I knew I could count on you, Steve. --Doug
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > More than you might expect, I expect... perhaps only due to the > small-world phenomenon. > > > > I, myself have a special love for pre-loved and oddly re-purposed > vehicles. Ms. > Agnes<http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DpYuaopxosQ/St46-Bw4a7I/AAAAAAAAAY0/2_zFmVyXd5c/s1600-h/rollsroyce1.jpg>is > one of my favorites. And the gypsy in me can't resist the live-aboard > houseboat deal. And his reference to "taking my retirement in installments" > is class in my book. > > I also have a special love for novels named by themes, and colors are more > fun than most IMO. How can a synaesthete not be taken in by a title like > "The Deep Blue Goodbye". > > In the 70's I was an (un)licensed private investigator (supporting a young > family while going to college). This meant doing just about anything not > patently illegal or unethical for money. Of course, as time in that > profession went on, I learned that virtually everything I was asked (and > paid) to do was unethical. Characters like McGee provided color (excuse > the allusion) to my image of the work I was doing. I didn't take myself > too seriously really, but I occasionally got a kick out of reading or > watching Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Travis McGee, Magnum PI (for his > ridiculousness) and Jim Rockford (for his folksy humility). > > Our "Man behind the Complex", in fact is a bit of a Travis McGee in my > book... speculatively recovering intellectual property long before it is > actually lost. There are a couple of paradoxes and a few time loops > required to make sense of all that but those of you who know "our man > Guerin" probably understand what I'm talkin' about here! > > > - Steve > > Four. > > Wow. the number of readers here on FRIAM who know who Travis McGee is must > total, what, three? > > It worked for Travis McGee. > > >
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