I received an e-mail reminder last week of the coming of National Punctuation Day. As soon as there’s a nip in the air, I start planning a celebration and contemplating the meaning of these literary symbols in our lives.
Of all my punctuation peeves, one near the top is overuse of the exclamation point. I believe this should be reserved for special occasions, for exclamations or situations that are truly remarkable.
Example? How about galaxies colliding?
According to NASA, two galaxies–VV 340 North, and VV 340 South—have begun to come together.
Because it’s 450 million light years from here, we can’t see it with the naked eye. Thanks to the Chandra x-ray observatory, this collision is revealed. In punctuation.
That’s truly remarkable!
Word Nymph 
Now THAT is spectacular. I wonder, though, why it has taken so long for us to find this? Galaxies may move fast (for galaxies), but to our eye the movement of something that tremendously huge is slow to the point of painful. ))