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.

voteing was very silly today- too many propsitions - some of which might even be vaguely good ideas - but all way too simplistic for a propsition. so I got to say a lot of no. and then they yelled at me at the cafe for not wearing my I voted sticker - but all was forgiven because I need to put it on my work clothes.

IE ate my post. Hate it.

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Rock.

Received, JZ, and will reply shortly.

I am inured to the siren student today. She seems as pretty, but perhaps I'm grumpier. Or perhaps straighter. Or maybe it's that I'm wearing the rocking leather coat with which no woman can ever compete. Whichever.

What's the name of the Hans Christian Andersen story where the boy becomes entranced by the wintry queen and has a splinter of something in his eye?

The Snow Queen.

The Snow Queen.

I just discovered that I'm making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. I'm assuming one gets pie crust, gets a can or two of pumpkin pie filling, inserts filling into crust, and bakes.

Crust:
One (1) box Jiffy pie-crust mix.
water.
flat surface and rolling pin.
Pie tin.

Procedure: do what the box says. Since you are making a topless pie, you don't have to worry about making the crust skinny enough to cut in two. Although evenness of the edges can be an issue.

Filling
One (1) can One-Pie Pumpkin Pie filling. Conveniently, this has the recipe printed on the can.
One (1) 12-oz. can sweetened condensed milk.
As much brown sugar, egg, cinnamon, and nutmeg as the can says. Possibly an egg, I forget.

Mix this stuff. Heat the oven. Pour this stuff into the pie shell in its tin. Bake till it is not wiggly in the middle when you poke the tin. Cool.

Whipped cream, just a blop on each slice, is one option; if you are hoity-toity, a cut piece of crust, baked, placed on the middle of the pie is artistic. Don't apply whipped cream till serving time, since pie is not so good at observing distinctions between substances. Ornage pie is good, but creamiscle pie, NSM.

I really don't like the "I voted" stickers because they always feel like I'm being rather sanctimonious and self-congratulatory. But they do save me from being reprimanded by people who are even more so.

We had mayor (likely to be reelected, which is fine because I like the guy), city council (three races, one of which I skipped because I couldn't remember which candidate was which in spite of having actually done the reading), big package of bond issues (about which I was contrarian and didn't vote the same way on all.)