gigamatic

So...

You all know that I'm a bitter angry man. and lately i've been neglecting my site. I didnt even talk about this weekend, the plants, the movie, dinners, cookouts, cyclists, Aussies, and surprise visits from the New York fab. (God, it was so good to see her, and some long-lost married friends!)

But, what I've come to talk about this morning is consistency. Specifically in writing. Specifically when doing lists.

There's nothing that bugs me more than when somebody gets it WRONG. Especially someone in a position of authority, who supposedly knows more than I do. It's maddening. (Which of course makes me think of football announcer John Madden, which only makes me more frustrated.)

I'm having one of those bang-on-the-metal-trash-can days, because that makes more sense than what I'm doing.

Let me try to explain, in brief. First, we are supposed to follow a set of guidelines for web publishing here where I work. A set of rules that tell us how to make things accessible to everyone, which included making things the least confusing and most consistent.

So, I'm given a document made up of several lists. I break it down into styles, and lay out the list as follows. (this is almost guaranteed to look different, but I will try, within simple simple html in MovType to get it close).

TITLE OF SECTION

Subheading

• List
• of
• items
• Can
• you
• appreciate
• this?

Well... it looked good. Neat. Clean. Sure, it was awkward when the lists were short, but it was consistent.

Now, instead, I have this, when the lists were too long:

TITLE OF SECTION

Subheading: List, of, items Can, you, appreciate, this?

But then it switches back and forth. 3 times. On one page. I'm leaving my initial lists. He's going to have to tell me again to change it. I can't see switching from list to paragraph and back again THREE TIMES. It just doesnt make sense.

If a Wookie lived on Endor, you must acquit.