Dear Crowhugger --

I have never seen you, nor your picture, and I know you only from your posts. To my mind's eye, you have always been a spirited, intelligent, sensitive and comely woman. And, in my sort of weird virtual way, I have thought of you as a member of my own extended group or even family on the Mudcat...one of those people I am happy to associate with and belong among.

Now that you have "outed" yourself, I think of you as a spirited, intelligent, sensitive and comely woman, and even more so, one of those people I am happy to belong with and associate with. Thanks for being a Catter. Thanks for climbing trees and playing the cello. Thanks for the post.

Amos

James,

Pure Rufus music _is_ trash, I agree. It was born of a toxic bubble of false and hellacious condescension, hypocrisy and a sort of patently, grimly false gentility which has no place in an honest world. If you find such a world, let me know. I know a lot of people who would be a lot happier there.

A