While writing an apology letter related to a certain infamous class reunion “incident”, I realized how thankful I was for a specific book resting on my shelf.

Of my entire collection of tomes buried stateside and the few that I have here at the South Pole, one continues to be used over and over again. I can’t recall who gave it to me any longer (I’m thinking a family member at some point in early high school) but it has been a damn fine resource for years. It’s a grammar book, “Basic English Revisited” filled with goofy cartoons and packed full of advice on proper written English, business letter formats, present and past tense, etc. Exactly the kind of gift not appropriately appreciated at the time of its giving, but dog-eared and well-used now.

So anyhow, here’s a thank-you to the ether for a goofy little reference book that has wandered with me to many locales and aided in the “professional” writing of my life.

Now if only I had mailed my dictionary down…