Do what I do

O.K., I haven't blogged for a while; however, in my defense I'd like to say that this is due to a complete lack of trying. Here is today's installment of what I have come to call Do what I do. (But don't follow my example about not blogging--if you have a blog, you should post stuff.)

An editor I know whose surname begins with the letter S once gave me a piece of advice that I have found to be both simple and brilliant, and that is this: When confronted with a long alphabetized list that you might have to search through all of--but might stop searching through at any point if you find what you're looking for--don't start at the letter A. Start with whatever letter your surname starts with.* For example, I start my searches at the letter P.

I was reminded of this today when I began to comb through a list of 77 potential technical reviewers for two books I have just finished editing. One book is about generally accepted accounting principles for governmental accounting and the other analyzes the standards for generally accepted auditing principals.**

*People whose surnames start with A can ignore this rule--it really only applies to the rest of us.***
**I realize this information simply horrid--although it happens to be perfectly true. And for both of those characteristics I apologize.
***Surely, however, we can all enjoy the kitten scene pictured above, which I found on a blog that is put together by bloggers more prolific than me.