MY RESPONSES IN BOLD:

>I'll lose this one. Does mention of my work on TV

AS WHAT? YOU OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T READ THE CUNE WRITE-UP. MY FATHER WAS A PRODUCER/DIRECTOR IN TV AND FILM FOR 30 ODD YEARS (UM, CAN SCIENTISTS DEAL WITH INEXACTITUDES ASIDE FROM THE MOST OBVIOUS, INFINITY?)

MY MOTHER WAS AN ACTRESS.

and newspapers count?

I WRITE THE COLUMNS IN WHICH YOU GET MENTIONED.

> How about lectures at local
elementary schools?

DON'T MAKE ME SNORT MY TEA. I DID A BIT OF THAT IN MY OLD COLLEGE-TEACHING DAYS. HO HUM.

> Mention on Nature's cover?

JUST MENTION? NO DAZZLING PHOTO IN WHICH YOUR EYES MATCH THE COLOR OF YOUR SHIRT??

>Why do we need dictionaries for this?

SO YOU CAN LOOK UP THE LONGER WORDS, THILLY!

>Can I get the autographed book by conceding?

ONLY IF YOU PROMISE TO READ IT. YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD JOUSTING PARTNER, UNLIKE A CERTAIN EX-MEMBER WHO WOULD RATHER GO ON A DATE WITH LORENA BOBBITT THAN CONCEDE *ANYTHING.*

CLASSY MOVE ON YOUR PART, I MUST SAY.
LET ME KNOW WHAT ADDRESS TO SEND IT TO.

THE SPOUSE AND I HAVE "STEELY DAN" TICKETS FOR TONIGHT. IF I DON'T GET SOME SLEEP, I WILL BE A MOSQUITO-BITTEN CODE 2 BY THE TIME THE CONCERT ENDS.

SO G'NIGHT.

Cathryn (zzzzzzzzz...)