Hi William,

I am definitely going against my nature as a wallflower/lurker by posting this to you. In fact, this is my very first post. What's brought me out onto the dance floor (so to speak) was my need to tell you how much I've enjoyed reading your messages here. I've found your responses to be very intelligent, thoughtful, kind and INCREDIBLY patient. Not to mention laugh-out-loud funny! Seriously...I laughed out loud...a LOT...

I so enjoy your sense of humor.

I could also wax rhapsodic over your performance as an actor, but I'm afraid I would bore you. I hope waxing rhapsodic over your performance as a human being means more.

Congratulations on your new television series and thank you so much for your generosity, kindness, intelligence and humor.

All the best to you and yours,
Christine

P.S. I'm sorry I didn't ask you a question, but I've been told that, generally, the questions I ask people are "unusual." Whatever THAT means! ;-)

christine,

thanks for the feedback on moi as a person. ethan feels slighted not at all.
unusual questions, by the way, are usually the most interesting..

Hiya William,

I am very relieved to hear that Ethan didn't feel slighted by my message--that certainly was not my intention. (I ask you, who would intentionally slight such a prodigious papaya picker and pound cake promoter as Ethan? Not to mention that the guy gives me a serious case of the sh..sh..sh..shivers...)

We'll just see if you find my so-called unusual questions interesting or not, mister. If you're game, answer away. If you'd rather not answer, please don't feel obligated--I promise to try to think of something more usual to ask in the future.

With an is-that-pound-cake-on-your-breath smooch,

Christine

1. Have you ever felt like you might be about to die? What was the situation and how did you get through it?

2. What is your best quality?

3. A snail without a shell--homeless or naked?

4. Are nutshells made of wood?

5. What's your favorite compliment of all that you've been given in your life?

6. Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

I just asked the last one so I could indulge in the image of scattered people around the world reading this and having to wipe saliva off of their upper lips from having tried to touch their noses with their tongues. ;-)

christine,
has anyone ever told you that your questions are, well, unusual? fortunately, you've come to the right place. here goes.
1) a few near car accidents, like all of us. got through them by holding my bowels and singing 'happy birthday.'
2) no way i can answer this. my family would probably answer that i'm kind. but they're my family, so take that with a grain of salt.
3) a party animal lookin' for a shell to share.
4) no, of shells from naked snails.
5) off-the-cuff answer: that i'm not judgmental.
6) just tried it. mmmm, yes.

that's all folks,
wm

ps btw, HUGE calvin and hobbes fan.

William!

I so miss Calvin and Hobbes! Macabre snowmen...Calvinball...G.R.O.S.S. In my reality, the comic strip continues in a newspaper that I'm simply unable to receive in my neighborhood. Oddly enough, it's the same paper that still publishes Bloom County. ;-)

If you don't already know, you might be interested to find that The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0740748475/102-1347346-0723346) is due to be published on October 4. It's looking like I'll be unable to resist buying myself a copy. What a surprise.

Great to hear from you again...wishing you a big bowl of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs,

Susie Derkins

P.S. I'm looking forward to checking out "Threshold." How's that going for you? Are you having fun?

P.P.S. Thank you very much for your thoughtful, wonderfully wacko answers to my questions...still giggling over the party animal line. You're gooooood...

susie,
the complete c and h is first on my xmas list! sometimes i need my calvin fix so badly i want to sled down a tree-dotted hill.
threshold was a ball to shoot. cast and crew are terrific. i may or may not be back on the show. it's up in the air at this point.
merci for the goooooood. you're niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.
william

Hi William,

Here's hoping Santa comes through for you...if you need a reference to vouch for your "naughty or nice"-ness, I've got your back. For his sake, I hope not many people are asking for C&H. The three volumes are wonderful but HEAVY--poor Santa will definitely need a truss if he has to deliver too many of them!

In your honor, I've updated my avatar to reflect your foolhardy-yet-madcap desire for some tree-dotted sledding. If the copyright police come after me, will you write to me in prison?

Christine

christine,

a new avatar? there are laws, you know!
and if you can't break them for C & H, well, is that a world worth living in?
if you did get locked up, can i borrow your 3 volumes? i'll return them--in 2017.