Letters from the Inside, Michael Swango, #41

Dear KK---

I learn more about the nitty-gritty of life in New York City by reading your blogs...Part 2 of my letter in response to yours/now getting to your most interesting enclosures:

>"A Moving Day" was your scintillating writing [don't stop pursuing a book proposal/deal: I will say it again: What & how you write is perfect for a collection of essays a la Chelsea Handler; or the true original Isaac Asimov* ] at its best. First of all, it is a Kelly K "origin story" telling me how you came to live in your present digs. Thanks for that. Second-it reinforces a true stereotype of urban living--the person who is born and dies in the same apartment or home. It also says something poignant about the peculiar relationship of neighbors in urbanized society.

Best lines: "I threw his gym bag out the window four stories down. Surely not my most shining moment but at least I didn't stab him in the balls like I wanted to. I also left him with two working eyes. Total success."

KK: Why do women always want to mutilate men for life? Don't they know that no man is worth that? Lorena Bobbitt redux. Kelly-Clearly I understand that your blog exaggerates emotions at time to make your point...Right?!! ;-)

>The blog entry re the "incident" at Starbucks is remarkable for the intelligence of the two police officers who called off the dogs of paranoia and found a BAG OF EFFING CLOTHES!

>Despite all the media frenzy over the "Miracle on the Hudson", there were a few more details in the story you sent me.

>The cybercrime "avatar murder" story was most interesting. A couple of season ago "Law & Order" had a story about an avatar murder followed by the murder of an actual person... SVU has had the rape of an avatar... And though I didn't see it, one of the "CSIs" did an entire show essentially trying to solve a case by infiltrating a SIMS-like world with a detective avatar undercover.

Hope to hear from you again soon. Thinking of you and hoping you stay well and tan!

Yours,

Michael

*Known mostly for his prolific science-fiction output, the late Mr. Asimov also published several books each containing 17 essays on absolutely fascinating scientific topics. With your ravenously curious mind, you would love them.