National Punctuation Day

Dang! I missed National Punctuation Day. I can't believe it. I did spend most of yesterday's work day re-writing a website and using my copy-editor skills, so maybe that makes up for it a bit, but I'm still sad I didn't get to celebrate.

I love how dorky the NPD website is. Just straight up, in-your-face dorky. There's a man wearing a cape and an exclamation point on his t-shirt holding a cake shaped like a question mark. Can you imagine anything more dorky?

Of course, I mean "dorky" with the utmost respect. Just like I like following the rules of spelling, I love knowing the grammar rules and following them (mostly). I remove unnecessary gerunds that can be replaced with active verbs. I know the difference between insure and ensure. My office mate was shocked (and I was surprised) when I didn't immediately know whether she should use "hardy" or "hearty" for an email she was writing (turns out either would have been fine).

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I found out about NPD from The Bride's Guide, a Martha Stewart wedding blog. I've fallen way behind in my blog reading because I've been so busy at work and after work. Since blogs are such a part of how I've been researching and visualizing different parts of the wedding, falling behind in my Google reader means falling behind in wedding plans, too. Back to the blogs I go!