More of a translation issue. And stews where ingredient lists weren't provided. This was in Peru, on the trail.

Though I think either he or one of her previous boyfriends told her pimentos were lizard tongues, which she believed unquestioningly. My mom, she can be gullible.

I have been sending out rejections today at work to the 200+ folks who applied to the latest opening. They are form rejections, but are polite and thank them, etc. I have heard from a couple of folks who were offended that I sent the rejection letter. One said "I know I didn't get the job, thanks for mentioning it." WTF, people?

It's a good thing that one was among the rejections. Why in the world would you want to be left hanging rather than get a polite professional confirmation that you weren't hired?

I've been tricked into eating raccoon meat before. My hosts seemed very disappointed that I didn't freak out about it, but as long as they weren't feeding me one of the cute little rabbits from the hutch I had no objection to lean muscle meat.It was like slightly stringy roast beef.

Offended? Rejection letters are so rare that I might send a thank you for recognizing the right thing to do.

Rejection letters are so rare that I might send a thank you for recognizing the right thing to do.

I have.

Offended?

He was oppressed!

He was oppressed!

In writing, no less. There's no getting over that.

Not hearing is so much worse.

Sadly normal. But worse.

Can you imagine *not* sending out form letters to much more than 5 or 10 applicants? Who expects personal details at that point? Kee-rist.

Special K:

My sister is being a tech flake. She suggested uninstalling and reinstalling her DVD drive drivers, went ahead and uninstalled, and then asked me where the new drivers were. And chastened me for not telling her to have had them beforehand. That's not a technical detail! That's common sense! Now it'll still be my fault if she doesn't get it working.