note of concern

E-mail from friend, promptly posted here:

dearest friend,

i am charmed by your weblog.  i check in regularly to see 

what's going on in the life of one of my dearest and truest friends.  i 

concur with jan that it's like getting a little bit of jeremy every day.  but 

i also feel that i would be remiss in my duties as friend if i did not inquire 

about your well-being.  you see, i have a number of concerns.

1.  i fear you are about to be [colorful expletive deleted] by one 

    international swindler

2.  you're giving your telephone number out to strangers. (the one you're

    keeping, even, rather than the one you're soon to be done with.)

3.  i think you're making up relatives.

4.  you seem to spend an awful lot of time out of everyday blogging.

i suspect you would be best served by disconnecting yourself from the

internet altogether.  if that sounds a little extreme... why don't you try

taking a little break from the blog just to see what happens.

Update: The above message draws an almost immediate complaint from Constance:

-----Original Message-----

From: Constance Hawkins [mailto:(deleted)] 

Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:35 PM

To: jfreese@ssc.wisc.edu

Subject: 

Jeremy,

As you know, the orphans and I regularly check your blog.  

We were shocked to see that someone actually believes that you 

have sewn us together from a cloth of lies.  The children were quite 

upset by this and I have spent the last few minutes singing them 

lullabies while Agnes doses them with warm milk.  I do hope we 

manage to get them to sleep.

Brother, are you ashamed of me?  I know I am only your half sister, 

but surely you have told those you count among your friends about 

my existence!

I am a little distraught, but still willing to help you and Mr. 

Mongosutu any way that I can.

Constance