At 3:12 AM -0400 8/6/96, Lucky Green wrote:

Robert, you *really* need to cut back on that Ritalin. No, not just `one more'. Put it *away*. Now!

;-)

*Now* I've gone and done it. In private e-mail, I've gotten things back like "You're outta control, man.", and "....Boom... My brain exploded. Summarize please." Usually, I get *nice* letters in my e-mail box after one of these things... Serves me right. On a second(!) read, it looks more like I didn't take *enough* ritalin. Might have focused things down a *lot*... That's what I get for trying out the May Method of rant-writing (i.e., fire 'em and forget 'em...). *Not* blaming May, of course, I'm just not *that* smart. ;-). I mean, Heinlien never drafted his short stories, either. :-). Yes, I know, Tim, You *Knew* Robert Anson Heinlien, and... Anyway, next time, I'll let it compost a bit, like the other e$ rants I do. On this one, I just sort of sat down, and, Flow, Vesuvius!, out comes a rant, 6 hours later. One Command-E, and out it goes. Now, of course, I'm reminded more of the time I played "Pinata" with the wasp nest... Sorry, folks. I'll be more considerate of your time on the next one. Promise. Oh. In Re the "Hunter Thompson" stuff. I *did* read too much Thompson -- and Tom Wolfe, and lots of other people -- and frankly, unless I'm writing something nice, dry, and pithy, which I can't do *all* the time, I can't stop now. You are what you read too much of. I'm kind of, well, twisted, that way, I guess. Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "'Bart Bucks' are not legal tender." -- Punishment, 100 times on a chalkboard, for Bart Simpson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/