I guess this is what i would say

hey NY publisher friend: what are you publishing? please do respond to email.

hey Chicago U of C Press friend: have you found what you are looking for? Me neither.

Hey Oakland apostate: I'm so glad you can drive. I miss your parents' porch, and the New Years' Eve antipathy I rode in on (way back in the day).


SEcc: if not now, when?

Lawless, come speak to me. You to Scoot the red.

Here is to inundation.

i am now about to go gone.