FROM THE "X" FILES

Here is an e-mail I got technically late yesterday at one of several e-mail accounts that I maintain associated with X (trust me) — and I think I've done the best editing job I can with this:

Hi there,

I am not sure who to X, but I would like to X you on your X, which have now become a regular X, which I will X more as you X. It really is brilliant, X at times and a always a great X. You are on my X now.

To X and X as you do, takes an incredible skill, which I think people simply do not appreciate. It takes X to X and X in a X, whilst X it at a X, and then another in X.

I wish you all the best, and do X and let me X, as I would like to X you in the X. And thanks for the X.

All the best,
X
http://X.com

I'm pretty sure this someone — who might actually be Googling, or Technorati-ing (that doesn't work at all -- Technorating? -- hmm) — would be very unlikely to find this post. Although by mentioning it so, might someone go find this person (it only takes one dedicated individual) and make them aware of (and possibly angered by) this Dowdification, perhaps even Bowlderization (oh, you noticed?), this cheap yet arresting (I submit) removal of (almost) all context.

Too bad this doesn't pay the big bucks.

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posted by WWB at 3:17 AM |