A.S.S.U.M.E; We all Know What it Stands For ...

Okay, so a bit of vague background. A company that Bruce and I both beta test for is testing a new listserv package. The testing started Wednesday afternoon and concluded yesterday. Bruce, as some of you who are on his friends page may have noticed, has a keyboard with a rather defective spacebar and it's been causing all sorts of weird things to show up all over the place.

So, yesterday morning, I read a message from Bruce that he'd sent to the list. I forwarded it to him at work and replied because I didn't want my reply to go to the entire list. A few minutes later I saw a message from him where he was apologizing for the keyboard problem and giving assurances that a new keyboard at work was in the works. I replied to the message, making the assumption that the reply would go directly to him. I said some things that just weren't meant for the listening ears of others, (although I didn't say anything that could come back to bite me later. A few minutes later I was looking at some emails on my work machine, and that address is also subscribed to this list. I was shocked to see my message that I'd sent to Bruce show up in my list of unread messages. It kind of stopped me for a second. I immediately replied to my own message with an apology, but it didn't change the fact that I wanted to crawl into a hole and bury myself. I guess that little mistake will teach me to watch more closely the To field so that I know where my messages are going. It was definitely a "duh" moment!

Writer's Block: LJ Comments

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I've found this week's topics to be fairly interesting, but I've also made it no secret that I really like LiveJournal. So, with that in mind, here's today's offering.

I think this question is particularly interesting because I've just been so far behind on my Friend's list lately. For the past few days I've been doing really well at keeping up, but for several months I was really behind. So, no read, no comment. It's as simple as that. I feel bad, especially for my long-time people who I used to comment on fairly regularly. Then, half the time when I do read, I just don't know what to say, so again I continue to keep my mouth shut. It's one of those things I guess where I just can't seem to find a good balance. I still love receiving comments though, and it only makes sense that if I want to receive I should also give.