Re: And now for something completely different . . . .

  • From: Lara Plate <platell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: comptesol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 08:50:40 -0400 (EDT)

Hey, Andrea and Don,

Dave and I were just talking about and wondering if you guys want to brunch on 
Sunday.

And good job, by the way, keeping it all under wraps. Now that Dave and I know 
you can keep secrets like Fort Knox can keep dinero, we'll tell you all sorts 
of secrets :)

-Lara

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:45:23 -0400
>From: "andrea wynn" <wynn72@xxxxxxxxxxx>  
>Subject: Re: And now for something completely different . . . .  
>To: comptesol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>   Yeah, I realized after I clicked send that a while
>   back I was in some Freudian way, trying to let the
>   cat out of the bag by saying something like, "Dave,
>   tell them all how your search is going." and Amy (or
>   anyone else needing body disposal services) even
>   though Don and I kept our mouths shut (or our
>   fingers still) for the most part, it's still Dave
>   and Lara you should trust. I don't think either one
>   of us knows how to keep a secret for long--Don will
>   tell his mama and I'll tell Don :)
>
>   Cangrats, D-n-L! I'm sorry you're getting married on
>   the same day LU is finally graduating my sister.
>   Maybe the two of you would like to forgo the
>   reception and come to my post-grad kegger for Leanna
>   (Just joking--I think--about the keg, I just though
>   it would make it sound more down-home country, yee
>   haw)
>
>   But I'd also like to open my house for anybody
>   coming down--I've got one spare bed, a futon and a
>   pretty comfy sofa (the latter two are thanks
>   to Chris) and I'd love to have wedding company.
>
>   I gues now I can ask you VA crew on ine when we're
>   gonna do brunch again? I need to report soon on my
>   diss progress (don't worry, that part won't take
>   long, and we can get right back to gossiping and
>   planning a wedding!)
>
>   Andrea 
>
>     ------------------------------------------------
>
>     From:  "David Ray Golden" <d.r.golden@xxxxxxx>
>     Reply-To:  comptesol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     To:  comptesol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Subject:  Re: And now for something completely
>     different . . . .
>     Date:  Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:30:27 -0400
>     >Hey, all.
>     >
>     >Thanks for the many congrats and the warm
>     wishes.  Lara and I are
>     >just all kinds of happy inside. :)  Life is
>     great!
>     >
>     >Now I can pass on to you all something you might
>     be interested in
>     >hearing.  I'm finishing up my current contract
>     with Casper College
>     >via an all distance ed schedule this semester,
>     but of course I've
>     >been looking for jobs here in Virginia.
>     >
>     >While full-time, continuing college gigs are
>     always hard to come by,
>     >I can say that the ol' almost-PhD in Comp, as
>     well as the fact that
>     >I'm getting from IUP, has gotten a very positive
>     response when I've
>     >met with folks around here.  The comp-focus is
>     pretty attractive,
>     >and those who are familiar with IUP's program
>     have a good impression
>     >of it.
>     >
>     >Unsolicited, I walked in off the street at a
>     number of schools
>     >here--including a couple of pretty good ones--and
>     could have had at
>     >least full-time adjunct work for next year.  I'm
>     holding out for
>     >long-term and benefits, which may mean I teach
>     high school for a
>     >while, but my impression is that it's just a
>     matter of time until I
>     >have (again) a secure position at the college or
>     university level.
>     >
>     >So, am I just blowing my own horn here?  Nope,
>     the point is that we
>     >should all be encouraged to be in the program
>     we're in.  It is
>     >definitely the path to happiness, fame, and
>     wealth.  For some of us,
>     >it even leads to true love. :)
>     >
>     >Now, back to my favorite topic: Lara and I are
>     getting married!
>     >Whoo-hoo!  Have  I mentioned that her kids are
>     awesome and I'm
>     >totally in love with them, too?  (But in a cool,
>     step-dad kind of
>     >way--nothing Michael Jackson-ish.  Icky.)
>     >
>     >Later,
>     >DAVE
>     >

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