When my dad was exasperated, he would say “Oh, for crying out loud!” That’s my new expletive - FCOL. Anyone offended?  I thought not.

We’ve become so accustomed to spattering sentences with the f-word that there’s no punch left. So FCOL, you guys, stop it! 

And edit yourself before you publish. Read carefully before you hit send. Read as though someone else wrote it. Does it offend? Is it accurate? Is it clear? Check spelling. Look up words you’re uncertain about. Don’t let word processing software hijack you by supplying the wrong word. For example, a non-vowel letter is called a consonant, not a ‘consent.’

That’s so much easier than backtracking later or arguing about what you meant.

I have an old Bizarro cartoon of two guys at a computer. The one at the keyboard says, “I’m launching a new anti-social network.” The computer screen reads, “Get Out of My Face Book.”