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What did The Crimson have to say for itself? A bureaucratic mix-up, of course...
...Schleier-Smith insists Tagged is trying to control the damage. "At the moment, all invitation e-mails are stopped while we change the product to prevent confusion," he says. If the mix-up was really a mistake, give Tagged credit for apologizing. But I've been burned, so here's my advice: If you get any kind of message from Tagged, delete it. Avoid the site altogether. If you want "social discovery," sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace work perfectly fine.(See 10 Ways Twitter Will Change American Business...
...would seem to be one of those disastrous "unexpected illnesses" that Pat thought he was insuring himself against. But apparently he was wrong. When my mother, panicked, called to tell me that the insurance company was refusing to pay Pat's claims, I told her not to worry; bureaucratic mix-up, I assumed. I said I'd take care of it, bringing to bear my 15 years of experience covering health policy, sitting through endless congressional hearings on the subject and even moderating a presidential candidates' forum on the issue...
...willing to hand over the keys to the castle, we can talk.College Boxes: We thought this was an opportunity to write a screenplay for a pornographic film, but it actually was just an inept storage company.Freeze College Magazine: Dear FCM, we’re sorry about the mix-up. That application was supposed to go to Diamond Magazine. We know you’re much more interested in “what’s in this winter” than pictures of our dicks.Harvard Medieval Review: In our scholarly opinion, you guys have some really trenchant material and observations...
...Trailer King" or, more generally, "that movie voice-over guy," self-dubbed voice actor Don LaFontaine narrated more than 5,000 movie trailers and other promotions in his nearly 50-year career. Originally an audio engineer and editor, LaFontaine got his start behind the mike because of a scheduling mix-up. Soon he was recording voice-overs full time--as many as 60 a week--and narrating teasers for films from The Godfather to Home Alone to Terminator 2. LaFontaine died of complications from a long-term illness...