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I Take No Prisoners

Apr 15, 2019
by Caroline Miller
Blogs, courtesy as a trap, subscribe and unsubscribe buttons, virtue as a curse
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Courtesy of google.com

Virtue isn’t always a blessing, no matter what the devout might think.  Take humility, for example.  That got me into trouble last week. I wrote a blog, tongue-in-cheek, about an email from my web designer.  She was seeking information about the site.  As she’d provided the design, I was amused and said so, never thinking she read my blogs.   

Next morning I found her reply.  Simply put, she wanted me to know my unsubscribe button didn’t work.  In the earlier blog, I’d crowed I didn’t take prisoners.  Apparently, I did.  I had.  The unsubscribe button hadn’t worked since 2012.

Egg on my face never feels comfortable.  The poor creature had been trapped on my page for 7 years?  Even soldiers on the battlefront are allowed occasional furloughs.  What’s more, I understood why this woman, about to move to Canada, might want to eliminate some baggage.  Full  of contrition,  I would have celebrated her launch with champagne, like a battleship, if possible.

The best I could do was apologize, then belly up to the nearest bar for a glass of warm beer as penance.    

Yet, neither stupidity nor ill-will was the reason for my insult. I blame humility.  How was I to guess a person with whom I’d done business years ago was still reading my blogs?  She was a prisoner of courtesy. I understand.  But 7 years…..?

I tell this story as a cautionary tale to anyone who might consider subscribing to this blog.  Thank you but no.  We’ve yet to  fix the unsubscribe button.  I’ll  announce when that happens.  

 

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

  • Ballet Noir
  • Trompe l’Oeil
  • Gothic Spring
  • Heart Land

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