Columnist Packet Follow-Up

       The columns that I read were.. pretty interesting. And while all were good, I did enjoy the column "What will Kate Middleton's wedding dress look like?". I thought it was odd (well, maybe not odd but it was a little odd to me) how crazy and detailed people can get about a wedding dress. Okay, yeah sure it can be a big deal, but in my opinion, Kate's search for a dress is just an up scaled version of every other soon to be married woman. Which is why it was strange to see people get soooo excited about the dress. I also liked some of the language they used in this column, It was very artistic. One example is, "There has been a smidge of speculation in the vast blogosphere of fashion that Middleton might turn to someone like Oscar de la Renta or Vera Wang." I think what made this language and diction so fun to read is that I thought it really showed author's voice within the piece. They used fun, made-up words like, "smidge" and "blogosphere". 

       I felt like there is a lot of author's voice used in all columns. I guess that's what kind of makes it a column and opinionated. If you can really hear the author's voice, you can understand their tone and point of view towards a particular subject. Which is why I also really liked the column, "A ruff and ready playmate". I also found this one humorous and consistently used good voice. Such as when it said, "I suddenly experience a sensation of humid warmth...my right arm has disappeared up to the elbow inside the mouth of a dog...I am not alarmed... how a large, friendly dog says: 'Greetings! You have a pleasing salty taste!'"

       This one was also my favorite because it was really funny. And like me, most people (I'm assuming) like to read things that are comical and don't put us to sleep.