"I feel" and "I believe" just grate on me. I see Slart's point, but I would prefer to see something along the lines of "I would like to be considered..." rather than "I feel I should be considered" or "I believe I should be considered". I don't have any real reason for this. It's just my personal ...

It looks like you've gotten lots of great replies so I've got very little to add.

My thought on reading the letter was that it was an attempt at a pretty standard letter than can be used as the basis for a more specific letter when the right position appears. However, that makes it harder to ...

If you get to the middle of your caramello before you find caramel, I'm afraid you've gotten a defective one.

Linguistic here. Sounds about right.

I told the waitress at the Waffle House in Evergreen, Alabama, that i didn't want any grits. She looked at me like I'd just killed her cat.

I'm against required attendance in college at least. If you're paying for it, it's your choice whether to learn or not.

I found paying to be a big incentive for going to class. I had a serious attendance problem in high school and college. I missed every class I could. If we were allowed three ...

I'm going to vote for cake, especially if it's really rich chocolate cake with raspberry sauce. *drool*

Mountain Dew. It goes with everything.

Great, now you have me singing Mr. Rogers' theme song.

"It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood..."

Ah! that must be what I meant. It's been a while, you know.

Come back and join this crazy bunch? Oh sure!

An Acolyte of Jello

Are they still around?