Sunday, August 24, 2003

Uh, How Many Is That Again?

Here's one sentence from this AP wire story on the race for governor of California...

"He said four words to me — we have to work harder," said Bustamante strategist Richie Ross.

One hopes Cruz isn't letting this guy add up his polling data for him.

• Posted at 11:45 PM · LINK

No Parking

I recently had an unpleasant encounter with a guy who drives a tow truck. It led to a series of postings on this weblog, which I have now moved over to NOTES from me.

• Posted at 9:08 PM · LINK

E-Mail Etiquette

Got a slightly-angry e-mail from a casual acquaintance who was upset that I hadn't responded to an e-mail he sent me a week or so ago. I am way behind on answering e-mail, so a lot of you are in that category, and I apologize.

But I'm not apologizing to this guy. First off, everyone does get behind, or allow the occasional e-mail to go unanswered. It happens and we shouldn't get peevish about it. Secondly, he sent me another copy of the message I'd ignored and I saw its Subject Line. As a joke, he'd written in, "Generic Viagra and Penis Enlargement." The message had no mention of either of those related topics but since I can't find his original on my hard disk, I'm guessing either I or my Spam filter deleted it without reading.

In his complaint to me, he wrote, "I'm sick and tired of rude people not responding to my e-mails." I can suggest one reason why they do.

No...come to think of it, I can suggest two.

• Posted at 1:24 PM · LINK

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