Hi Jay,

Jay Dixit <dixit@aya.yale.edu> writes:

> Here's my org-publish configuration. I believe it comes from a
> tutorial you put up somewhere.

(Yes, from here: http://bzg.fr/blogging-from-emacs.html)

I suspect the problem comes from smex.el -- did you load it?
http://ergoemacs.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/packages/smex.el

Can you try removing this and see if you can publish?

Thanks,

--
 Bastien