Eats Shoots and Leaves

The book "Eats(,) Shoots and Leaves" is an interesting, eye opening look at punctuation. A topic that is thought by most to have little story behind it but with its witty commentary and funny examples it is a delight for people who love to correct people. There is one major problem with correcting people on things such as grammar and punctuation that is there is no way of doing so without being condescending. Some would call these people jerks who are just being picky, but others are able to identify with the rage that is evoked by seeing grammatical mistakes or the horrible mistreatment of the apostrophe. This book calls for a uniting of sticklers all around the world to form a vigilante group who will correct others mistakes. Some members may write a letter to an organization to properly inform them and some may even graffiti the correct punctuation on to public signs or displays.

The Invention Of Lying

The Invention Of Lying

Last night i watched the movie "the invention of lying" starring Ricky Gervais. this movie was a provocative representation of a world in which lying was inconceivable by all except for one man. To imagine a world in which lying is non-existent is to imply a blunt view of all things bad in the world but that is only because we are saying the truthful things that we think. I have started to think that a world where lying does not exist would be a better world, because there would be no more miss-communications. The world would no longer have anything that is not what it seems to be or anything that is deceptive, in fact deception its self would no longer exist. one important distinction to make when considering this world is to recognize the difference between lying and creativity. In our world people are innately creative and thus, they lie. In the world that i am supposing lies would be impossible but comprehensible by all people, and therefore would not discourage creativity. This world is not a possibility due to the fact that the human mind does not know when there are gaps of information. In other words the mind will make up information that fits based on a preconceived notion. In other, other words lying is human.