[Bananafish] Welcome.

[Matthew.Raymond at Lyondell.com]

Hello all,

My name is Matthew Raymond and I've been following this list for about
four months or so.  I am here because I have recently come to appreciate
Salinger's Nine Stories as one of the better sets of short stories I've
ever read.  I originally read them about five years ago, and have
recently reread them all several times ... "Bananafish" and "Teddy"
around ten times each.  Also recently read just about all the other
fiction Salinger has published.

I live in Houston, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at
Austin in 1997, with a degree in English/Journalism.

Glad to be here.

Matthew




-----Original Message-----
From: bananafish-bounces at lists.bway.net
[mailto:bananafish-bounces at lists.bway.net] On Behalf Of Cecilia Baader
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:34 AM
To: bananafish list
Subject: [Bananafish] Welcome.


--- petercordwell <peter at cfjournals.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>  My "partner" (won't we look back on that and smile?) Sandra has had 
> the first of eight sessions of chemotherapy for breast cancer and will

> have the second next Friday (Jan 5). I'm sure your thoughts will 
> automatically be with her.

Hello, Pitsku,

Indeed my thoughts will be.  We've endured more than one battle with
breast cancer in my family, with varying degrees of success.  My only
advice is this: take the agressive route, in EVERYthing.  We've learned
the hard way that this is the only way.

Additionally, I'd like to welcome you to the list.  As the pro tem list
admin, I should have been on hand to welcome you and all the others who
said hello when you made your first post, but I was out of town.  New
York was calling, you see, and I had to answer.

Please, if anyone else has recently joined our numbers, let us know. 
Peter's post was perfect -- a quick introduction along with a reason why
you are here goes a long way.  And, don't let the kneejerk witticisms
spouted by certain listmembers chase you away.  There are kinder,
gentler folk around here.  Also, it's amusing to give as good as you
get, as Mike, Jim, and Daniel have shown us more than once.

Best,
Cecilia.



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