To speak it is to invoke it.

[plonq]

"Everything will be fine, unless <something vague and unlikely> happens - but what are the chances of that?"

Indeed.

This is like the time I was helping a friend work on a project, and at a critical time I said, "Well, we're in the clear now unless the power goes out..."

Cue power outage at that exact moment.  He blamed me ever after.

This time is similar, except that so far I'm the only one who has noticed, and I should be able to scrub the data before anybody notices and complains.  More annoying than serious.

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[typographer.livejournal.com]

You should learn to channel this power for good.

Or, if that doesn't work (I've never found a way to make my Weirdness Magnet power stop crime, save lives, et al, either) at least try not to use it for evil.

^_^

[plonq.livejournal.com]

On the plus side, it gave me an excuse to dabble in the source code again and make some pet changes I'd been kicking around. I've added a couple of features that I know they're going to ask for, but haven't asked yet.

Later when they come running to me in a panic, all I have to do is throw a toggle to enable those features (though I'll give them an assumed timeline, and make a big production of all the extra work they're demanding of me).