Think I lost a friendship ...

[Killick]

Feel your pain, doc. Haven't spoken to my dad in more than a month because of the same kind of shirt. I went home in June to help take care of him (Parkinson's), celebrate his birthday and give mom a break from constant care. He's been adamant, since he's been sick, that he doesn't want anyone mentioning it on facebook, etc. And we haven't. But, as a birthday gift, we got him a laptop and I set it up for him. Next thing I know, he claims he turned it on and there was a pic of him on it and I must have plastered his pic over the Internet. Best we can figure is he clicked on Skype, turning on the webcam, but he's pissed since he thinks there are pics all over the web because he saw his picture on the screen. (Nevermind that the pic i supposedly took before i left has him wearing the exact same clothes, sitting exactly where he was when he jumped online, etc.) Nonsense. Still, I'm persona non grata. Won't even answer my calls.

 

[doctorquant]

Maybe he wants to sever the friendship because you don't use paragraph breaks!

Maybe I should have mentioned this on the "For the ex-journalists ..." thread, but one of the upsides of no longer writing for newspapers is that you're not locked into the 35-word paragraph limit.

 

[Ace]

Feel your pain, doc. Haven't spoken to my dad in more than a month because of the same kind of shirt. I went home in June to help take care of him (Parkinson's), celebrate his birthday and give mom a break from constant care. He's been adamant, since he's been sick, that he doesn't want anyone mentioning it on facebook, etc. And we haven't. But, as a birthday gift, we got him a laptop and I set it up for him. Next thing I know, he claims he turned it on and there was a pic of him on it and I must have plastered his pic over the Internet. Best we can figure is he clicked on Skype, turning on the webcam, but he's pissed since he thinks there are pics all over the web because he saw his picture on the screen. (Nevermind that the pic i supposedly took before i left has him wearing the exact same clothes, sitting exactly where he was when he jumped online, etc.) Nonsense. Still, I'm persona non grata. Won't even answer my calls.

If you plaster me on the web, Killick, I expect some photoshop help, dammit!

 

[LongTimeListener]

Maybe he wants to sever the friendship because you don't use paragraph breaks!

Maybe I should have mentioned this on the "For the ex-journalists ..." thread, but one of the upsides of no longer writing for newspapers is that you're not locked into the 35-word paragraph limit.

Instead you're in academia, where 35 words is the per-sentence minimum.