what are the flushies?
--- In [email protected], "Randy Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> Submitted a dozen times a couple of years ago, but got disillusioned
> when I only got ink a couple of times.
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> Decided to really go for it starting his spring, & have had better
> luck/success. Now I'm addicted.
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> Have only been to 2 events - the most recent Flushies & an impromptu
> LoserLunch. Am in just 1 photo in the Flushies.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Ellen, are you *this* Ellen Goodman - she of the Boston Globe & the
> Pulitzer Prize for commentary?
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> http://www.postwritersgroup.com/goodman.htm.
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> If so, wow.
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> I take it you know Gene & Pat personally?
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> ________________________________
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> 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
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> Randy is a big-time loser. I see his name in there several times each
> week.
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> On 8/2/07, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:
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> 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.
>
