'Doofus' is the most common spelling, but apparently 'dufus' is a less-used variant. So in theory I owe bob an apology for that, but... meh.

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If only I had that level of caution...

In reply to this comment by Fusionaut:
Hey Opus,

I actually had to google it myself before I posted since I wasn't sure myself.

In reply to this comment by Opus_Moderandi:
>> ^Fusionaut:

al·right   
[awl-rahyt]
–adverb
all right.
—Can be confused:  all right, alright (see usage note at the current entry ).
—Usage note
The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.
{EDIT} forgot the reference http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alright
>> ^Opus_Moderandi:
Yeah, he does seem to be alright.



Well, bury me in an ant hill and smear me with jam. That'll teach me not to research my grammar nazi comments.

Hey Opus,

I actually had to google it myself before I posted since I wasn't sure myself.

In reply to this comment by Opus_Moderandi:
>> ^Fusionaut:

al·right   
[awl-rahyt]
–adverb
all right.
—Can be confused:  all right, alright (see usage note at the current entry ).
—Usage note
The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.
{EDIT} forgot the reference http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alright
>> ^Opus_Moderandi:
Yeah, he does seem to be alright.



Well, bury me in an ant hill and smear me with jam. That'll teach me not to research my grammar nazi comments.

>> ^Fusionaut:

al·right   
[awl-rahyt]
–adverb
all right.
—Can be confused:  all right, alright (see usage note at the current entry ).
—Usage note
The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.
{EDIT} forgot the reference http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alright
>> ^Opus_Moderandi:
Yeah, he does seem to be alright.



pwned.

>> ^Fusionaut:

al·right   
[awl-rahyt]
–adverb
all right.
—Can be confused:  all right, alright (see usage note at the current entry ).
—Usage note
The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.
{EDIT} forgot the reference http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alright
>> ^Opus_Moderandi:
Yeah, he does seem to be alright.



Well, bury me in an ant hill and smear me with jam. That'll teach me not to research my grammar nazi comments.

al·right   
[awl-rahyt]
–adverb
all right.
—Can be confused:  all right, alright (see usage note at the current entry ).

—Usage note
The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.

{EDIT} forgot the reference http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alright
>> ^Opus_Moderandi:

Yeah, he does seem to be alright.

interesting first pick.

btw, Ammon's last name was spelled 'Hennacy', though i can certainly understand your mistakenly using the far more common spelling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon_Hennacy

welcome to the sift!

thanks winkler, one day I'll get off a blog post without any common spelling mistakes... one day.