Paul Di Filippo<\/a>. Then I noticed the postmark and thought, “I don’t remember Paul saying he had a trip to India.”<\/p>\nTurned out to contain some circulation renewal forms for my magazine, from a few subscribers who evidently believe that, if the USPS has trouble finding my address (cut out of a page of my magazine), at least they’ll be able to find me from the c. 1999 photo from my From The Editor page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This was waiting in my mail when I got back to the office this morning: At first, I thought it was one of the collage envelopes I receive from official VM buddy Paul Di Filippo. Then I noticed the postmark and thought, “I don’t remember Paul saying he had a trip to India.” Turned out … <\/p>\n
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