Ooooops

[cjsmith]

In a discussion over lunch, this past weekend, I identified the author of the Mrs. Murphy mysteries (Rita Mae Brown) and I was just POSITIVE she was the same author who wrote The Color Purple.

WRONG. (Alice Walker.)

Durrr. I have no idea why I did that, but I feel pretty foolish.

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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Alice Walker's talking in Berkeley on Monday, Nov. 12 -- from email:

in the Musical Offering Café, next door to University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way in Berkeley.
http://www.universitypressbooks.com
510.548.0585

Also, email to you seems to be bouncing.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That's what reminded me of the conversation and the book! :-)

Urrr, thanks for the notification about email. Is it "mailbox full" or something like that? Lemme go clean stuff out :-(

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I'm still getting spam. :-(

[redgrrl.livejournal.com]

Aw, don't feel bad. Everyone makes those kinds of mistakes from time to time.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Wen. I was just so sure, and someone else said no that doesn't sound right, and I insisted. Doh.

[curmudgn]

Well . . . The Color Purple . . . Rubyfruit Jungle . . . they're both colors, aren't they? <weg>

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I feel like I need to read them again in penance. :-)

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel better, I misspelled Nietzsche on the board, in both classes, both times INSISTING that I'd got it right. It's that insistance that makes me feel like an ass. (I spelled it Neitzsche).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It's that insistance that makes me feel like an ass.

Yeah, I think that's it for me, too. Bleagh.

This is my comeuppance for ever saying I wanted to learn the skills of bluster and snowing everybody. (The people who get raises and promotions aren't the ones who are right, they're the ones who are forceful even when they know squat.)