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Question for the week How might I punctuate the following sentence? Students, stop cutting in line(?)stop throwing food(?)and stop leaving trash.

Ten minutes to write. Less time to read. Things to Ponder Swim Time Posted: 02/27/10 Low Gear Posted: 02/20/10 Items of Un-Note Posted: 02/15/10 Getting Along Swimmingly Posted: 02/01/10 Winter Solstice Posted: 12/21/09 Craziness Posted: 12/11/09 What Is the Spirit? Posted: 12/05/09 Reflections Posted: 11/23/09 Day Forty-Five Posted: 10/30/09 Alone Posted: 09/13/09 Remembering Posted: 09/11/09 Bad Day Posted: 09/08/09 Piano Revelation Posted: 06/25/09 R.I.P. Posted: 06/20/09 Reminiscing Posted: 05/13/09 Unplugged Posted: 02/18/09 Wallpaper Posted: 02/16/09 Snow News Isn't Good News Posted: 02/04/09 Postal Woes Posted: 01/31/09 Sully Posted: 01/16/09 Book Club Posted: 01/08/09 Back to the Future Posted: 01/04/09 Into the New Year Posted: 01/02/09 Taking Stock Posted: 12/30/08 Assignments Posted: 12/17/08 Illinois Posted: 12/11/08 Rich Man's Dreams Posted: 12/10/08 A Day Late Posted: 12/08/08 Snow People Posted: 12/07/08 Hectic Posted: 12/04/08 Boy Scouts Posted: 12/02/08 Thankful Posted: 11/28/08 Limbo Land Posted: 11/21/08 My Favorite Noise Posted: 11/14/08 Order in the Universe Posted: 11/13/08 Veteran's Day Posted: 11/11/08 Halloween Rescheduled Posted: 10/30/08 Piano Party Posted: 10/21/08 The Great Debate Posted: 10/04/08 Unattended Children Posted: 09/30/08 Tempus Fugit Posted: 09/15/08 Back to C# Major Posted: 09/08/08 So Long Summer Posted: 08/31/08 Locker Logic Posted: 08/15/08 Conflicted Posted: 08/04/08 Thank You, Asphalt Posted: 07/17/08 Webs Posted: 07/15/08 Tony Snow Posted: 07/12/08 Dieting Tips Posted: 07/09/08 Scary Situation Posted: 07/03/08 Book Club Posted: 07/03/08 Car Pooling Posted: 06/30/08 Musicals Posted: 06/29/08 Multitasking Posted: 06/25/08 Weight Loss Challenge Posted: 06/05/08 Open House Angst Posted: 06/01/08 Memorial Day Posted: 05/25/08 Use It Up, Wear It Out Posted: 05/13/08 Morning Person Posted: 05/12/08 Update on www.gethuman.com Posted: 04/27/08 Drinking Age Posted: 04/16/08 The Price of a Gallon Posted: 04/13/08 Trying Posted: 04/12/08 Clueless About Cars Posted: 04/02/08 April Fool's Day Posted: 04/01/08 English Posted: 03/10/08 Bush's Library Posted: 03/03/08 Ukrainian Eggs Posted: 03/02/08 Get Well Soon Posted: 02/27/08 Great Web Site Posted: 02/23/08 Short Story Posted: 02/14/08 Jesus Christ Superstar Posted: 02/13/08 I'm Disappointed Posted: 02/08/08 Primary Disappointment Posted: 01/31/08 Conservative vs. Liberal Posted: 01/06/08 Life, Updated Posted: 12/19/07 Home for the Holidays Posted: 12/17/07 Essay on Essays Posted: 12/05/07 Thanksgiving Posted: 11/22/07 Leaving Town Posted: 11/20/07 Open Season Posted: 11/15/07 Splitting the Tick Posted: 11/11/07 Bill O'Reilly Posted: 11/06/07 Piano Musings Posted: 11/02/07 Funeral Musings Posted: 10/28/07 Things I Learned This Past Week Posted: 10/21/07 Re-Gifting Posted: 10/03/07 Drivers Posted: 09/29/07 A Pressing Time Posted: 09/24/07 Car Salesmen Posted: 09/22/07 The O'Reilly Factor Posted: 09/18/07 Thoughts on Blogging Posted: 09/12/07 CURMUDGEON MONDAY - Football Fans Posted: 09/10/07 Stay or Go Posted: 09/09/07 Summer's Over Posted: 09/05/07 CURMUDGEON MONDAY - To Be Quiet Posted: 09/03/07 Vignette Posted: 08/11/07 Today in History Posted: 08/08/07 Talk Grammar to Me Posted: 07/21/07 My Body the Car Posted: 07/16/07 Aging Posted: 07/10/07 Footsteps in the Carpet Posted: 07/09/07 The View Posted: 07/08/07 Father's Day Musings Posted: 06/17/07 Wrinkles Posted: 06/16/07 A Decade of