Fine, and Finer

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/nyregion/18semicolon.html?ex=1204261200&en=5416dc2fa9938301&ei=5070

That's wonderful news, but I would TOTALLY have used a colon.

(Child and Pigeons in Pritchard Park, jlh 6/07)
Here's to energy and optimism and love for the world and chasing away the spectres of despair (with apologies to the pigeons, who are really very beautiful and thanks to Philip Pullman for the word).

And could we loosen up the ".)" rule that is a big mental bug ? Get the Flit!