Dear New Midwife Blogger,

Please learn that it's HIPAA, not HIPPA.

Please use spell and grammar check.

Please know how to space and use punctuation.

Please use your own mind; don't be a sheeple.

Please examine every single thought that goes through your head. Three times.

Please have a great time writing.

Update on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 10:25AM by Navelgazing Midwife

And read it aloud. More than once. (Thanks to Ethel for that reminder!)

Comments

[Ethel]

I personally think "Read it out loud" three times is better, something about saying it tells a lot about how clumsy it is and how understandable it could be.

[Navelgazing Midwife]

Yes! Adding that. Thanks for the reminder. :)

[Antigonos]

It must be a defect in my character, but my parents put great emphasis on both spelling and grammar, and when I see silly mistakes my opinion of the writer is lowered. I can't believe that there are SO many dyslexics out there. If someone can't expend the effort to spell check or to review one's own composition before posting, I begin to wonder if they are as sloppy as regards facts.

Good on you, Barbara, for bringing this up.

[Valerie Runes, Esq., RN]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! That HIPPA/HIPAA thing makes me crazy! I have seen "HIPPA" used by medical and legal people who have no excuse.