David,
That was really nice of you! I love that documentary! I love to listen to documentaries and interviews when I work and that is probably my favorite recent interveiw/documentary. I've seen it four times so far (try to catch it whenever it is on tv) but now I have all the extra minutes and extra features from the DVD that I can't wait to check out!
Thank you very much. It is a great gift!
I'm glad that I will see you in Dallas in November.
Best,
David
: * Your name (first name only, if that's all you'd like to
: disclose)
: David Thornton
: * What you do for a living (you don't have to name your
: employer if you don't want)
: I'm an accountant who sometimes serves as a research
: assistant, tech support, contract reviewer -
: essentially, a little of everything since I work for a
: small business
: * Any hobbies other than comics (we all know you like
: comics or else you wouldn't be posting here)
: Collecting DVDs, designing web sites, writing bad slogans
: * Married, single?
: Single.
: Semi-related, dreary story: during the summer between my
: junior and senior year in college, I worked at a law
: firm as a gopher ("Go for this," "Go
: get that," etc. - wearing a costume was not
: required). The firm specialized in bankruptcy and
: divorce (usually in that order for many of their
: clients), and some of the lawyers shared a number of
: pretty interesting stories. However, one chilled me to
: the bone.
: After a client was divorced, the opposing spouse who lost
: the case, burst into the office, fired two rounds at
: the lawyer and was shot by a security guard.
: "He died right where you are standing," said
: the lawyer who was telling me the story. Instictively,
: I stepped to the side and stared at the floor, which
: did not have even the smallest of stains. After I was
: told that the carpet was replaced after the incident,
: he pulled a picture off the wall and pointed to some
: bullet holes. "The funny thing is that he shot a
: picture of my ex-wife - right through her head!"
: he added with a laugh.
: I don't know if the vibes at the law office damaged me in
: some way, but I hold no hopes about finding a woman
: who will love me.
: * Anything else cool that you'd like to share about
: yourself
: Run the top-rated G.I.Joe news site according Google.com;
: try to learn something new about web site design every
: day; wrote a 587 single-spaced page letter/story to my
: best friend (who I met in London) while I was in
: college; and I frequently have two-minute long
: conversations with my mother's cat (but I have no idea
: what I'm saying when I say "meow").