It was the decade of decadence. It was about glitz and glamour as well as baubles, bangles, and beads.
Elizabeth Taylor dropped in for Luke and Laura's wedding. Lady Diana Spencer joined the Royal Family. Nighttime soaps like Falcon Crest and Dynasty ruled television. Margaret Thatcher ruled the United Kingdom. Kevin Bacon danced his way across the screen in Footloose. Gordon Gekko taught Wall Street whiz kids that greed was good. Material Girl Madonna made her musical debut.
When did all this take place?
We can only be talking about that terrific time period – the unforgettable eighties.
Here are twenty-one ways for you to verify that you belong to (or belong in) the 1980's.
1. You tried breakdancing. Now you're trying to figure out how you didn't break any bones doing it.
2. You can still recite dialogue from any movie starring Molly Ringwald.
3. You remember paying by the minute for long distance telephone service and you can still hear the tune from the phone company commercial when they encouraged you to "reach out – reach out and touch someone."
4. You had at least one of the following: a Cabbage Patch Kid, My Little Buddy, a Rubik's Cube, or something with a Star Wars logo on it.
5. You first heard about the Human Genome Project in the science newsletter your teacher would pass out on Friday afternoons. You also remember how this was supposed to lead to the eradication of disease.
6. You were tuned in the exact moment that thousands of radio stations across the world played "We Are The World" at the exact same time. (Now, you're singing it!)
7. You call CD's records or albums and you still have a diamond needle record player. You also know what a Cassingle is. Bonus points if you still have one.
8. You remember who Bernard Goetz is and why he made headlines.
9. Someone on your street or neighborhood sent his or her life savings to a later discredited televangelist.
10. You hung out with your friends at the mall, especially in the video arcade where you exchanged those hard-earned quarters for tokens.
11. You remember when Reagan met Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland for a summit.
12. You and your friends made fun of the "Where's the beef?" commercials for Wendy's starring Clara Peller.
13. You think the word "like" in an integral part of every sentence and should be used as often as possible. Like this, "She was like, like why would I say that, that's not like me at all. Like who does she think she is, you know? Like, really!"
14. You know there was only one way Dorothy on the Golden Girls could make Sophia behave. She simply said, "Shady Pines, Ma, Shady Pines."
15. You joined a protest or gave an interview to a local media station demanding that New Coke be shelved and original Coca-Cola be brought back.
16. You remember when there was no such thing as CNN, E!, or MTV.
17. Your parents were afraid you'd cut yourself putting on a snap bracelet.
18. You were inspired by Geraldine Ferraro, the first (and as of this writing only in a major political party) female Vice Presidential candidate.
19. Renting horror movie sequels about Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Michael Myers took up a lot of your time.
20. If someone says, "I don’t know," you automatically cringe expecting the green slime to mysteriously fall from the ceiling.
21. You played Atari, Intellivision, Sega, Nintendo, and Coleco until your hands went numb.
Are you still a Duran Duran fan? Do you still know all the words to Time After Time? Then you better get right over to the 80's music, fashion, and television list at (http://www.comprehensiveadvice.com/80s.html) to quench your thirst for more 80's info at Matthew W. Grant's 80's Trivia pages.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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What Happens When You Rely On Spell Check
Repeat After Me: Bad Spell Checker
Unfortunately, too many computer users are solely relying on spell checking software as their only means of proofreading. The rule of thumb most people go by is that anything going to a friend gets sent the way it is typed without the benefit of being examined for errors while communication being sent to a colleague or being turned into an instructor should be put through spell checking software. People think that's all they need to do to it.
I find that spell checking software is great at catching typos such as transposed letters, but that's about it. It will not save you from typing (or rather mistyping) homophones. [You remember those from English class, right? They're sets of words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings such as "they're," "there," and "their."] Spell checking won't save you when your mistyped word happens to be another real world. Another potential pitfall is letting the spell checker automatically correct as you type. It may "correct" your typing error, but change the word to something else entirely. If "ewe" don't believe me, read on.
Would you want the following message being sent to your customers?
To Out Values Customer;
We got your e-male about yore missing shipment and are sew sorry for ant incontinence we may have caused. Where not shore how your order got miss placed hair? But were looking into it. Wheel chip it write out fro you too day fro our wear house. Thanks for undertaking!
That information gets through spell checkers with flying colors. Try it in yours and you'll be amazed. Spell checking software is a good start, but it's not the final answer. The software is a complement to, but not a replacement for, proofreading and editing the old-fashioned way.
An editor would know the appropriate corrections to make.
To Our Valued Customer:
We received your e-mail about your missing shipment and are so sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused. We’re not sure how your order got misplaced here, but we're looking into it. We’ll ship it right out for you today from our warehouse. Thanks for understanding.
Imagine a professor receiving this.
Is it jest a myth that hour frost precedent shopped dawn a cheery tree? Scholars have rebated this store four ages, but to day wheel come to a definitive concussion.
An editor would know the appropriate corrections to make.
Is it just a myth that our first president chopped down a cherry tree? Scholars have debated this story for ages, but today we'll come to a definitive conclusion.
Again, try it in spell check. Go ahead. I'll wait. I hope these examples have convinced you that spell check is only the first step in the editing process.
Is your essay writing on life support? Please visit author Matthew W. Grant's site, A+ Editors, at (http://www.APlusEditors.com) for options.
Unfortunately, too many computer users are solely relying on spell checking software as their only means of proofreading. The rule of thumb most people go by is that anything going to a friend gets sent the way it is typed without the benefit of being examined for errors while communication being sent to a colleague or being turned into an instructor should be put through spell checking software. People think that's all they need to do to it.
I find that spell checking software is great at catching typos such as transposed letters, but that's about it. It will not save you from typing (or rather mistyping) homophones. [You remember those from English class, right? They're sets of words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings such as "they're," "there," and "their."] Spell checking won't save you when your mistyped word happens to be another real world. Another potential pitfall is letting the spell checker automatically correct as you type. It may "correct" your typing error, but change the word to something else entirely. If "ewe" don't believe me, read on.
Would you want the following message being sent to your customers?
To Out Values Customer;
We got your e-male about yore missing shipment and are sew sorry for ant incontinence we may have caused. Where not shore how your order got miss placed hair? But were looking into it. Wheel chip it write out fro you too day fro our wear house. Thanks for undertaking!
That information gets through spell checkers with flying colors. Try it in yours and you'll be amazed. Spell checking software is a good start, but it's not the final answer. The software is a complement to, but not a replacement for, proofreading and editing the old-fashioned way.
An editor would know the appropriate corrections to make.
To Our Valued Customer:
We received your e-mail about your missing shipment and are so sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused. We’re not sure how your order got misplaced here, but we're looking into it. We’ll ship it right out for you today from our warehouse. Thanks for understanding.
Imagine a professor receiving this.
Is it jest a myth that hour frost precedent shopped dawn a cheery tree? Scholars have rebated this store four ages, but to day wheel come to a definitive concussion.
An editor would know the appropriate corrections to make.
Is it just a myth that our first president chopped down a cherry tree? Scholars have debated this story for ages, but today we'll come to a definitive conclusion.
Again, try it in spell check. Go ahead. I'll wait. I hope these examples have convinced you that spell check is only the first step in the editing process.
Is your essay writing on life support? Please visit author Matthew W. Grant's site, A+ Editors, at (http://www.APlusEditors.com) for options.
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