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Thanks for the link...but don't tell the Chamber of Commerce
Category: Navel Gazing...
Posted Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 12:26 PM [GMT-6]

While the kind words and link from the Austin American-Statesman are more than appreciated, I'm not sure what to think about the labeling of the Gazette as an Odessa blog.

Well, that's not true; I know exactly what to think. They can place me in Orla for all I care...just as long as the URL is spelled correctly! ;-)

Update: Well, that was quick. The post title has been corrected and we're back in Midland. The self-correcting mechanism of the blogosphere continues to function smoothly...

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Heh heh. Nice endorsement, even if they missed headquarters by a few miles. And those Austinites probably don't even know that UT has a campus in Midland! ;-)

Chances are, if Lasso ever acknowledges a Lubbock blog he'll first call it an Amarillo blog.

Posted by: Rob at April 27, 2005 01:16 PM

Well, to his credit, he owned up to the mistake immediately and corrected it quickly. Try that with your local MSM outlet!

And, to be honest, I still get Lubbock and Amarillo confused. ;-)

[UT campus in Midland. Heh.]

Posted by: Eric at April 27, 2005 01:20 PM

I don't know, Eric. First it was NewsWest 9 and the Midland Reporter-Telegram. Now you're showing up in the Austin American Statesman?

You're going to lose all your credibility with your blogger pals, if you keep associating with us debauched harlots of the mainstream media!

Posted by: Jeff at April 27, 2005 02:15 PM

Jeff, I'm simply the innocent beneficiary of the world's longest string of slow news days. ;-)

Posted by: Eric at April 27, 2005 02:30 PM

Are you being ironic by calling it the Statesman-American?

Posted by: Scott Chaffin at April 27, 2005 02:32 PM

Why, Scott, I wouldn't know how to even begin to be ironic! ;-)

I guess I should fix that, now that they've corrected theirs.

Posted by: Eric at April 27, 2005 02:40 PM

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