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<DIV>Feel free to snarl... some of my best friends do also. No, I have never
used my real name in this discussion group. I try to keep my life in two
distinct categories, my real name, and this name. Under this name, I post
articles to a blog nobody reads, published two books that almost nobody has read
yet, and occasionally publish articles in <EM>The Wittenburg Door</EM>, probably
the world's only religious humor magazine. (The March/April issue has my
satirical remarks on neo-pagans, which you can find briefly mentioned at <A
href="http://www.thedoormagazine.com">www.thedoormagazine.com</A>, but the full
article is not online. I could post it here, but I don't know if anyone wants to
read it. I hear the next issue will have my article on the Communist Party of
China warmly welcoming American missionaries who teach "the powers that be are
ordained by God" and related verses on obedience to government. I reserve my
legal name for paying bills, working, visiting friends, making reservations at
Amtrak, etc. I'm afraid if my written stuff ever becomes well known, it could
intrude on my privacy -- or some nonsense like that. Everyone knows that Lewis
Carroll was really Charles Dodgson -- but nobody cared until people started
reading Lewis Carroll's books. Dodgson always denied any connection.</DIV>
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<DIV>Why did I use Siarlys for the discussion group? I don't know, I think it
was a toss-up, but once I started, I tried to be consistent. This email is based
on the name Siarlys Jenkins. The last name comes from my mother's father's
mother's family, the Welsh branch that I like to identify with, although I can
claim five or ten other nationalities and ethnicities. Of course I don't know
your last name, and I wouldn't know if Jeanene was your first name, middle name,
or a made-up name, if you hadn't mentioned it. By any name, I am still the
opinionated loud mouth who believes every point should be discussed to ten
degrees of factual detail, that you love and hate.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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