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<FONT FACE="Verdana">Gary (and the rest of you silly people),<BR>
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I would <I>love </I>to come out to the con some time and meet all of you and spend time doing goofy groop stuff. I actually have met Sergio and Mark a long time ago at a con here in the Dallas area. I probably will do it some year, but it’s rather hard for me to travel. I have only shared this with Gary and Paul (Animal) Weiske (sp?), but since I’ve been a member of this groop for so many years, I guess it’s time to let you know. I actually <I>am </I>disabled. (Sorry Eric. I’m not doing this because you said anything.) 34 years ago this past Saturday, I suffered a spinal cord injury in a diving accident. As a result, I am a quadriplegic. I decided early on that I could give up or I could move forward with my life. I chose the latter. I finished school, learned how to draw all over again (my hands are paralyzed), learned how to live independently as possible, and created, by God’s grace, a good life for myself. I won’t pretend that it’s been easy, but my life is rich and full. I am surrounded by people who love me, I enjoy my work (I art direct a magazine), I have two grown kids and three grandkids, and all in all, I’m quite satisfied with where I am. One drawback, however, is that it’s hard for me to travel. So that’s why I don’t come to San Diego. I love people and would really enjoy being with you folks. You’re a great bunch. I’ll get out there sometime. In the meantime, enjoy it all for me as well. I’ll be organizing the non-carpool for next year.<BR>
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Love to you all!<BR>
Chris (Glorko)<BR>
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on 7/12/05 8:06 PM, GARY GROSSMANN at grossfamm@comcast.net wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000098">> Well, er, I guess. Um. What was the question?<BR>
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> Chris, my friend, you MUST come to the Con sometime. Sergio would, I know,<BR>
> love to meet you. I'm going to show him some of your cartoons. Frankly,<BR>
> one of the reasons I think he likes me and George Karalias so much is that<BR>
> we are super fans and a little crazy and eccentric, but we are also<BR>
> normal(?) (Well, relatively) folks with real jobs and real lives and YOU<BR>
> definitely fall into that category too. Besides, Becky & I want to meet<BR>
> you. (We're not enough to get you out there, but I'm hoping Sergio is!)<BR>
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> So please, please come. Come next year! George is hoping to make it.<BR>
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> Take care -Gary G.<BR>
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