No I'm not that Ellen Goodman, although everyone asks me. She's 26 years older than me and Goodman is her ex-husband's last name, so I had the name first. Although especially when I lived in Brookline, MA I used to receive her email, phone calls, and regular mail. Favorite anecdote-I was in a bookstore outlet once and I came across a collection of her columns which I bought for $5 or something (still have it) so I went to the cashier and gave her my credit card. She looked at it and looked at the author of the book and said, "you're the author!" I replied that sadly I was not, and if I was I probably wouldn't have to buy my own book years after it was written from the bargain bin. Just a hunch. No I don't know PtheP or Gene personally (I should be so lucky). I was commenting on PtheP's appearance from the pix and Gene's insistence on the anonymity of the Czar and Empress from his columns and chats. He said several times that he has slept with the Czar's wife, aka the czarina.
--- In [email protected], "Randy Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Submitted a dozen times a couple of years ago, but got disillusioned > when I only got ink a couple of times. > > > > Decided to really go for it starting his spring, & have had better > luck/success. Now I'm addicted. > > > > Have only been to 2 events - the most recent Flushies & an impromptu > LoserLunch. Am in just 1 photo in the Flushies. > > > > Very funny people in that group. I'd say most (like me) are more on the > quiet side, & funny only on paper after several rewrites. But there are > a few (Steve Dudzik, Kyle Hendrickson, Dave Zarrow) who are so quick on > their feet that it's an absolute riot going to those events. > > > > The Empress is terrific in person. And I dunno how she does it - puts > the SI together all on her own just 2 days a week (the other 3 days > she's a copy editor for "Style"). Had 20,000 entries to comb through a > coupla weeks back. > > > > Ellen, are you *this* Ellen Goodman - she of the Boston Globe & the > Pulitzer Prize for commentary? > > > > http://www.postwritersgroup.com/goodman.htm. > > > > If so, wow. > > > > I take it you know Gene & Pat personally? > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julie > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 1:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [wc] Style Invitational > > > > Randy is a big-time loser. I see his name in there several times each > week. > > On 8/2/07, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Are you a SI loser too? Are you in some of the pix, or were you at > some of the events but not actually in the pix? There are a lot of > pix so I didn't look at all of them. Out of respect for Gene I was > just going along with the "joke" or secret or whatever it is. But > PtheP is obviously much more blase about the whole thing. When Gene > said he slept with the Czarina (or sleeps with her on a regular basis) > that pretty much removed all doubt. If you think he's busy now imagine > how time consuming the Invitational is! I think it would be a great > job but you have to be pretty meticulous to go through all those > entries and then make a subjective decision with objective criteria. > Or something like that. PtheP is beautiful IMO by the way. > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:weingartenchatters%40yahoogroups.com> , "Randy Lee" > <Randy.Lee@> > wrote: > > > > Pretty much an open secret that the E and PtheP are the same person (a > > la the Czar & GW - who's also in some of the pix at the "Czarty" they > > threw for him). > > > > > > > > If you enter the SI by sending an e-mail to losers@, you get > > back an automated response with Pat Myers's name and e-mail address > > (myersp@) in the autosig. >
