Wayne.B wrote:
On 22 Feb 2007 19:28:27 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

it's to kick around ideas
(not personalities) for discussion.

Thanks.

My personality has been kicked around enough already.

:-)

I don't have a personality. :)

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On 22 Feb 2007 19:28:27 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

it's to kick around ideas
(not personalities) for discussion.

Thanks.

My personality has been kicked around enough already.

:-)

I don't have a personality. :)


Hmmmm.

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:07:10 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

http://www.amazon.com/Asimov-Physics.../dp/0380418487

It's in my library - autographed no less. :)

Did I ever tell you the story of how I met him?

No, please do, one of my childhood heros just to show how geeked up I
was.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:07:10 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

http://www.amazon.com/Asimov-Physics.../dp/0380418487
It's in my library - autographed no less. :)

Did I ever tell you the story of how I met him?

No, please do, one of my childhood heros just to show how geeked up I
was.

Just to set the scene:

My Father was a good friend of Clifford Simak who he met through his
work at Hearst newspapers. At one time, he almost went with Simak to the
Minneapolis Tribune, but stayed in Milwaukee.

Anyway, we had moved east when the two newspapers merged in Milwaukee.
One day, when I was a junior in highschool, big time scifi geek, I came
home after baseball practice and there sitting in the living room with
some beer and munchies is my Dad, Clifford Simak and Issac Asimov. They
were both in town for some writing symposium at Boston University.

For probably the only time in my life, I was speechless. :) Two of my
scifi heros sitting right in my livingroom. One I already knew and had
talked to before, but man, THAT'S ISSAC ASIMOV!! :)

And I must add that he was very gracious and made me very comfortable as
I was obviously awed. And he spent some time talking to me about the
books and completely floored me when he asked about my interests, my
boat, sports...it was incredible.

Unfortunately, I had to leave for an AAU game and was only home to get
my uniform and grab a sandwich. And I also have a letter he wrote me
replying to a question I had about the Foundation series - framed.

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:17:08 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

For probably the only time in my life, I was speechless. :) Two of my
scifi heros sitting right in my livingroom. One I already knew and had
talked to before, but man, THAT'S ISSAC ASIMOV!! :)

Very cool.

Unfortunately he never had any compelling reason to visit my old home
town in the snowbelt of upstate NY. :-)