Coincidences and I told you so's

[pjthompson]

Item the first.

Kevin and I dined at the same place in Lyme Regis, but five years apart.

Item the second.

Today's horoscope from The Onion:

"You have no idea who the hell this Orwell guy was, but he sure screwed up when he didn't fill up that farm with hilarious monkeys."

(Okay, okay, so it was yesterday's horoscope, but I read it today, and it does go wonderfully well with today's random quote of the day.)

Item the third.

This is the reason I verify every quote, whether I get them from the net or quoted in books or wherever. This sort of thing happens all the time, albeit on a more modest scale. I've been nailed by this in the past myself. I've even found favored authors who have tampered with quotes in order to make them fit their books or stories more closely. The only time I don't verify quotes is when I've read the actual original source and excerpted it myself. Because most times, I've found, I can trust myself. Though not always.

And, yes, I'm obsessive, too.

Comments

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

oooh, now that's the sort of juicy scandle I like! I also like how poor, maligned Wiki caught it when respected journalists did not.

[pjthompson]

Yeah, isn't that something? Wiki still has fact checkers while most news media have considered those luxuries to be cut.

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Now if only there was a way to tell exactly where we each sat...

[pjthompson]

We were next to the western wall about midway in (not near the door, not near the back). :-)