-05:00"I" before "E" except after "C"receiveconceive"I" before "E" except after "C"<BR/><BR/>receive<BR/>conceiveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-1157308819224633752006-09-03T13:40:00.000-05:002006-09-03T13:40:00.000-05:00My mother had a "double first cousin." Their moth...My mother had a "double first cousin." Their mothers were sisters and their fathers were brothers. The "double cousin" had six children, two of whom died very young. It turns out that there was a rare blood incompatibility between the cousin and her husband. <BR/><BR/>But they continued to have other children. One became a school superintendent and is now doing volunteer work with his wife in Thailand. Another became a law librarian in Detroit at a prominent university. <BR/><BR/>A third was born mentally retarded. He is now in his 50s and has held a full time job in the kitchen of one jof his city's finest restaurants, cleaning and washing for 30 years, thank to the training he received from the Opportunity Workship of the Goodwill there. He takes the bus to and from work by himself, has his own bank account to buy presents for his family and is an absolute joy to work with and be with. Occasionally the restaurant has put one of his suggestions for a favorite dish on their lunch menu.<BR/><BR/>What the world would have missed if my Mom's cousin had known about her blood problem and had decided not to have children!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.com