Alibelle, do you want to play hooky for two days in April and house sit for me? You'd be right near the Grove...

Ooh! What two days?

April 21st and 22nd- a thursday and Friday. I wouldn't be able to drive you here, but I could drive you home late Friday night, and give you cab fare.

Neato, Lee.

(I hope someone is awake.)

I just fucked up. I did a resume for someone, and somehow didn't notice the red underlining from automatic spellcheck and sent it out with a typo. My client emailed it out before *he* noticed the error, and sent me an email saying "thanks for the resume help, but please run spellcheck in the future. I hope [employer] HR doesn't hold the typo against me."

So I'm trying to decide how to respond. Does this strike the right tone?

My deepest apologies for that. I have automatic spell check turned on while I work, but somehow I overlooked the red underlining on that one. Again, I'm very sorry. And while I doubt [Employer] would hold it against you, there is always the option of sending a corrected version. When I've served on hiring committees, there were cases where people did that, and if anything it left a positive impression that the applicant was conscientious.

Susan, it looks right to (the very unexperienced in that sort of things) me - you take full responsibility, apologize, and try to offer an advice for improvement, with knowledge behind how it may be accepted, not just "throw it in the air".

The network comes and goes here, which means matlab is alive and dead accordingly (it needs a connection in order to work, due to its license). I've passed the point of "verge of tears". I'm on the verge of laughing desperately and scaring everybody around. Sigh.

Remember how that bold magigian int he smurfs was going "I *hate* smurfs!"? Right now I'm him (minus the bold and the cat): "I *hate* computers!". In Hebrew, it even rhymes.

You just keep laughing, Nilly. It helps keep you sane even if it does frighten the occasional onlooker.

Susan, I don't think you need to explain how you missed the typo, but it is good to own the mistake. The rest seems good to me.

OK. Send button hit, and I'm headed for bed. Thanks, Nilly and aurelia, and good night, board.

I'm sorry the network is still messing up on you, Nilly. I hope it stops soon.

Nilly! Um, wishing you lots of good matlab luck? Is that good? If it's good, that's what I'm wishing you.

David, one of my favorite combos is Godiva Dark Belgian Chocolate and Hagen Daaz Dulce La Leche in the same bowl. It must be a very small bowl, though, because the combination is lethally rich.

I just had to turn back from work as too many roads are closed due to black ice. So I get to laze around at home completely guilt-free for a few hours. I think I'll drink some tea. Hell, I think Ill drink LOTS of tea.