9/8/97 - Semblable to a Spark's E-mail.

     So you want to e-mail Ben but you don't
     have time?  No problem!  After reading
     this .plan, you'll already know what
     you'd get in response from Ben!

     First of all, you'll notice the strange
     e-mail address Ben is using to write to
     you.  His domain server allows for
     unlimited e-mail aliasing, and Ben
     cannot pass up the chance to exploit
     something few others have.  Often his
     address will have some reference to
     Anna, a trend which started after
     London.

     You don't know what London has to do
     with Anna and Ben?  Keep reading!

     Then you'll see some PGP info.  Ben
     encrypts his e-mail for some reason.
     No one's going to fake their e-mail
     using Ben's name, but Ben uses it
     anyway.  Some suspect he just thinks
     it's cool.

     Ben will conventionally start off
     by thanking you for complimenting
     him or his site.  He will then
     apologize for not responding on
     time.  Without fail.

     Ben will then begin to babble about
     various things tangentially related
     to what you were originally talking
     about.  He will digress into a rant
     about how much people suck and about
     why the Internet is so magnificent.
     Sometimes Ben will even go so far
     as expressing his frustration for
     the people who never accepted him
     in high school.

     No matter what the situation, Ben
     WILL find a way to link it back to
     Anna.  It comes full circle, as Ben's
     roommate says.  Do not try to avoid
     this part of Ben's e-mail.  It is
     inevitable.  You can talk to him
     about growing mushrooms in a sand
     compound and he will soon be talking
     about Anna, his girlfriend.  When
     Ben is particularly enamored, he'll
     tell you about his memories in
     London, the first time he met Anna
     in real life.

     At this point, Ben will either a) get
     sidetracked and switch windows for
     an hour or two or b) get tired and
     wrap up his e-mail in a boring fashion.

     Again, Ben will apologize for responding
     late and he might apologize for talking
     about Anna so much to someone who isn't
     interested in his love life.

     Other optional sections:  Bennish (c)
     ribbing, if he knows you well enough.
     Music lyrics to show off his taste in
     music.  An attached love poem he found
     while skimming Norton's Anthology.  Real
     content, although that appears infrequently.

       "All thoughts of a turtle are turtles,
        and of a rabbit, rabbits."
                                   -Emerson

     I'm tired and low on ideas.  Sorry I'm not
     updating daily right now.
     
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