Also, I rubbed onion salt, garlic salt, and white pepper into the meat before I baked it.

So why blog then? You must at least like writing on some level. ;)

My personal irony is that my dad was PR Director at the DOT and Coast Guard. My mom majored in English and French in college. I was a Nuclear Engineering major. I don't like reading or writing, but I got A's in my English classes.

As a new step-father of 3 wonderful teens/tweens, I'm starting to see how kids now days think and communicate. All of them have or had AIM, Yahoo, MySpace, and Facebook accounts – ironically they don't like Twitter. They make “good grades” in English and relax (throw out) their grammar online. I think their vocabulary is greater than mine was at their age – thanks to their mother.

Once again, context is king. I would say that the choice to communicate informally or formally resides with the person doing the communicating. Was a sense of office etiquette and propriety passed on to the youngster by their parents? For some, the answer would be yes, for others, the answer would be no. People who care about diction, spelling, and grammar raise children who care about diction, spelling, and grammar. Don't believe me? Then, you obviously haven't met my mother. You might also do well to interview my son in about 15 years as well.

As for a shrinking vocabulary, I believe that is a cultural phenomenon. We have placed science and technology on a pedestal for our children and left the humanities lying in the dirt. I think we as a society are beginning to remember that both areas are important to well rounded human beings.

It’s a game built on top of Foursquare, so checkins in Kingpin count for Foursquare, but with the added bonus of kills, ranks, etc.

I totally agree, though. GeoSocial is VERY hot right now.