This is an amusing book told from the perspective of someone who is obsessive about punctuation. I have to admit I saw myself in some of her rantings, and not only in the examples of mistakes she offered. I often dwell in the obsession cave of spelling and punctuation perfection too.

I write from flow (at least this is the closest I can come to describing what writing feels like to me), and as most of you know by now, I also have a thing about following rules to the exact letter. Meaning I adjust any rule that produces stress symptoms in my body.

Here's a glimpse of what goes on inside me: My true self says something like, "I don't want simple punctuation errors to distract from my brilliant prose. I want to check it one more time."

Then my other true self says something like, "I want my missives to be fun AND offer something of value for people to read. I think you need to make it sound less stuffy." See what I mean? With all this internal cross talk, how would anyone be able to get anything done?

Resolving this standoff takes often takes the intervention of yet another part of my true self, "It's the getting it out that counts you guys! So stop bickering and let Diane press the send button already!

I'm grateful I have such a supportive group of true selves within me. Even if it does feel a little crowded some days. One thing I CAN tell you , is you will always be able to count on me to be "perfect in my imperfection." Especially where I cross paths with the written word. Check out this book for a fun and valuable read.

Neat Link

I have been hanging on to this one for months and months. It is a Honda ad as told by the "cogs" that make up the car! Click on the "nut" poised on the plank, turn up the volume on your speakers, and prepare to be amazed at the creativity of the human spirit on so many levels it almost makes my head hurt!

After viewing, check out this article explaining how this incredible film was made.


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