Sunsets Posted: 06/14/07 Time Constraints Posted: 06/12/07 Casually Elegant Posted: 05/10/07 Duke and Rutgers Posted: 04/12/07 Anna and Don Posted: 04/11/07 Blogging Posted: 04/09/07 Good Friday Posted: 04/06/07 Music Posted: 03/23/07 Tax Time Posted: 03/20/07 Country Music Workout Posted: 03/12/07 The Best Unwords Posted: 03/07/07 Talk Show Hosts Posted: 02/21/07 Impression Posted: 02/16/07 Lincoln Would Be Appalled Posted: 02/13/07 Time Flies Posted: 02/11/07 Energy Posted: 02/04/07 The Humble Knife Posted: 01/31/07 An Old-Fashioned Winter Posted: 01/30/07 Kodak Moments Posted: 01/25/07 Taking a Break (1 comment) Posted: 08/21/06 Deck of Cards Posted: 08/16/06 Road Trip Requirements Posted: 08/13/06 Time Posted: 08/11/06 Horoscope Posted: 08/09/06 Hiroshima Day Posted: 08/06/06 Live till I Die Posted: 08/02/06 WD-40 Posted: 07/31/06 Hot or Cold? Posted: 07/29/06 Equipment Classes Posted: 07/26/06 The Mascot Hall of Fame Posted: 07/22/06 Good Old Days Posted: 07/18/06 Comcastic? Not! (1 comment) Posted: 07/17/06 Jury Duty Posted: 07/10/06 Fifty Percent Posted: 06/27/06 The Price of Limes Posted: 06/25/06 June 24 Posted: 06/24/06 Angelina Posted: 06/19/06 Cemetery Sadness Posted: 06/14/06 Cemeteries Posted: 06/13/06 Language 101 Posted: 06/01/06 Piano Progress Posted: 05/26/06 Formal Attire Posted: 05/25/06 Number One Posted: 05/15/06 Timekeepers Posted: 05/09/06 Old Posted: 05/07/06 Mulch as Metaphor Posted: 05/03/06 Clocks Posted: 04/27/06 Chapstick® (1 comment) Posted: 04/25/06 Perkiness Posted: 04/18/06 Easter Posted: 04/17/06 Lincoln Posted: 04/13/06 Bird Bodyguards Posted: 04/13/06 The Three Hundred Pound Envelope Posted: 04/12/06 News Outlets Posted: 04/09/06 Perfect May Not Be Posted: 04/06/06 Exhaustion Posted: 04/06/06 Solution (1 comment) Posted: 04/04/06 Maps Posted: 04/04/06 Deadlines Posted: 03/15/06 Berrien Hills Country Club Posted: 03/14/06 Free . . . often isn't! Posted: 03/12/06 Backroads Posted: 03/12/06 Yogi Deciphered Posted: 03/10/06 Las Vegas: Hoover Dam and Lake Mead Posted: 03/04/06 Las Vegas (1 comment) Posted: 03/02/06 Two for the Record Posted: 02/28/06 Obits Pix Posted: 02/27/06 Sayings Posted: 02/23/06 Port Purchase Posted: 02/23/06 Reader's Block Posted: 02/22/06 Headlines Posted: 02/20/06 10,000 Missing Posted: 02/18/06 Cartoon Politics Posted: 02/16/06 Cheney (1 comment) Posted: 02/15/06 Overscheduled Posted: 02/13/06 Super Bowl Posted: 02/05/06 Broccoflower Posted: 02/01/06 Roots Posted: 01/30/06 Images Posted: 01/29/06 Doctor\'s Office Posted: 01/26/06 Learning Curve Posted: 01/26/06 Vodka Posted: 01/25/06 Ironing Posted: 01/22/06 Disaster Posted: 01/04/06 Out with the Old Posted: 01/01/06 No Rocket Science Here Posted: 12/29/05 Changing Times Posted: 12/28/05 Get A Life Posted: 12/21/05 Finally Finished Posted: 12/20/05 The Worst of 2005 Posted: 12/18/05 The Best of 2005 Posted: 12/17/05 Goodbye Starbucks (1 comment) Posted: 12/16/05 Joy Posted: 12/16/05 Security Issue Posted: 12/15/05 Gift Card Christmas Posted: 12/13/05 Tipping Policies Posted: 12/13/05 Being Bilingual Posted: 12/10/05 Stuff Posted: 12/04/05 Merry Christmas Posted: 12/03/05 Hibernation Posted: 12/02/05 Medicare Posted: 11/30/05 Reality Posted: 11/28/05 Christmas Trees Posted: 11/26/05 Thanksgiving Posted: 11/24/05 Congressman Murtha Posted: 11/19/05 President Bush Posted: 11/17/05 Back Again Posted: 11/17/05 Exhaustion Posted: 11/16/05 Remodeling Posted: 11/03/05 Harriet No More Posted: 10/28/05 White Sox Posted: 10/25/05 Autumn in the Slow Lane Posted: 10/24/05 Sunday Posted: 10/23/05 World Series? (1 comment) Posted: 10/22/05 Limbo Posted: 10/21/05 Trivia Posted: 