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Good-bye Serial Comma…

I sat down tonight to take a few minutes for myself. It’s been a long and very stressful week and it’s still Thursday. God knows what apocalyptic events might yet happen. A gentle spontaneous combustion, perhaps?

This was going to be a post on a delightful bookish-blog discovery: theserialcomma.com. Funny, intelligent and written by a gentleman who lives in Rome — what more could you ask for?

I guess I found the answer to that one: “longevity”.

After an all-too-brief existence, we are left with a white screen and the simple message: “(The Serial Comma blog is closed)”. Life is too damn ephemeral.

Good-bye, you will be missed!

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One Response to “Good-bye Serial Comma…”

  1. Rob
    March 22nd, 2008 16:00
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    Wow! I’ve only just discovered this post. Thanks very much for what you said, and I’m sorry about the longevity thing. The blog has returned now, in a new form, at http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/

    It’s early days, but I hope this new blog can live up to the reputation of its predecessor! Drop me a line and let me know what you think… Rob.

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