Hah! ; The indecisive middle child of the full-stop and the colon. It was an accident, but his parents would never admit to this. The mistaken flick of a pen, and this poor, unfortunate soul was created. But, really, I, personally, tend not to utilize the semi-colon outside of lists following a colon. I use the full-stop to end a sentence because that thought has ended and it's time to start the next one. I'm kind of black-and-white in that regard. I'm not against seeing it used PROPERLY in other prose, but if it's used entirely to replace the full-stop...I'll probably full-stop read the passage xP. Yes, it replaces "comma conjunction," but that can just be two separate sentences. And we are now in an age where it would simply be confusing to read.