grammar guide and more

I had a busy and lovely weekend, filled with good food, graduations, friends and family, and a lot of sun.  It's already hitting ninety degrees and I'm a little afraid we're going to have a ridiculously hot summer.

{by Claudia on Flickr}

Today, in lieu of writing up my own grammar post, I'm going to send you to the recently rediscovered series of grammar posts on The Oatmeal.  Have you ever read/seen them?  They're part snarky, part just funny, and part informative.  You'll probably laugh out loud.  I did, at least, especially while reading the one about semicolon use.  I am searching for my notebook (among other things hiding in boxes) that has my list of future grammar-related posts in it, but I can't find it and my mental list seems to be in hiding at the moment.  Does that ever happen to you?  

Remember how I posted about a haircut?  I went ahead and got one.  I like it quite a bit; it's short and simple to keep up.  I changed my blogger picture accordingly.