Ha. The apology just arrived.

ita, insent to your profile address.

Bleargh. I can already feel that I'm not going to accomplish much today, what with the haunting DailyKos looking for state exit polls and grumbling about the results.

Only the part where I go to the bakery and ask for a pumpkin pie and pay the nice lady.

Tempting. But, alas, not the way of my people. Instead we find as many cheats as possible (pre-made crusts, canned filling, etc.) and then hand over a baked product with the words "home made" falling from our lying lips.

Except for apple. I've gone and picked the apples for my pies once or twice.

They'll have a recipe on the back which mostly involves mixing in some eggs, sugar, and spices.

Ah, good to know, thanks!

Ha. The apology just arrived.

You should pretend you never got the apology.

Ha. The apology just arrived.

Is it craven and bootlicky, or a weaselly "I'm sorry you apparently feel hurt" non-apologetic apology?

I promise to think equally ill of Asshole Portland Man no matter what you say.

ita, there was one time (and note I was using the webmail option of my organization, not the internal email system) where someone recalled a message, then recalled the recall, and then recalled that recall. Hilarity ensued (at least for me) because I got all four messages. It wasn't anything juicy (that time) - it was just changing of dates for some function, but I laughed my ass off.

Dana,

I swear you should send a note to someone, cc him and say "can you believe that jerk just apologized?"

Then recall it after 1 hour.

Ha. The apology just arrived.

And yet I still think he needs a smiting.

I have both a Mac and a Wintel machine in my office, both of which usually have email running on them. The recall function works on Outlook for Windows. For my Mac's Entourage? Not so well.

Is it craven and bootlicky, or a weaselly "I'm sorry you apparently feel hurt" non-apologetic apology?

It's a decent apology, although he managed to work in a dig about how I probably didn't have much control over things since I'm "just a contractor." He's pissed because I'm asking him to repost something, which I understand. The point is, it was working before I sent it to him, and it's not my fault that it broke when it was posted. Also, I've told him all along that he could do it when he had time -- I wasn't trying to get him to adhere to some schedule.

I will go to lunch first. Then I will compose a response in which I am a shining example of rationality.

I swear you should send a note to someone, cc him and say "can you believe that jerk just apologized?"

Hee. This is the problem with being "just" a contractor. I don't have any coworkers I can turn to and say, "You will not believe what Asshole Guy just sent me." I could mention it to my boss, but since he apologized, I'm not going to try to get him in trouble.