[bksvol-discuss] Re: derange perfectionism: an historical perspective
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:00:43 -0700
Hi, Roger, I got a kick out of the phrase to be sure. It sounded
ever-so-slightly loopy enough that it appealed to me. Of course I like
to consider myself a sane person, but when I find myself talking shop
about page breaks (of all things) I tend to think of that as being just
a bit weird. Regards, Kim Friedman.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: derange perfectionism: an historical
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Well, I suppose that establishes Carrie as the originator and it
confirms
that it originated before I was on the list. It also confirms something
else
I have noticed. Kim really likes the phrase. That is not a criticism of
her.
It is just something I have definitely noticed.
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From: "Bob W" <rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 1:19 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] derange perfectionism: an historical
perspective
Hi gang.
I used the search function on the freelists site looking for "deranged
perfection". (Thus picking up perfectionist, perfectionists and all
other
deviants, or is it derivations.)
There were 61 emails with that phrase in them. Unfortunately they aren't
in
any particular order, so the rest of the data is based on a spot check
of
the emails.
Kim seems to like the phrase best: having ten emails in the list before
I
quit counting.
The earliest email I could find was from Karrey in 2006, and I list it
below.
Does this make me an official deranged perfectionist?
Bob
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List
a.. From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
b.. To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
c.. Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 05:17:56 -0700 (PDT)
For those people who are newbies in the discussion group, someone
referred
to
the Bookshare volunteers as 'deranged perfectionists' a long while ago,
and there was a general concensus that that's a good way to describe us.
Clearly Evan fits right in with this group! :-)
Carrie
Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Deranged perfectionist, you say? I know the feeling. The first
book
I
validated, I read right through it - I would have done so anyway, as it
was part of a series that I wanted to continue - and corrected every
error I
could.
But, alas, I am not a professional proofreader, so when the book is
approved
and put in the collection, what to my amazement should appear a typo in
the long synopsis for all to see! It wasn't my error, as I hadn't
scanned the book, but I had read the dust jacket info from which the
synopsis was taken, and thought I had fixed everything. I could have
screamed. I think I
actually
might have, I don't remember for sure now, but I wouldn't be surprised
if I actually did.
Life is hard for perfectionists.
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