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ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Tue, 20 May 2003 20:24:22 -0700
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i am glad you do not pretend to know all of this. i'll
give you a little advice. when you walk into a pasture
that you do not know much about, you might want to
look closely lest you step into a pile.

> --- Scott Sands <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Ken Barber:
> >
> > What an ad-hominim attack.  I won't pretend to
> know
> > you, or Magenta, or =
> > what's going on in TX...but I DO know what it
> takes
> > to attack a person, =
> > and not her ideas. Please forgive me if your
> > comments in this case =
> > strike me as less than profound, and even a bit
> > mean.
> >
> >
> > To all of you on the listserv:
> >
> > I hope you'll welcome me into your little group.
> My
> > name is Scott, and =
> > I'm a Writing Tutor at a branch campus of the
> > University of Washington =
> > in the gorgeous Evergreen State.  I have mild,
> > hemiplegic ataxic =
> > Cerebral Palsy, and I and my brother are both
> > adopted by a pair of =
> > wonderful human beings.
> >
> > I've been "listening in" on some of your
> > conversations for the past two =
> > weeks or so, trying to get a better sense of this
> > part of my identity =
> > I've carried with me for (as of this last May 8th)
> > twenty-seven =
> > interesting years.  At 14, I engaged in what was
> > then a somewhat =
> > experimental surgery, one that included both
> > lengthening both of my =
> > Achilles tendons and attaching my hamstrings to my
> > knees.  Any of you =
> > know Dr. Scott Hoffinger?  He used to work for
> > Children's Orthopaedic in =
> > Seattle, and last I heard was working in CA
> > somewhere.
> >
> > Right now, I'm biding time at UW-Bothell, getting
> > ready to apply for =
> > graduate school in Creative Writing.  Please feel
> > free to comment, ask =
> > questions, and otherwise acculturate me to the
> > group...and thanks for =
> > reading.  :)
> >
> > Scott R. Sands
> > (253) 315-2397
> > 5604 S. 297th St.
> > Auburn, WA 98001
> > [log in to unmask]
>
>
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