Editor's Note:  folks have asked me for tips.   So, here goes!  -- totally drained Editor  🙂

Good morning❗ 

Barb Ling of the DennisAndBarb partnership here, my keyboard is  =still= laughing at me.

Sigh.  In bunches of ways, too.    That's why you might see really =weird= writing like using a = sign instead of my usual 8-pointed times keystroke character, 'z' instead of 's' if my 's' key bites the wax tadpole once more, and other thingees like that.  That' why
 

🔥 We interrupt this programming❗ 🔥
 

Barb =just= realized the following❗   Our beloved list members deserve the very best (and legible❗) of writing.  So she applied herself to lateral thinking and figured, hmmmm, there must be a list of all characters someplace online...  she could deftly use should her keyboard enter The Twilight Zone❗  After fruitlessly searching on Google for said nice adorablez listing of all 26 letters in upper and lower case, she remembered the phrase....
 

'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' == the only phrase that has all 26 letters minus a v

... and was able to rapidly uncover/copy/paste that to her notepad file.  One moment of silence passed, then another, and still a third when suddenly the heavens opened, a choir of Monty Python angels sang and one would think... the problem was solved❗  

Alas and alack, notice ye, yon aforementioned red exclamation mark, that is followed by this red question mark❓  That's because punctuation marks have zero interest in foxes, dogs, brown, red or otherwise.  😟

However, you know what =does= have all of that plus 8546547547 metric tons of other information.... why, ChatGPT❗   And so the following conversation just took place:
 

Drats.    I don't know if you can read that... the convo is basically: 
 

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ME WITH QUIET DETERMINATION - MY SUBSCRIBERS DESERVE THE BEST!
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Good morning, my keyboard cannot type punctuation, can you please list on one row all the punctuation marks on a keyboard/

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ChatGPT WITH IMMEDIATE UNDERSTANDING:
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Of course! Here is a list of all the common punctuation marks that are typically found on a standard keyboard:

! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - _ = + [ ] { } \ | ; : ' " , . / ?

Note that the exact layout of punctuation marks on a keyboard can vary depending on the language and keyboard type, but these are the most common ones.

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ME WITH QUIET DETERMINATION - MY SUBSCRIBERS DESERVE THE BEST!
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Thank you1

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ChatGPT WITH IMMEDIATE UNDERSTANDING:
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You're welcome! Don't hesitate to ask if you have any more questions.
 

And I'm saved kinda sorta; I now have a copy of all characters on my notepad file, and can copy/paste individual characters as needed! 

But as I've been writing this email now for over an hour, and the husband *did* remind me that I *do* have that unconfigured laptop in case of emergencies soooooooooo.....

I think I'll just leave y'all with a Star Trek kinda cliff-hanger: 
 

<The voice-over starts in your mind, sounding remarkably like of Mr. Miyagi>:
"Bites the wax tadpole?  What did she mean by that?   How can tadpoles be wax?  Or does 'wax' imply a karate foreshadowing, like Mr. Miyagi teaching Daniel-san 'Wax-on, Wax-off'? 

<Inaudible music now plays in your mind, you *know* you recognize that melody from somewhere...>: 
and if so, do tadpoles turn into turtles?  

<The music wells>: 
Omg, does Barb know the origin story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, those Heroes in a Half Shell??"

<and you find yourself suddenly whispering outloud>  
Turtle Power!

Well?   What do *you* think?  😀

Tune in.... errrrrr.... when I next mail...

You won't believe what it has to do with surviving all-nighters and beyond!

Have a strongly spectacular day,

Barb Ling and Dennis Becker
DAB Coaching

💥   PS -   since data has shown that people actually prefer at least one marketing resource instead of zero.... don't forget James' goodie about Notion  templates went live yesterday...

 (not to mention the *actual reason for that allnighter* - yep, I completed it only one caffeine-and-salad un-interrupted run) 

... click here to marvel at James' incredible copywriting goodness   (which is formidable indeed, surpassed only by the content in his blueprint which delivers on every single point he mentions) and the bonus you can treat yourself to ONLY if you buy thru our link, why, feel free to click on said bonus image below!
 

 

  
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And you can take that to the bink.      Enjoy!
 

 
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