The semi-colon

One of these days I'm going to get some pictures up here--maybe. So until then, here is what I wrote about semi-colons.

Semi-colons are the bomb diggidy; they are the most awesome thing ever. In reality, I still don't completely understand semi-colons or how to use them. I suppose you can write much more effectively using semi-colons and their buddy the hyphen. I think the hyphen looks cooler; it stands out more because it looks so different from other punctuation--you can easily see what I mean. A semi-colon is better than a colon because a semi-colonoscopy doesn't sound as bad as the full thing.