Meta on Chosen and End of Days..(probably last one on the topic)

Re-watched Chosen and End of Days this morning after a breakfast of fresh turkey sausage, courtesy of the farmer's market, and gluten free frozen waffles with fresh maple syrup, also courtesy of the farmer's market. The two episodes were quite poetic in structure. Chosen is better written and less muddled, exhibiting once again Joss Whedon's mastery over Espenson and Fury. Whedon deftly combines multiple story-arcs and hits key emotional moments, without losing the essential story thread - granted Espenson and Fury's job is harder - they have to put in a tone of exposition - which should of been spread throughout the season, and deal with Caleb, the campiest villian ever. Whedon lucks out - Caleb is dispensed with early in the episode. He does have to deal with Angel and Spike. I wonder sometimes if Whedon got as tired of the Angel/Spike debate as I did? From his interviews, I'm guessing he did. It's an unwinnable debate - sort of like arguing politics.

People like who they like and hate who they hate for their own personal reasons. And they are usually on another page entirely. That's the problem with so many internet arguments - we are often arguing from two different wavelengths. You can't persuade someone who is on a totally different wavelength from yourself. It's akin to trying to argue to someone who only speaks Arabic while you only speak English, that you both should only speak in English or only in Arabic. This may explain why we fight so much.
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Pointers from The Effective Writing Class...

Just finished typing up my writing sample for that effective business writing course that I have to take at work. We have to take about ten to twelve training courses within the first five years of working at the company.

Regarding the writing class...have learned a few things, nothing I didn't already know but then I've taken a lot of writing courses in my lifetime. If you are serious about writing or rather improving your writing, that is what you tend to do, take writing courses. Until that is, you get fed up, and figure okay I'm either good at this point or I suck. Enuf already.
I'm sort of at that point right now. That said - this what I picked up.
( what I picked up in that writing class )