Priority Use

I really dislike it when people sign their emails best. I mean, what does best really mean? It's sort of like the close-but impersonal, good friend-but gift certificate kind of closing. Like you want to sound nice. But not too nice. It's reserved for those people who maybe mean something to you. But, not too much. Because then it's also used for people who really mean nothing. Or not much. I don't know what it is. It just really bothers me. Especially when it comes from a friend who is really confusing and sends about a bazillion different conflicting signals and gives you a headache with all of the thinking.

Whew. Cheers. Don't get me started on cheers. Unless you're from England or a former British colony--in other words, if you speak with a "non-American" accent, well, just don't get me started.