So I have decided that Febreeze is one of the best new products this decade. And I don't think I fully appreciated this wonderful product fully until having a baby and now toddler. I won't bore you / gross you out with examples of specific smells that Febreeze has eradicated I'll just say, "it's a wonderful wonderful product!"
After reading snippets of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynne Truss this weekend, I am on a new mission to improve my punctuation. Her motto is, "Sticklers Unite" and she proposes a semi-vigilante revolution led by lovers of good punctuation. For myself, I will adapt the title of a beloved children's verse, (Kindness Begins with Me), Good Punctuation Begins With Me. I know I have been very sloppy lately, particularly in email and on this blog. I have always been horrible for omitting commas; a professor once commented, and I quote, "Apparently you have something against commas" on a fourth year political science paper. Ouch!
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Love the new look of your blog, Kirst. Also, love your re-committment to proper punctuation usage. What is a civilized society with commas in the right spots? There is still that nagging question in informal writing versus publishing about the use of the comma before the last "and ____" in a list. Can't wait to read "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" to see if I'm doing it right or wrong!
Kirsten, your Febreeze post nearly made me gsnerk my water out my nose! Hilarious! And I, too, love your re-commitment to good punctuation. Your friend Karly mentions the serial comma; I'm a fan of the serial comma because it prevents confusion. My favourite sample sentence for the serial comma is this: "All my success in life I owe to my parents, God and Mother Theresa." :D
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