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July 18 Ever Heard of Frozen Shoulder?Okay, so the wrist is coming along fine, but the shoulder isn't, the right shoulder, that is. The surgeon says I've got frozen shoulder. Never heard of such a thing, but I'm sure some people have, especially those who have had serious injury to the arm or hand and have been forced to wear casts. So now I know why I can't raise my arm, not the hand, the arm, slide it to the back, extend it outward, comb my hair, reach above my head, carry a cup of water, brush my teeth. And why I experience excruciating pain in my arm and shoulder muscles. That's from a frozen shoulder, brought on by carrying my hand in a cast for two months, mind you the cast extended to mid-arm. It was heavy and caused a strain on my shoulder and upper arm muscles. Hence the pain, hence the lack of mobility, hence the frozen shoulder. How to fix it? Therapy. Painful, brain numbing exercises which I begin on monday and which I am not looking forward to. Groan. I'm BackIt's good to be back. My wrist is healing wonderfully, my surgeon said yesterday. And my fingers can move again, well not perfectly, but I don't have to rely on one finger on my left hand to type any more. I now have to fix my "frozen shoulder." That's what the doctor called it when I explained to him that I could not move my arms in any direction. Who would have thought. Frozen shoulder, hmmm. More therapy. March 16 Ace That College Application Filling a college application can be frustrating
You thought you'd never get through high school. But you did, with top scores, too. And now you're ready for your next academic challenge. College. But would your stellar academic achievement be sufficient to book a seat in the college of your choice? Not likely. The determining factor in getting that acceptance letter is not a high SAT score but what your application reveals about you. So what does an admissions officer look for in college applications, and how can you get him to send you that acceptance letter. See title in the custom link to the left of the page and read or copy and paste the following link in your browser.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4847834_fill-out-college-application.html
March 02 Sick of Online Grammar Abuse A writer is only as good as the composition he/she writes. And an employer is as good as the employee he hires. But what happens when an employer posts an online ad with bad grammar and incorrect spelling? More importantly, what does it say about the employer, who in the same ad demands that the applicant be a "Native English Spaker," and "Master excellent grammmer?"
I know you're not surprised because you've come across ads with countless errors before. This one was placed in an advertisement on Craigslist yesterday. The potential employer was inviting applications for an IM Writer. And according to the creator of the ad: "We are looking for passion writer for Internet Marketing Niche full time." Passion writer? What the heck is a passion writer? Jesus! Who wants to apply to such a sloppy post? Not me. And the author had the audacity to demand that applicants be creative "with" writing as well as excellent grammar. I wonder what standard he'll use to judge that.
Craigslist is not the only place where poorly written ads are being advertised. It's every where on the internet, like a stinking virus. And it irks me when I am forced to read online content crammed with spelling errors, bad grammar, missing punctuations and poor sentence construction. This appears to be the norm with a majority of online blogs and articles posted from a new breed of writers calling themselves citizen journalists, not to mention the proliferation of personal space pages with horrifying grammatical and spelling errors. Grrrrr. Grrrrr. Grrrrr. I cringe whenever I think of the horrifying misuse of the English Language.
Why should I, or anyone else, have to suffer bad writing when the writers themselves take no pride in their work or how they are perceived by readers and visitors to their spaces? What's even more laughable, is that they expect us to invest time into reading their work, when they themselves spare no time to check their spellings, or to read over their work to identify stupid errors. Folks if you want to write at least try to get the spellings correct. Copy it from your seven-year-old if you have to, but stop punishing us with bad writing.
Hello, people. Ever heard of a dictionary, a thesaurus, a punctuation guide? Get one! And use it when you write. Have some dignity, especially when attempting to advertise your academic aptitude online. That way you won't be laughed at and readers won't be forced to "fox or email, indicated your email account, please send me your covering letter, this is for the use market," among other silly errors.
A word of advice: You may be able to write your name and address, and spell every word correctly, but that does not make you a writer. But if you really want someone to read what you write, even if it's a simple sentence, then learn how to write it properly. Enough said.
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