Comment by Janissary

November 8, 2007 @ 12:09 am

Eman,

Have you a “Before” picture of this? It would add to the visceral impact.

I’m overrun with sociopathic teens, exhausted every night, busy weekends helping my 17 year-old, bi-polar German mentoree through his last year of high school. (Life could always be worse, my dear: you could have had his mother. ) Oh, and I’m out of decent cognac. (No, I don’t expect you do anything about that last.)

I do owe you a long email. This weekend. Promise.

Trust you, Adam and MMM are well and reasonably happy.

Cheers.

Oh. My old chum, the Dark Lord of Homeland Security, has been forced into retirement. (Me, they’d have just shot.) Not good for any of us.

Stand fast.

Comment by Eman

November 9, 2007 @ 3:45 pm

Hi there,
thanks a lot for your comment. Unfortunately I couldn’t get my hands on a pic showing the area before the awful destruction!

Oh, come on, you owe me nothing, it’s me who should be sending you an email.
God! you were absolutely right, this age is the worst ever, just as you described to me once, on how babies start to throw themselves, and break everything they get their hand on and all that jazz!

Anyway, just to let you know, after the extremely busy month of Ramadan and Eid, I finally got around proofreading the rest of your book, and wow double the suspense will let you know when I’m done, hope it wont take forever with this little devil Adam

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Comment by Janissary

November 11, 2007 @ 2:39 am

God! you were absolutely right, this age is the worst ever, just as you described to me once, on how babies start to throw themselves, and break everything they get their hand on and all that jazz!
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Locally, we call it “The Terrible Twos,” but in a precocious child like Adam, it can start much earlier. Once they attain two-legged mobility…faster than lightening! I have stories. I will share.

Don’t be silly–you’re on my “A” list of favorite correspondents. I’ll send you a real email tomorrow. My former student (see above) is in a psychological tailspin–the dimensions of his personal hell continue to grow. Like watching someone slowly sink into quicksand and you’ve nothing to pull him back with.

You know, I’d take up drinking, but sadly I exhausted that as a fresh option years ago.

Thank you for hanging in there with the book. Will have time at the two-week Christmas break to add your changes and try marketing it again. Or at last start the latter. This time I’ll have the brains to use a pseudonym.

Comment by Pedro Nuno Teixeira Santos

November 11, 2007 @ 6:06 pm

No racional reason can justify such an action…trees don’t interfere with security reasons!

Comment by Eman

November 13, 2007 @ 9:59 am

Janissary,
lol, I just love the way you write, you have this amazing ability to make the most serious problems sound funny! that’s the spirit.
Thanks for the email, will read it soon.
You hang on too, your work is not easy and you should have some time to yourself, relax, enjoy yourself, have fun. So use the holidays for that!
Will write you soon, hopefully

Pedro, I’m so glad you’ve written about this topic in your own language, such awful acts should be pointed out because environmental threats do affect the whole globe.
Thanks again!