Biography
On June twentysomethingth, 1997, I not only had a delightful lunch with Erica Jane Quin, Esq (Ejq), but I also melded with her into a single composite being. This made my life somewhat awkward. In particular my bright orange polyester lapels were inconveniently cross-faded with a floral pattern. My hairline preceded, I was suddenly wearing half a nose ring, my eyes were half crossed, and my tongue was half sticking out. And my once beard, now stubble, was the same grey color as the rest of my hair. It was enough to make me lose my appetite.This wasn't the first time something like this had happened to me. For instance, the person we knew as Erica Quin was a composite of several people who inadvertently walked into a truck stop in Arkansas on July 7th, 1986. I had come into existence during the final deliberations of an embezzlement trial in Butte, Montana in 1973. The judge declared a mistrial when only a single juror -- namely me -- emerged from the closed session to deliver the verdict.
But in spite of the accidental nature of these comings-together, and the resulting inconvenience, I think the attached photo shows why these things keep happening. Folks just won't transform themselves wholesale into other people. They'd rather do things halfway. Let me tell you, it's much easier to remove half a nose ring than one that goes all the way around. And I never thought I'd experience hair gain until that fateful lunch on June twentysomethingth. But don't look too hard at this picture: it's rumored that pictures can meld with people as well!
