Fellow members of our Marvelous Gaggle of Geeks:
I have been selling ...or trying to sell, in some cases...various items on
Ebay. I've raised a bit of money, and, to be frank, I was going to put it
towards a 3D television (a cheap one, but....hey, I became addicted to 3D when
i saw HOUSE OF WAX back in the late Fifties.)
Well...I believe it was Woody Allen who said , "Want to make God laugh? Tell
Him your plans." I knew that this would probably be my mother-in-law's last
Christmas. She has colon cancer, and is refusing all treatment: no chemo, no
radiation, nothing except an occasional Vicodin. "I'm 88", she told me at
Thanksgiving, "and I want to go out with some quality of life and my family
with me." We we were prepared for that, but now it turns out that the
healthiest, most ass-kicking person i know, my sister-in-law Jan, has Stage
Four lung cancer. She is responding well to some amazing alternative therapy
(it's called I.P.T. ;it's chemo that doesn't make you sick or lose your hair.
They are working on BUILDING her immune system instead of nuking it or
poisoning it. She may have a chance: she looks much better. I love her so much
and her bravery inspires me every day. My wife is being such a trooper...
I have a bit of money in my Ebay account: not a lot, but I know my
sister-in-law could use it. (She just retired from 30 years as a dispatcher at
the Sheriff's office in Truckee.) That stupid TV can wait.
I didn't write this letter to try to get you guys to bid on my stuff:
I've done enough of that this last couple of weeks. ("FA"; "FA"; "FA", ad
infinitum...) I just wanted to vent some of my shame at being such a greedy,
materialistic dick while people I love and who have been so kind to me are
dying or very sick.
AND!!!!!I also want to thank some of the MOPO members who tried to
help me sell my beloved S2 Karloff MUMMY stone litho recreation. Your notes to
the group were small but heartwarmingly selfless acts that made me proud to be
a part of you. Toochis....you are a gem. (Toochis wrote to me saying she would
bow out of the sale as she thought I could get more for the poster
than her final bid price. that was still during the "I wanna-gimme my 3d TV"
plan. (I shoulda gone for your priginal offer, Toochis, but....what was i
saying about being a "greedy, materialistic dick"? You ladies and gentleman,
supposedly my 'competition", tried to help me sell my item. I have met Tom
Martin...who is as delightful as you would expect....but I have not met any of
the rest of you and yet i consider you dear friends. Thank you for cheering me
up during a difficult time. This is what Christmas is truly about. I hope to do
so someday. My household bills were taken care of for the next couple of months
by a surprise royalty check, so i can do something nice for my wife's little
sister.
So....sigh... I'll still be listing stuff, including that goddamned MUMMY
poster, but with a much larger heart and the feeling that i have people who
care about me out there, You're a good bunch of geeks. Love and Merry Christmas
to you all,
Greg Douglass
PS-Lest I get the reputation of being TOO warm & fuzzy, after a bit of research
into the life of Charles Dickens I understand that Tiny Tim f**ked his leg up
playing chicken with a horse-driven carriage after drinking a combination of
mead, opium, and goat urine. You'd think Scrooge would be able to see through
THAT scam!!! Well, we all make mistakes. You guys made this holiday a special
one in significant, tiny ways for this collector.. Now light a fire and drink
some egg-nog.
Love to one & all,
Greg Douglass
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