Searching for
another article? Try this menu.
Dateline: 08/26/99
|
It's early, a promising summer's dusk on the Internet.
The scene: The About.com Humor Chat Room. Trendy. Ebullient. Natty.
A few guests have taken their seats. Others straggle in with fervor to witness the impending historic one-on-one conversation.
She: A successful columnist luxuriating in the astral trajectory of her second book, released scarcely a fortnight and a fourth ago.
He: A shy, bumbling typist and Humor Guide, the rarest of breeds. He is apprehensive, but studsome. It is his first celebrity interview in 20 years, only his second ever.
"That Tim Conway thing went okay," he recalls proudly, reassuring. "It worked once. It'll work again."
He makes a note to ask her, "What's Ernie Borgnine's lap size?"
There are still eight minutes to tick before their appointed and public rendezvous -- when, suddenly, the two strangers meet online, swapping glances, and many of their best vowels and consonants....
| ............................ PSWall joined............. | |
| humorADM | Hi PS |
| humorADM | I'm Mike |
| PSWall | Type HERE Hey, Mike! |
| humorADM | Glad you could make it |
| PSWall | Glad to be here. |
| humorADM | Anything I can tell you before we get moving? |
| PSWall | Mike, does this go directly to Borders.com? |
| humorADM | I understand... |
| humorADM | they have a link from their site |
| humorADM | I saw it today |
| PSWall | Great. |
| humorADM | We're also transcripting it for later |
| PSWall | What does that mean? |
| humorADM | The text will be available online for folks who can't make it tonight. |
| PSWall | gotcha |
| PSWall | like your picture. |
 |
|
| humorADM | <blush> |
| humorADM | yours is nice, too. |
 |
|
| PSWall | and a sense of humor! My kind of man. |
| humorADM | let's dance |
| PSWall | tango, it is |
| humorADM | wait, I'll get my rose... |
| PSWall | and I'll get my stilletos |
| humorADM | kewl |
| PSWall | or hot, depending on your disposition |
| humorADM | <dabbing towelette> |
| PSWall | we're going to be spent before we start |
| humorADM | I'll worry about that later. |
| PSWall | So, what do you do besides tango? Always a moderator, never the bride? |
| humorADM | Yes, I'm just mod |
| PSWall | Fun job. |
| humorADM | These chats... |
| humorADM | generally have people arrive late... |
| humorADM | computer problems and such. |
| PSWall | No one wants to be early to the party. |
| humorADM | More pie for Mikey. |
| PSWall | You have pies at your parties. Must be southern. |
| humorADM | Yeah, I'm next door to you... In Georgia. |
| PSWall | Really? Whoa! I get a lot of mail from the Georgia State Prison. |
| ............................ Baz joined............. | |
| PSWall | Hey baz! |
| humorADM | Hee. I've actually been in that prison! |
| Baz | Type HEREhey there |
| humorADM | The Atlanta Federal Pen. |
| humorADM | HEREhey there |
| PSWall | Hey back and why were you at the prison? |
| humorADM | When I went to Ga. State U., I worked at the radio station... |
| humorADM | and we broadcast a concert from there. |
| humorADM | It was different, I wanna tell ya. |
| PSWall | Jail Rock blues. |
| humorADM | Inmate tried to steal my coat |
| humorADM | Glad I wasn't in it. |
| PSWall | Really |
| ............................ billydscorpio joined............. | |
| PSWall | Hey billydscorpio |
| humorADM | I guess we should proceed... |
| PSWall | You got it |
| humorADM | I'm afraid I haven't had all my shots. |
| humorADM | Okay, kids, first the prepared biographical material... |
| PSWall | Well, I'm speechless. |
| humorADM | Exciting, isn't it? |
| PSWall | I'm hot. |
To The Chat ---> 1 2 3 4
P.S. Wall's Bio
Click here to
purchase
If
I Were a Man, I'd Marry Me
and
My
Love Is Free...
But the Rest of Me Don't Come Cheap
by P.S. Wall
As a result of a commercial
relationship between About.com, its Guides, and Borders.com, titles can be purchased
directly from Borders.com. Borders.com is solely responsible for fulfillment of orders
placed through these links.