Welcome to The Big Jewel, where we are so busy answering our mail that we have no time to finish this sentence...Dan Shea is busy licking envelopes, too. His correspondence with a bewildering variety of entities and humanoids is of such high literary quality that it practically begs to be collected after his death -- which, if we are any judge of how the recipients may respond to these letters, could come any day now: My Written Responses To A Typical Thursday's Postal Mail By Dan Shea To Jeremy F. Steinberg, Senior VP Marketing, Citicorp Trust Bank Dear Jer, First off, let me apologize for not writing back sooner. I assure you, the fact that you sent the same exact letter twice in as many weeks (even down to the nuances of your signature, you fiend for details, you!) is a hint not wasted on the likes of me. That being said, I feel I must mention that most people -- those not so in tune with our unique brand of instant camaraderie and fraternal ribbing -- might find such an act to be a bit pushy and impersonal. Not that you have to worry about me, my good new friend. No, sir! I naturally got the gist and chortled until I could find a pen!... For the full article please visit http://www.thebigjewel.com To unsubscribe from The Big Jewel's Hilarious Weekly Email please send an email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to neilpasricha@xxxxxxxxx