This is truly hilarious.<\/p>\n
Once upon a time, I was a member of the Japan Association of Translators<\/a>. In fact, I served for a few years as a director, during which time I helped the group purchase its domain name and set up its website. So my name and address got stuck in Network Solution’s<\/a> database. At the time, the president of JAT was Jeremy Whipple, a friend who lives in a suburb of Tokyo.<\/p>\n Now, somehow, Jeremy’s name and my address got mis-associated by direct-marketing scumbags, so I get a huge amount of junk mail and telephone solicitations for Jeremy. <\/p>\n But the best piece of junk mail ever just arrived. I’ve taken the liberty of opening it because it obviously isn’t meant for the Jeremy I know–a real human being–it’s meant for some completely fictional Jeremy. It’s from Dick Cheney, inviting him to “a private dinner here in Washington, D.C. [note the superfluous periods] on June 19th and also to ask you to serve as a representative of Austin, Texas at The President’s Dinner…In fact, a special place of honor has already been reserved for you to recognize your steadfast support of President Bush.”<\/p>\n Obviously this is a come-on for money, but the pomp and circumstance, the flourishes, and most importantly, the amounts<\/b> are really impressive–they want Jeremy to spend $2,500 for a seat at a table. And I’ve never really discussed partisan politics with Jeremy, but something tells me he has not been a steadfast supporter of W.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is truly hilarious. Once upon a time, I was a member of the Japan Association of Translators. In fact, I served for a few years as a director, during which time I helped the group purchase its domain name and set up its website. 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