December 2005: Quoting Emily Groves:
Only just came across this article about the collectibles "Giles" action
figure. I find it ironic that in an article characterising viewers of
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as "people who can't read without putting
their feet on the table and wouldn't know a library if they were chained
to it", you manage to misspell "insipid".
I am a librarian and an enthusiastic reader, yet I am not so high in the
instep as to find no pleasure in "Buffy". It is what I would call "good
trash". Certainly, if I were going to criticise it "insipid" would be
the last word that would spring to mind. Are you sure you know what it
means?
Sincerely,
The Teak Lipstick Fiend
Dear, dear Emily,
It's been quite a while since I received any correspondence of the tone
such as yours! Many, many thanks for this, as it helps me stay in touch with the
true feelings of the readers of Warrior Librarian.
Also, my gratitude for pointing out the spelling error that occurred back
in February last year. It is indeed a crime against humanity! Nay, an
outrage!!! A violation, certainly, of the accepted mores of spelling
convention. Some may even label it as an atrocity. But these would be people who have manifestly lost perspective; and haven't had a really sincere Group Hug for absolutely ages.
In my defence I can only cite the fact that I write all of Warrior
Librarian directly into code without the assistance of a HTML editor, and thus no automated spell-checking is possible. I'm sure that someone such as
yourself would indeed understand the pitfalls that this process entails.
It is therefore lucky that I have a venerable proof-reader who takes care
of these issues for me. I will forward a copy of this email for her
immediate embarrassment, prior to sending a few hairy-knuckled types to her home in the middle of the night to push over her letterbox. Do you think this would
be sufficient punishment?
On a related note, I have clearly offended you by having different
viewing tastes in relation to television shows. Yes, I admit I found "Buffy"
insipid. Or, if you prefer, anaemic, arid, banal, beige, blah, bland,
characterless, colorless, commonplace, dead, drab, drivelling, dry, dullsville, feeble, flat, inane, innocuous, lifeless, limp, loser, mild, milk-and-water,
mundane, namby-pamby, nebbish, nothing, nowhere, ordinary, plain, pointless,
slight, soft, spiritless, stale, stupid, subdued, tame, tedious, tenuous, thin,
tired, trite, unimaginative, vapid, watery, weak, weariful, and wearisome. I
hope that you will find my grasp of the meaning of the word "insipid"
satisfactory?
Please do let me know if you believe I have misused the word "insipid".
After all, none of us is so smart that they can't learn something new!
The only mystery that remains (at least for me) is why you have signed
yourself as the Teak Lipstick Fiend.
More than sincerely - in fact, candidly, deeply, earnestly, frankly,
genuinely, ingenuously, naturally, profoundly, really, truly, truthfully,
wholeheartedly, and without equivocation,
Amanda Credaro
AKA Biblia, the Warrior Librarian
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