editorial

you know what is really lacking in the english language? punctuation that captures an emotional emphasis that's halfway between a period and an exclamation mark.

i'm mildly annoyed with you, guy who invented punctuation. life's not just a dichotomy between non-emphatic and emphatic declaration you know. wait, maybe a ! is preferable to end that sentence... well no i'm not really that angry so the . should do? dammit, do you see this shit you caused, guy?

what we need is an exclamation mark without all the excitement... a clamation mark, if you will. and until i find such a punctuative device, i propose that we represent the much needed clamation mark with an italic pipeline mark... in other words a |

finally i can rest easy once more|