That sounds like a person with OCD and dyslexia. Is that possible? I just asked that question facetiously, but now that I do I wonder if it is possible. Dyslexics tend to be extremely right brain dominent and obsessive compulsiveness is characteristic of asperger's syndrome which is extreme left brain dominence, so I would think that it might not be possible, but I am no expert in the subject so I really don't know.
_ _ _"Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence." - Richard Dawkins
Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrie Karnos" <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 11:12 PMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: derange perfectionism: an historical perspective
Well, I do love the term deranged perfectionist, which certainly describes me and several other (ahem!) people in the volunteer group. I think a person really has to have a bit of OCD (not a lot, just a little) in order to do a good job at proofing books.
Did I ever mention a T-shirt I saw that said:I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in the correct order, like they should be!
What a great shirt! Carrie ________________________________ From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:52 AMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: derange perfectionism: an historical perspective
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.
_ _ _"Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence." - Richard Dawkins
Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 ----- [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 waspart 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. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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