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Subject: Re: (urth) Proposed Gene Wolfe Symposium From: Josh GellerDate: 28 Jul 2003 09:40:20 -0700 On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 08:52, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote: > I was going to say something about this and then forgot. > While I would very much like to be a part of something like this, and in > fact live in the right part of the world - the east bay to be semi-precise > -- in fact, my beloved Spousal Overunit went to hiskul in East San > Jose - I do not believe it likely to happen. For your information, I live in a three bedroom house with a big yard and garden in a very nice, very middle class, very quiet neighborhood. There are rough neighborhoods in East San Jose, some of them not too far away. Mine, however, is very quiet and peaceful. I am sorry. There really is no polite way to say 'fuck you, white boy'. I am ashamed. > My expectation is that, confronted with the suggestion of such a thing, Mr. > Wolfe is likely to regard it as the concoction of a gaggle of > hero-worshippin fanboys (and -girls), Thank you for your encouragement and support. > Still, if I'm totally wrong about this and you convince him, count me in. If this thing works at all, it will be done either on a first come, first served basis, or by a lottery. In either case you will have the same chance as everybody else to participate. . --