Clever device or annoying tic?

Ever since I read Letters from a Nut, I’ve been a bit of a parentheses nut. I probably use them too much. (And em dashes—I definitely overuse those.)

Fragments too.

Oh well.

See also: 169 Song Titles with Parentheticals In Order of Parenthetical Charm

UPDATE: Slate says no to dashes

May 20, 2011