An Introduction...

Gwern Branwen · 16 Jun 2010, 01:06 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: gwern0 at gmail.com (Gwern Branwen)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:06:29 -0400
Subject: (urth) An Introduction...
In-Reply-To: <0F81537F-E385-40F5-9D31-355C316ABD9F at liftingfaces.com>
References: <0F81537F-E385-40F5-9D31-355C316ABD9F at liftingfaces.com>
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On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> My name is Ryan Dunn.
> I know many of you are long-time participants here on the urth.net mailing
> list. I am humbled by much of your prowess and breadth of knowledge on
> things both inside and out of Wolfe's Whorl.
> About me, briefly...
> I am a commercial film director living and working in New York City
> (www.ladies-gentlemen.tv). I recently moved from Barrington, IL, where I
> worked in Chicago for a cumulative 7 years.
> But perhaps the only real tidbit you might care to know about me at this
> point is that, while working in Chicago,?I was fortunate enough to have
> lived five doors down from Mr. Wolfe himself, and have found him to be one
> of the kindest neighbors a man and his family could ask for. Having watched
> him walk his dogs (first Calamity Jane and then Bobby) on a daily basis, we
> formed a very passing, but endearing relationship.

And you only tell us now, in a letter?

Villainous! Surely you are the inspiration for Bax.

-- 
gwern

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