Just woke up from a 5-hour nap but didn’t feel recovered at all from extreme lethargy due to PMS, didn’t spot that the baby was 4.5 months early or pick up the general tone of the blog, misread the word “obituary” as “orbitary” from a protected link…
If it weren’t for the 3 comments before me, I would have completely not noticed and written a congratulations comment.
A very close one. I almost offended a whole family and more…
Vickie Diablos is an unemployable bum allegedly qualified to work in the health field, a hardcore gamer geek and a socially awkward logic and science nerd. She thought keeping a "cool blog" would make her a cool person. Alas. 
Grax
22 Aug 2007
9:51 pm
Erm… What?
Vickie
22 Aug 2007
10:22 pm
Hmm, the post probably does need a bit of annotation for those who may have arrived here in a similar mental state.
Basically, I went to a blog of a woman who said she just had a baby girl that was 4.5 months early. She went on and described the physical appearance of the baby. At the end of the short entry, there was a non-clickable URL with the word “obituary” in it, which I misread as “orbitary” thinking it was some sort of obscure username for an online photo album… which was a password-protected site when I tried to visit the link.
I almost didn’t notice that the woman in fact lost her baby, and almost posted a congratulations comment on her blog.
Yes, yay for almosts…
Miranda
22 Aug 2007
9:53 pm
Key word here, I believe, would be “almost”
There’s a bright side to close to everything, right?
For some reason this reminds me of a typo I made once, trying to say “public relations” and left the ‘l’ out of “public” … oi.
Yeah, yay for almosts
Holly
23 Aug 2007
12:40 am
Oh I get like that way too often. PMS is a kicker for me, to say the least, and pain medication doesn’t seem to be able to do anything for me. As for sleep, I sleep so sporadically that it kills my internal clock. I’m up all night and most of the morning, and then dead to the world all day. It’s been like that for a while, but I’ve always seemed to be able to get myself out of it, but not these days. Maybe it has something to do with summer. Good luck!
Nicolah
23 Aug 2007
4:31 am
Wow that’s incredibly sad.
Kendra
23 Aug 2007
9:07 am
Haha, thanks for your very nice comment. It made me laugh.
Oh my gosh… that would have been a scandal. I would feel so bad if I found out after I actually commented.
Peloria-Kim
23 Aug 2007
6:27 pm
Oh no! Well at least the mistake was caught!
Kris
24 Aug 2007
9:16 am
I hate being lethargic. And I know how it is to take a nap during that time and wake up still groggy, bleh!
Cris
25 Aug 2007
4:31 am
Yikes… if you did congratulate them, that would’ve had a sour ending.
You might’ve even ended up getting seriously flamed or a ton of hatemails.
They may have NEVER spoken to you again.
Good thing for previous comments.
They might’ve thought you were being SARCASTIC, at the worst moment.
Well yeah.
Yikes.
Julie
25 Aug 2007
9:25 am
Whoo that would not have been good. Good thing for previous commentors. I too like to scan previous comments to make sure I got the right gist of a blog. Makes a lot of sense really. I hope you get some more relaxing rest soon.
Kendra
25 Aug 2007
10:18 am
Hi Vickie (again)… I already commented on this blog post, but I’ll write again for Despair. Your layout is awesome, and I love how the character seems to be jumping out of the screen.
Sean
25 Aug 2007
5:32 pm
That would have sucked if you didn’t catch it. I’m glad you did though, otherwise it would have been offensive and embarrassing.
Nan
27 Aug 2007
12:31 am
I feel bad for the family and I am really happy you noticed the mistake before you posted your comment at her website.
pops
27 Aug 2007
6:32 pm
Thanks for commenting Vickie! Yes, I believe mum taught you a few years ago at BH. What a coincidence! Hope you’re having fun in Sydney – when do you finish your degree?
Melissa
8 Oct 2007
10:29 pm
Oh, I’ve very nearly done things like that before…at least you caught your mistake before you hit submit!