I picked up the phone a few minutes ago to find a lady from New Zealand Post on the line. It seems they had a letter for me and they couldn’t read the address though the name was clear.  So, they went to the phone book where I’m listed, looked me up and gave me a call to get the right address so the letter could be delivered.
I don’t think that would happen in the USA.
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So, was the letter from someone you knew? Or, was it case of phone-mail spam? Ha Ha. This is just my irreverant way of letting you know that I’m enjoying your blog entires, especially today. L.A.’s post about ocean acidification rang true from a meeting I attended where a local one-man college presented a series of slides showing the loss of coral habitat. And the reference to Magister Ludi once again puts that book near the top of my reading list. Good job connecting at the meta level. That’s where I live.