I understand what you're saying and agree. But just for the record it wasn't intended as an apology. Rather, it was just a semi-humorous, realistic, maybe slightly self-deprecating observation. Kind of a "Joe Friday meets Rodney Dangerfield" kind of comment. Or whatever.

That's my personality: I try to be realistic and I try (albeit not always successfully) to not give myself any undue breaks, as it were. I find it helps to keep me honest. YMMV, of course, as we're all different.

However, in the future, I'll try to remember that it can be misinterpreted. Apparently my sometimes oblique sense of humor doesn't translate.