10/19/05 Passion Posted: 10/19/05 Endurance (1 comment) Posted: 10/17/05 Differently Abled Posted: 10/14/05 Travel Posted: 10/11/05 Demo Update Posted: 10/06/05 Miss Saigon Posted: 10/04/05 Getting Along Posted: 10/02/05 Fall Posted: 09/28/05 Time Posted: 09/27/05 Art Posted: 09/26/05 Christmas Posted: 09/25/05 Bill O'Reilly Posted: 09/24/05 Weather Channel Posted: 09/23/05 Crockpots Posted: 09/19/05 Humility Posted: 09/18/05 Mr. Orange Arms (1 comment) Posted: 09/17/05 Odds, Ends Posted: 09/16/05 Each Day Posted: 09/15/05 Monday (1 comment) Posted: 09/12/05 9/11 (2 comments) Posted: 09/11/05 New Orleans Posted: 09/10/05 Semantics Posted: 09/09/05 September Posted: 09/02/05 Survivor Posted: 09/01/05 Economizing Posted: 08/31/05 The Think Method Posted: 08/30/05 Katrina Posted: 08/29/05 Drugs for Sale Posted: 08/28/05 Liking the Dark (1 comment) Posted: 08/26/05 Closers Posted: 08/23/05 Long Division without a Calculator (1 comment) Posted: 08/21/05 Drought Posted: 08/11/05 Time to Move? Posted: 08/10/05 Sunday Posted: 08/06/05 Potatoes (1 comment) Posted: 08/06/05 Car Names Posted: 07/24/05 Day 127 Posted: 07/18/05 Piano Reverie Posted: 07/17/05 Caulk Posted: 07/16/05 No Dogs Posted: 07/14/05 Garlic Posted: 07/12/05 Revenge Posted: 07/11/05 Power of Music Posted: 07/06/05 Out of the Loop Posted: 07/05/05 I-9 Posted: 06/28/05 Lightning Bugs Posted: 06/26/05 Questions Posted: 06/17/05 Cash Posted: 06/16/05 Michael Jackson Posted: 06/15/05 Green Posted: 06/13/05 Bath Room (1 comment) Posted: 06/12/05 Euphoria (1 comment) Posted: 05/27/05 Megamillions Posted: 04/27/05 Patterns Posted: 04/22/05 Ken Burns (1 comment) Posted: 04/21/05 Birds Posted: 04/19/05 Pre-Driven Posted: 04/17/05 Terri's Legacy Posted: 04/14/05 Socks Posted: 04/06/05 Work Posted: 04/05/05 Unfinished Business Posted: 04/02/05 Taxes Posted: 03/30/05 New Friend Posted: 03/25/05 Terri Posted: 03/24/05 Two Principles Posted: 03/13/05 Paying for Free Posted: 03/12/05 Tenants Posted: 03/08/05 Slump Posted: 03/06/05 Makeover Posted: 03/05/05 New Approach Posted: 03/03/05 Crisis Posted: 02/25/05 Bingo Posted: 02/24/05 Oscar Posted: 02/22/05 Ebb and Flow Posted: 02/21/05 Con Ed Posted: 02/18/05 Grammar Posted: 02/15/05 Vacation Benefit Posted: 02/11/05 Snapshots Posted: 02/07/05 Big Posted: 01/23/05 Color Posted: 01/17/05 Water Posted: 01/16/05 Lunker's Posted: 01/15/05 No Plot, No Problem Posted: 01/14/05 Reading Time Posted: 01/07/05 Lawn Chairs Posted: 01/06/05 No Small Change Posted: 01/04/05 The Little Match Girl Posted: 12/11/04 Chinos Posted: 11/26/04 Amanda Posted: 11/20/04 Sad State of Affairs Posted: 11/13/04 Ten Thousand Dollars Posted: 11/12/04 Battleground State Posted: 11/10/04 Beauty Posted: 11/08/04 Election Eve Posted: 11/01/04 Shipshewana Posted: 10/31/04 Life, According to Sweatshirts Posted: 10/27/04 Supreme Decision Posted: 10/26/04 Challenging Times Posted: 10/25/04 Apathy Posted: 10/20/04 No Smiling Posted: 09/17/04 A Project Posted: 09/15/04 Weeding Posted: 09/09/04 Judi's Clothes Posted: 09/08/04 Political/Football Seasons Posted: 09/05/04 Change Posted: 08/29/04 Number One Posted: 08/28/04 Olympics Posted: 08/25/04 Home Work Posted: 08/23/04 Flint Posted: 08/19/04 What to Write Posted: 08/14/04 Pickles Posted: 08/08/04 Rain Posted: 08/04/04 Second Chances Posted: 07/26/04 Hair, Hair Posted: 07/22/04 Trash Posted: 07/21/04 Unnecessary Things Posted: 07/17/04 A Question of Sunsets Posted: 07/16/04 Grass Posted: 07/08/04 The Real Thing Posted: 07/04/04 Aging Posted: 06/14/04 President Reagan Posted: 06/10/04 Please, Mr. Bush Posted: 06/02/04 Gauging Voices Posted: 05/20/04 Posted: 12/31/69