Dear Dan, One thing that we will never be able to substitute with the written word is the full expression of meaning and emotion...my dear partner in life keeps reminding me is that what I say is only 10% of the message.
Media like this tends to make things come across more harshly, and we have to guess at the rest that would often soften the message, or, if we have had the good fortune of meeting someone, conjur up the rest from the memory of our experience of them. For what my sentiment is worth, I would like to reassure anyone that may have felt dissed by your reaction to being nominated that your humorous humility did not detract one iota from the fact that your thoughtful contributions over the last several years have been very helpful to the "cause" and are most deserving of our praise. On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 17:12, Daniel L. Johnson, MD wrote: > Dear All, > > I am privately informed that my email of last week was ill conceived, which is > correct. In trying to be humorously modest, I by implication may have derogated > whomever nominated me. A portion of the private correspondence follows. I > apologize. > > Dan > > > > Well, this is pretty complicated for a simple old goat, but > > > you are correct in that it can appear unseemly to decline a > > > compliment (as I keep reminding my wife when she puts out a > > > gourmet spread for company and while serving it explains that > > > it is not as it could be if only perfection had been attained). > > > > That was my point too <s> > > > > > > I was sincere in that I do feel that others have done so much > > > more than I, that my own contribution seems minuscule to me > > > and not worthy (to me) of a special award, though of course > > > the accolades feel wonderful. > > > > > > I do regret that my use of humorous (ironic) devices might > > > make someone feel dissed. Not intended. > -- Cheers, Joseph Joseph Dal Molin e-cology corporation www.e-cology.ca
