On Jul 31, 2011, at 11:32 PM, maskedzebra wrote: > > Dear Tom, > > You're hurting me, Tom. And I just have to say something. That accusation, > that my posts amount to little more than pages and pages of non-sequitors, > that kind of destroyed my confidence. > > Are you sure you meant to judge me this harshly? Because, as down as I am > because of your judgment of me (everyone somewhere believes in their bad > reviews more than they do in their good ones), I don't want to go so far as > from liking myself (my pre-Tom Pall era) to hating myself (where I am headed > now after reading your putdowns). > > You are restricting your criticism to my writing style and the coherence of > my arguments, correct? > > You were not being personal, as in: You are a loser, Robin. > > Because if it's deeper than this (more than just the way I write and argue), > then I think it only natural that I should take a serious inventory of > myself—and do my best to reach the same conclusions you have. > > No, Tom, I really think you have misjudged me, and I'd like an apology. > > By the way, is there something I could do which would take me out of the line > of your fire? > > I dearly would like to make an enemy a friend. > > You there, Tommy baby? > > Robin > > P.S. It's only because of you that I've "flamed out"—wouldn't you do the same > if someone took your measure as honestly as you have taken mine? > I just didn't know they could hate like this in Texas. Just know this, Tom: I > still love you. I know you are beautiful somewhere inside, no matter what. > We Canadians—you obviously don't know this about us—we tend to > overcompensate, because we are, as Marshall McLuhan said, the only country > that exists without an identity. Believe me, Tom, you've done me good. It's > just that I wouldn't want any of the readers at FFL to form the same opinion > of me (or my writing) as you have. > This, as you can understand, has got me worried. So I have written this > second personal letter to you in the hopes that my sincerity has won you over. > Is that too much to hope for, sweet man?
Yikes. This *is* satire, right Robin? At least some of it? Sal ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
