[Vision2020] A Herd of Ednas

[Joan Opyr]

>Note the difference if you haven't already:
>
>edwilming@yahoo.com
>
>vs.
>
>ednawilmgtn@yahoo.com

Oh, dear.  First we had Edna pretending to be Edna, and now we have Edna 
pretending to be Edna pretending to be Edna.  By my count, that's one Faux 
Edna and one Faux Edna Manque.

I don't know about you, but what with this multiplicity of Ednas, plus the 
arrival of Nancy Drew, Jane Marple, and Joe Hardy, not to mention Scott's 
appearance as Ace Ventura, I feel as if I'm guesting on a rerun of The Love 
Boat.  Perhaps we should ask Isaac the bartender to drop some lithium into 
the Chex mix.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment

PS: On every list to which I've ever subscribed, whether I actively 
participated or merely lurked, discussions about splitting said list arose 
like clockwork.  This debate is a standard feature of Internet chat, and 
prompted, I think, because the web is far more open than your local coffee 
klatch.  The Internet forces us to communicate with many who are outside of 
our sphere, people we might bump into in Tidyman's but with whom we have 
little in common.

To give you an example, once upon a time, Doug Wilson sat at the table next 
to me in Applebees.  (I recognized him from his newspaper photos.)  I did 
not march up and introduce myself, and I also refrained from making 
inquiries into the size of his ego.  Of course, I was tempted to ask if it 
was tucked safely into his chinos, or if its expansion required a jersey 
knit track suit, but I restrained myself.  Why?  Well, perhaps it was 
because I wanted to keep my blooming onion all to myself, but really I think 
it was because he was there with his friends, and I was there with mine.  
While it might be interesting to invite Marilyn Manson and the Amish to the 
same party, it would tax my social skills to host it.

Hence, I love this list.  As it is.  This is the sort of party where you can 
always safely duck out into the kitchen.  Maybe someone, somewhere, should 
create a Moscow announcements only list.  I wouldn't give a bugger about it, 
but if that would float the boat for some of you, I say, "Yeee-haaa," and 
what's more, I say it *exactly* like Howard Dean.

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