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Fri, 07 Nov 2003

Response to "Fan Mail Part 1"

I received the following mail from Lion Kimbro after I posted the first installment in this section:

Delivery-date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 13:24:27 -0800
Subject: Fan Mail Part 1
From: Lion Kimbro <lion@speakeasy.org>
To: Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@apocalypse.org>

Re: "Too bad you don't":

The quote goes something like this:

"Behind every successful man, there's a woman rolling her eyes."

-- 
http://speakeasy.org/~lion/   LionKimbro@jabber.org   Seattle, WA

I hadn't heard the proverb quoted in full before. Possibly the truth is too great for mankind [sic] to bear.

Marty has taken to snickering and misquoting Iain Cheyne as saying my article is "over 7000 pages of quality". Here's another proverb: A prophet is without honour in his own apartment complex.

Entered 23:07 [/personal/fan_mail] permalink

Tue, 04 Nov 2003

Fan Mail, Part 1

I've been meaning to start a couple of features on the blog: "Fan Mail" and "The Mail I Get".

Generally, considering the kind of stuff I publish on the Web, I get two kinds of email from strangers:

Kind, sweet, appreciative email from kind, sweet, appreciative people.
Email from people who strap on tinfoil beanies before they sit in front of their CRTs.

I will be blogging email of type #1 under "Fan Mail" for my personal aggrandisement. I will be blogging email of type #2 under "The Mail I Get" for general instruction and/or amusement. (I also get a third kind of email that either requests information from me (e.g. "Where can I buy the Codex Seraphinianus?", which I get about once a month) or points me toward some bit of information I might have missed. While I appreciate the latter and try to answer the former promptly, this mail is not of general interest.)

Today's bit of my inbox comes from a guy I would classify as a "URL" (Unknown in Real Life) -- that is, a net acquaintance I have never met face-to-face, but who would probably be a friend if I had a better opportunity to get to know him better.

Note that most email snippets I quote will have identifying information blotted out Victorian-style, as in "In the early hours of the 25th of the month of D-------, Mr. S---- C---- bellowed a great 'Ho ho ho!', laid a finger aside of his nose, and slipped down the chimney as quick as a w---." 2f4890bdc202d884fb04c428aaef9ca5

To which Marty, looking over my shoulder, merely snorted and said, "Too bad you don't."

Sniff.

Entered 13:30 [/personal/fan_mail] permalink

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Fri, 07 Nov 2003

Response to "Fan Mail Part 1"

Tue, 04 Nov 2003

Fan Mail, Part 1