love the dorkballs

[fflo]

i love that we go in and hyphenate the mathematicians' "reprove"s, so's to keep them from errantly being accidentally occurrences of an archaic word pretty much nobody uses, particularly in a review of mathematical scholarship.

i'm not being sarcastic, either. i do love that we do that. it's a beautiful ridiculous thing to do.

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[disclaimerwill.livejournal.com]

*nostalgic tear*

[(Anonymous)]

Is it problematic that I have the same job as you and have no idea what you're talking about?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

i dunno! don't you do "reprove" >--> "re-prove"? i won't give you chapter & verse of the style manual, like an obnoxious dorkball.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

*offers virtual hanky*

[(Anonymous)]

This is why I'm not perfect for this job--let me count the ways I fail to see the beauty.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

a good balance for the crazy people who see it.

think how nuts it would be if we all did. dozens waxing poetic over glorious ellipsis spacing.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

fflo, it is a good thing that you did not reprove (anonymous) for not seeing this. And while I never doubted it, this does re-prove your kindness as a human being.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Oh, and not only is The Dorkballs a great name for a band, it sounds like a band I would play in.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

It's getting worse--I'm starting to think of lyrics:

One time ain't good enough
You've gotta re-rove your love
One time ain't good enough
We gotta do it one more time

You gotta re-prove your love to me
I'm sure you'll to fine
You've gott re-prove your love to me
So you will never reprove mine

Uh...nevermind.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

peter, you might be losing it. in case you didn't know!

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I don't think I ever had it in the first place.