I know nothing at all about this blog, having just now jumped to it from "The Best of the Blog Prom" grafik on Mandarin Design. However, I did want to commend the author on her excellent page design...

Plus, I found this there. Naturally, I joined.

And ohmygod -- this is why I almost never read anyone's blog but my own; it's just endless out there -- on that webring I find the following, pointed to by some self-described nutcase right here in Colorado! (It wasn't me. I checked.)

Understanding Compulsive Liars
from Psychology Today

"Robert Reich, M.D., a New York City psychiatrist and expert in psychopathology, says compulsive lying has no official diagnosis. Instead, intentional dissimulation -- not the kind associated with dementia or brain injury -- is associated with a range of diagnoses, such as antisocial, borderline and narcissistic personality disorders....

To understand the mind of a fake, Reich suggests considering what lying does for the liar. Deceit as a means to an end -- like lying to get a job -- is easy to comprehend. Much harder to spot, he says, is lying 'for primary gains': deceptions that create a different sense of self without any immediate benefit. 'It has to do with self-esteem,' Reich says. 'You want to be like someone else because you aren't very happy with yourself.'"

Man, I'm glad I never knew anyone like that. Why, she had just tons of self-esteem!