Email snafus

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My techno friends know that I can put my foot in my virtual mouth faster than anyone in cyberspace. My email fiascoes are both numerous and embarrassing; I refuse to recount them here. Usually, my curiosity, combined with uber-impulsivity, is what sets me up for humiliation. Such was the case this morning. I was playing around with Twitter, a new quirky tool for me, and saw that I could use my gmail address book to automatically search for friends to follow. Instead of selecting to search, I had actually requested to follow everyone in my gmail address book (luckily, not as many as in my primary email account!)...business and school associates, in addition to family and friends. I was horrified to discover what I had done, but too embarrassed to send a follow-up email explaining my mistake. So, now random people are probably scratching their heads and wondering why-the-heck I am asking to twitter (follow) them around the Internet. But as my father once advised me, after one foot is in your mouth, don't put the other one in with it. I don't even want to know who got the email. Geeeeeee!