I have just composed a long, thoughtful, incisive, highly intelligent and brilliantly witty review of Michael Frayn's latest play "Afterlife". I then clicked on my 'spell checker' - well, whilst my English style is much admired the length and breadth of, er, my study, my spelling isn't always spot on (what do you mean, you noticed ?) - so imagine my incandescant rage when the bloody thing went wrong and I lost the entire post! And this is the second time it has happened and those lying liars at Typepad told me it was all fixed three weeks ago. My language was such that even the little 'Memsahib' took cover downstairs, and the spittle from my foam-flecked lips nearly shorted the key board.
I really can't be bothered to try and resurrect it, so just let me give you the summary: I can only describe the play as 'interesting', a dread word in a review but I would add that I, personally, would prefer to see one Frayn failure (by his high standards) than ten 'successful' Pinters. Now I'm off to compose an e-mail to Typepad!
Probably a good idea to save a copy to Notepad or something before engaging the Spell Checker.
Posted by: Fallenmonk | Tuesday, 01 July 2008 at 18:32
I would if there was any way of actually copying text in typepad as you compose a post! I have asked them twice to no avail.
Posted by: David Duff | Tuesday, 01 July 2008 at 19:04
Public knowledge of your stylistic brilliance (or should I say, incandescEnce?) have reached into the back hemisphere (if we assume the "front" hemisphere is where your study is situated - and why shouldn't we? And I so, so much feel your pain[c]!
For 3 (3 months ) I have been unable to retrieve the bulk of my photographs from a photo-hosting site Faces-dot-com. Here's the epistolary which I finally received from the customer service (that was a full-blown investigation, too, the search for a customer service e-mail):
Thanks for sending in your enquiry.[sic!]
Your message is correct that faces.com has been purchased by 3bill. Over the past few months, we've being continually developing a brand new version of the site. Our aim is to finalise our work which will see full functionality restored.
Please bear with us, your patience is appreciated.
Regards,
Nick Griffin
Symbios Group
My patience is appreciated, you see? That's gotta make it all better!
Posted by: Tatyana | Wednesday, 02 July 2008 at 01:00
Tatyana, I have confession to make. Until yesterday *you* were the only American girl in my life and my heart, mind, body and soul were entirely yours (well, except my belly which still belongs to the little 'Memsahib' who fills it so magnificently) but then Colleen (be still my beating heart!) wrote to me from Typepad-ville and explained how I could bypass the Typepad system and copy and paste text from the composition boxes. I think I may be in love!
Perhaps you feel the same way about Nick Griffin ...... er, take that as a 'NO', shall I?
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 02 July 2008 at 08:57
If Nick Griffin would have explained to me how I can bypass their inpenetratable barriers so I can retrieve my property - I might. But Nick Griffin's aim is not in pleasing me, it's in "finalising their work". So you guessed correctly.
And I'm, once again, completely shocked, shocked at the frailty of male attachment. And the prevalence of pedestrian materialism over a deep telepathic connection of souls! [as Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'Bouquet') would say]
Posted by: Tatyana | Wednesday, 02 July 2008 at 16:23
"the frailty of male attachment"
It's true, it's true - and I am ashamed!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 02 July 2008 at 22:25