Much Anticipated New Years Email is Generating Usual Responses


"Good to hear from you! I'm lucky that I got your email... 28 more days
and my last name changes and so will my email ID" seems to be a typical response. In fact, one former 97b student wrote those very words.

Other favorites include "I really don't know who you are, unless you were that nerd in glasses I used to know from home school get togethers, but could you please remove my email address from your list?" (obviously this person did not read far enough to see that I am now an ATTORNEY. They would know that I am definitely cool now and someday will have much more money than many of my early precocious associates.

My personal favorite: "Mark Bigger, it's been a long time. Last time I saw you was when you first started to experiment with deodorant. How's that going for ya? It's been a long three years."

Then there's the response of the girl who had a crush on me in high school. Oh, that's right, there was no such girl. Sometimes my imaginary friends get really close to obtaining a social security card in my memory. Sorry for not sorting that out in advance.