But is less really more? ... The evolution of :)

Thomas Jefferson sat quietly at his desk and prepared his ink and quill. With great thought, he poured out his passion and experience onto a roll of paper. Crossing his 't' and dotting his 'i', Jefferson, with patience, wrote out line and lines of the Declaration of Independence.

Today, our passion, our individuality, our ideas can be expressed by :).

Just an observation. Is less really more? Has more become less? Or we actually have less of more - less - more. Anywho.

To prove my point. Informal writing skills have made their way into formal writings. Newspaper editors may slip in a LOL, OK, :). These symbols, abbreviations have most likely been printed in major metropolitan newspapers.

Also, in line with informal writing skills, writing notes to friends, there's no spell check. Those spelling errors have integrated into homework and essays where they somewhere along the way are accepted. In my school days, a teacher would 'red mark' the word "ain't".

Anyway, maybe all this is crazy talk. :p

Thanks Matt for the inspiration.