When writing in cyberspace, whether it be email (which used to be hyphenated), web logs (blogs), news reports (newports?), or, yes, I have seen it, online college dissertations, the trend seems to be brevity. So why do we say so much when we talk? (And by "we," I mean "you.")

Case of point (makes more sense than "case in point")...is it really necessary to say that you are going in two different (or separate) directions? Have you ever seen someone going in two directions that were not different or separate?

News flash--that is ONE direction!