Gundies

Yes, pals, today is another holy shit; learning's in the fire and Jonny's gotta study day.

---Does the semicolon take away from the "holy shit?" I wanted to use an exclamation point, but like all exclamation points this one would have the unintended consequence of stopping the action mid-spluge (sorry). The exclamation point, as you know, is the sloppy union (sorry) of an arrow and motion lines. You know, motion lines: the squiggly things artists draw around comic super heroes to imply force or power. I like that part: the motion lines. I wish there was a motion lines key-stroke so I could add power to the "holy shit" without the arrow of the exclamation point --> the one that makes a reader stop in her tracks and look at what she's just read. That's emphasis, an unintended consequence at the exclamation point's conception.

For now just think of my semicolon as an upside-down exclamation point - a little one. Like a small dog, it makes a lot of noise but doesn't actually stop you from breaking into the house.---

So let's try that again, this time raising your mental voice with "shit" but not pausing until the italics run out:

Yes, pals, today is another holy shit; learning's in the fire and Jonny's gotta study day.

(Thanks.)

Here's your gundies: