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Michael Vegas Mussman's avatar

I hadn’t read that Melville quotation before. I appreciate your footnote on Shakespeare. Thank you.

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Gnocchic Apocryphon's avatar

Guess you won’t be responding to my ask rating waifus (I jest, although some of those recent asks have been close) great work as always

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John Pistelli's avatar

Thanks! Yes, these might be my Zoomer readers we've spoken of...

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Salty K. Pickles's avatar

T-shirt: “I like cooking my family and my pets. Commas save lives.”

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John Pistelli's avatar

Yes, or, in the pro-Oxford-comma example, "I'd like to thank my parents, Ayn Rand and God." (Only with respect to commas am I an Oxfordian.)

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Sam Kahn's avatar

Great advice John! It’s really inspirational how you manage to be so consistently thoughtful and independent-minded.

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John Pistelli's avatar

Thank you, Sam!

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