Re: encouraging learning by experimentation?

["Gary S. Callison" <huey -at- interaccess -dot- com>]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> "Domaschuk, Rob" sez:
> | Do any other whirlers out there ride? For those of us that do, we
> | should hold an annual (fun) rally. We can call ourselves (wait for
> | it)...... "The Tech Riders"
> Yeah, have a rally - in Oregon. Just look out when you see two big oval
> Xenons coming up behind you. I'll teach you the difference between
> style and substance. I've got 4.3 liters of substance to your .75
> liters of style. 
> I'll be home fondling my fonts while you guys are still setting up a
> style guide.  

...and so we come full circle. To bring this back on-topic, I offer this
quote, from a charming piece of nonfiction writing that seems appropriate: 

   Now, it must be explained that Alex and I shared a particular
   mode of writing to each other in "Moronese," and with the pen in my
   left (wrong) hand I started scrawling, "Eye em thuh gost rydur."
            --Neil Peart, "Ghost Rider"

-- 
Huey



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