Michael Thompson's Comments

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At 9:55am on April 3rd, 2009, Ileana Habsburg-Snyder said…: Did you take all these? Nice job. I especially like the one of you in your jammies. Check out my photos of ice.

At 9:04am on October 24th, 2008, Bethany Kucera said…: Miguel, (sp?)

So how much memory am I bogging down if I didn't down save my photos b4 putting them on MyNorth?

At 4:29pm on October 9th, 2008, Kevin Farron said…: Hey Mike. I quickly put this together and thought you could improve it. Check it out, it's long overdue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse:_Northern_Michigan%27s_Magazine

At 11:24am on October 9th, 2008, scott said…: what up! I need hats because I don't have the thick head of hair that you have!:)

At 9:59am on October 2nd, 2008, Diane Kolak said…: Propaganda posters? Sign me up! That's every designer's dream assignment!

At 9:15am on October 2nd, 2008, Diane Kolak said…: You know, nations divide over things like this. I changed my theme, but I'm not happy about it, Mr. Hitl— um, I mean, Mr. Thompson.

At 8:51am on October 1st, 2008, Ann Gatrell said…: Weather on this side of the world is cold and rainy! Great photos on your site!! I'm waiting for my son to get some time to help me with mine - remember I'm "technologically challenged". Of course, how could YOU forget!!

At 2:50pm on September 26th, 2008, Diane Kolak said…: Whoa, take it easy! I presented that little ditty as support for both our positions. I was not implying you were wrong. ;)

At 2:02pm on September 26th, 2008, Diane Kolak said…: Here's the full story, if you really want to know. Terribly interesting stuff.

merriam-webster.com:
Sir Thomas More is the first writer known to have used both infer and imply in their approved senses (1528). He is also the first to have used infer in a sense close in meaning to imply (1533). Both of these uses of infer coexisted without comment until some time around the end of World War I. Since then, senses 3 and 4 of infer have been frequently condemned as an undesirable blurring of a useful distinction. The actual blurring has been done by the commentators. Sense 3, descended from More's use of 1533, does not occur with a personal subject. When objections arose, they were to a use with a personal subject (now sense 4). Since dictionaries did not recognize this use specifically, the objectors assumed that sense 3 was the one they found illogical, even though it had been in respectable use for four centuries. The actual usage condemned was a spoken one never used in logical discourse. At present sense 4 is found in print chiefly in letters to the editor and other informal prose, not in serious intellectual writing. The controversy over sense 4 has apparently reduced the frequency of use of sense 3.

At 1:27pm on September 26th, 2008, Diane Kolak said…: Alright, Mr. Pickypants... back atcha: "implying" not "inferring."

At 8:23am on September 26th, 2008, Elizabeth Edwards said…: You were still thinking about this at 7:49 pm Thursday evening?
But dammit, I think you are on it. And you beat Dk to it which is pretty genius. But, you still haven't come up with a name ...

At 1:46pm on September 25th, 2008, Diane Kolak said…: Check out my page, dude. I've got the most tricked-out page on the site now. You only wish you were as cool as me.