The Vacation Gals

If you are looking for a blog about travel, look no further!  Beth Blair, aka TwinCitiesGal, Jennifer Miner, aka SoCalGal and Kara Williams, aka ColoradoGal are the VacationGals. You can find these ladies at http://vacationgals.com or follow them on Twitter.

     These three ladies are not traveling the world in lavish style. They are young working Moms that travel mostly North America, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Mexico on a budget. They are the perfect set of minds that I turn to for vacation advice. They travel mostly with their families, children included. They are in a round-about-way traveling the same as I would, seeking the same destinations.

     The Vacation Gals cover everything I need to know about a destination that I am interested in. You can look under Girlfriend Getaways, Romantic Getaways, Budget Family Travel ot my favorite Travel Gear. They are savvy travel shoppers as well. Telling you what shoes to wear to the latest "bugzip" bags for your luggage, so you come home bed bug free!

     This travel-blog has been a finalist for the past two years as the Best Travelers Blog, so I am definitely not the only one listening to these gals.

     Spring Break is around the corner, and Mexico is a huge destination for Oklahoma students. In light of all the negative publicity right now, some fear Mexico is not the place to be. If you want other destinations to consider, Beth, Jennifer, and Kara will lead the way.

     When considering your next vacation, any couple (or single parent) with children need to check out this blog. I have followed their advice in the past, and have nothing but great family memories. Just pick a place that one of them has been, and you can start you itinerary. They will tell you the best lodging choices, the best restaurants, things to do, and what to bring as well.

Syllabic Script to E Readers

"A book that can throw you across the room is a book to be treated with some respect." notes Robert Bringhurst in Why There Are Pages And Why We Need To Turn Them.

This article takes you through the history of script. Story telling was once syllabic script on ancient Egyptian walls to our now more progressive E Readers.

I agree with some key points Bringhurst brings to the table. I love the smell of an old book. A book handed down or found on a library shelve or maybe in a re-sale store. When you pick up an old book a story unfolds, capturing you. Has it ever crossed your mind, how many others have read that story from that very book? Well, I have and it brings a comfort to me. It even opens the doors to my imagination even more.

There are many forms of script in our culture. You can hear a "story" or a "passage" from your Minister, Preacher, or Priest every Sunday morning or you can pick up your laptop and browse the World Wide Web.

Bringhurst seems saddened by the way technology has taken us from a story book to an electronic device. He states that electronic books are still in their state of infancy and he believes that they have no future. Well, he was wrong with this statement. In 2008 he had never heard of the I Pad. Script and our way of communicating to one another evolves as we do as a society. Texting on cell phones was just beginning in 2008. Bringhurst would definitely have something to write about on how our younger generation has abbreviated half the English language. I do feel the author may have contradicted his self. What’s good for technology may be good for the environment. In his own words, "forests disappeared into these disposable books." I am sure the forest is thankful for the E-Reader.

Works Cited

Bringhurst, Robert. “Why There Are Pages and Why They Must Turn.” World Literature Today (2008): EBSCO. University of Oklahoma 24 Feb. 2011

Editorial note: Adapted from Robert Bringhurst, The Surface of Meaning: Books and Book Design in Canada, to be published in fall 2008 by CCSP Press (the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing Press) at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.

Blogs, Hudson, David L.

David Hudson has an adequate view of our "blogging" generation of school age children. What internet blogging has become is a personal journal, for all in cyberspace to see. I agree on both his point and his counterpoint aspect. I do believe children have the right to express their viewpoints, likes, dislikes, feelings and beliefs. Amendent 1 of the Bill of Rights, gives us all legal right to express ourselves in speech without being punished. This is our given right by our country's Constitution. But how far can we take it? Children of this new generation, have insulted and berated school staff and have portrayed "hitlists" of fellow students. Now it has become an era of "cyberbullying". Hundreds of children have taken their own life, because of the constant nagging, and vengeful writing. This is a disgrace to all of us and they need to be punished for these actions. I do believe in right to free speech, but the First Amendment does not protect people who threaten others. My friends and I had diaries, which were notepads with locks on them so no one could read our deepest darkest secrets. If children  are going to broadcast their negative thoughts, they need to face the consequence. It is definitely time for parents to step up and teach our children what it means to truely respect one another.

"Politics and the English Language"

George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" is a bit confusing at the beginning of the read.

Orwell goes into great detail, letting the reader know his observations on the happenings of the English

 language. The reader can definitely pick up on his disappointment of his fellow man's incapability's

of telling the truth. How one can twist and turn a statement or a word to tell a lie, though it sounds as it

may be true.

Our language is as how should be, language is to evolve as we as human being's evolve. Politicians

speak using large vague words that sound truthful and conceiving at the same time. Scientists put their

own scholastic turn on words to make the statement sound more intelligent.

This article is dated 1946, I wonder to myself how Orwell would write about urban slang and

Ebonics.

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