A weblog for Pete Ellertsen's mass communications students at Benedictine University Springfield.

Friday, May 08, 2009

Fw: Fw: Proofreading is a dying art! :-)

From the San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) Tribune (and one of those email messages that ricochet around the Internet:
----- Forwarded Message ----->
>Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
>
>This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial
>Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the
>editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a
>correction the next day.
>________________________________________
>Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
>
>No, really? Ya think?
>---------------------------------------------
>
>Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
>
>Now that's taking things a bit far!
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
>
>What a guy!
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>Miners Refuse to Work after Death
>
>'good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!
>------------------------------------------------------
>
>Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
>
>See if that works any better than a fair trial!
>----------------------------------------------------------
>
>War Dims Hope for Peace
>
>I can see where it might have that effect!
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
>
>Ya think?!
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
>
>Who would have thought!
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
>
>They may be on to something!
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
>
>You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?
>Oklahoma's new construction program!
>----------------------------------------------------------
>
>Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
>
>He probably IS the battery charge!
>----------------------------------------------
>
>New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
>
>Weren't they fat enough?!
>-----------------------------------------------
>
>Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
>
>That' s what he gets for eating those beans!
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
>
>Do they taste like chicken?
>---------------------------- ---------------------------------------
>Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
>
>Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
>***************************************************
>
>Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
>
>Boy, are they tall!
>*******************************************
>And the winner is ....
>
>Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
>
>Did I read that right?
>***************************************************
>
>
>Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread the stupidity
>and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to (maybe even a
>chuckle). We all need a good laugh, at least once a day!

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Springfield (Ill.), United States
I'm a retired English, journalism and cultural studies teacher at Springfield College in Illinois (acquired by Benedictine University and subsequently closed). I coordinate jam sessions for the "Clayville Pioneer Academy of Music" at Clayville Historic Site and the Prairieland Strings dulcimer club, and I sing in the choir and the contemporary praise team at Peace Lutheran Church in Springfield. On Hogfiddle I post links and video clips for our sessions and workshops on the mountain dulcimer (a.k.a. "hog fiddle"), as well as research notes on folklore and cultural studies, hymnody and traditional Anglo-Celtic and Scandinavian music. I also posted assignments and readings in my interdisciplinary humanities classes. The Mackerel Wrapper (now on hiatus), carried assignments and readings for my mass comm. students. I started teaching b/log when I chaired SCI-Benedictine's assessment committee, and reopened it as the privatization of public schools grew increasingly troubling and closer to home.