Another Paean to Deb

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This theme may be getting old for some, but my friend Deb is so brilliant! I think she should write for a sitcom. A high-end, bookish, only-one-out-of-twenty-will-get-it sitcom, but still. Here's an email exchange we had, just this week:

Deb (while copyediting a book):
serial commas are my friends,
dj

Lynn:
NO, you are their master!!

Deb:

*startled*

*is schooled*

*and a leeeeeeeeeeeetle bit taken aback*

*imposes artificial authoriteh over serial commas*

*is seen through*

*cannot keep classroom in order*

*is lectured by principal*

*trudges home, dejectedly*

*slips off sensible potato shoes and apple sweater*

*pets Mr. Darcy*

*prepares self single-serving frozen dinner*

*sighs*

*reads chapter in jane eyre*

*gets to bed early*

*repeat*
*like groundhog day*

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