Heading home...

[jay]

Busily packing now, leaving for the airport in an hour, landing around 8pm at SFO. I've been wondering if my email is broken... large numbers of email queries are going without replies. We will just get a taxi or something from the airport home...

Perhaps indicative is that nearly all of the unanswered email this week (not just about rides, but in general) was addressed to various members of a given local social circle, in varying contexts... sigh. I suppose I should have expected as much, given some interactions last week.

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Re: Mea Culpa, and apologies for the tone (part 2)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

the accumulation of such posts/expressions, in various fora, over time, INCLUDING spring/summer that had me wondering

Actually, given your choice of adjectives used, in a public post in my journal... it was beginning to feel to me like one of those interactions last spring/summer with certain unnamed others.

When I'm self-deprecatory in my journal, I'm almost never looking for sympathy, or "there-there" responses. It perplexes me when readers feel obliged to jump in to dispute some passing self-humbling remark. I'm only expressing how I feel at that particular moment, not requesting that others take some action (or pay attention). And getting it off of my chest, by putting those negative feelings into words, often helps me begin feeling better. Maybe I should think to disable comments... although some of the self-deprecation is done unconsciously.

yes, my bad for going--even partially!--on hearsay
Why... posting an emotional public response to something based in part on unsubstantiated information from elsewhere... sounds like something I'd do! (wink)

And the unanswered mail was from a group, not a single household... but you're right, getting rid of "should" improves it further.