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August 22, 2006

Perhaps they heard that I own every Joni Mitchell CD, and naturally assumed I was female

Snakes on a Sudoku gets mentioned in the daily edition of Publishers Weekly today. Unfortunately, their daily news clips seem to be utterly un-copyedited. Be on the lookout for the words "soduku" and "diagnolly", the movie title Snake on a Plane (perhaps they're thinking of another, much less exciting movie), and for the remarkable result of my recent sex-change operation.

(Update: As noted in the comments, my gender confusion has been alleviated. You can also scroll down to the bottom of the page for a picture of me and one of my coworkers handing out promotional copies of Snakes in front of the Union Square movie theater.)

Posted by Francis at 12:13 PM

Comments

Oh, that's funny! I didn't even finish reading the article before I came over here to see what you said about it.

It's very, very odd reading about someone you know with the genders switched. I can only imagine how odd it would be to read it about YOURSELF.

Posted by: Erin at August 22, 2006 12:29 PM

invented acronym? Maybe I'm reading incorrectly but SOAP appears to be the actual first letters of the words in the movie title.

Posted by: Charles at August 22, 2006 02:09 PM

Aw, man, they went and *fixed* it.

...and Charles, I was going to comment about the questionable term "invented acronym". Good show!

It's ridiculous that anything calling itself Publishers Weekly is un-copyedited.

As of 4:50, they fixed your gender, but not the other problems you mention, nor the baffling "so-stupid-its-funny".

Posted by: Lorinne at August 22, 2006 04:54 PM

Aw, now I feel sorry for that lonely little Snake on a Plane.

Posted by: RichM at August 22, 2006 08:17 PM

I thought they were confused enough being the Publisher's Weekly Daily.

Posted by: dave glasser at August 22, 2006 08:29 PM

Francis,
This whole thing is hilarious, and may the royalties continue to roll!
-Veronica

Posted by: Veronica at August 24, 2006 04:49 PM

Francis - I always knew you would amount to something! But seriously... You're still the smartest guy I used to know. I haven't seen you since our last performance of 'What the Butler Saw.' Do you live in NYC? Let's meet for a beer or coffee or a slab of soy bacon.

Posted by: Myles at August 27, 2006 11:09 AM