Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 15:21:30
Subject: I'm COMING on a JET PLANE don't know when I'll be back in the FUCKING HOT desert again
From: ernestonotcom@netzero.com
To: berto_alto@tank20.com

BERTO --

What FREAKY JOY it was to TALK WITH YOU ON THE TELEPHONE.

YOUR VOICE HAS BEEN RESTORED.

THE KIDS AND I are jazzed, pumped, PSYCHED that we'll be seeing you tomorrow.

especially since YOU WILL NO LONGER BE HOSPITALIZED.

they call that SERENDIPITY.

I haven't had a week free of used cars in months.

CONGRATULATIONS on your return to, or descent into, CONVENTIONAL SANITY.

WELCOME THE 21st CENTURY. true, so far it has SUCKED ROCKS as far as epochs go BUT IT;S the ONLY ONE WE;VE GOT. so you'll just have the LIVE WITH IT or IN IT like the rest of us POOR BASTARDS.

JEFF IS PRACTICALLY BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS ABOUT GOING TO WRIGLEY an dhe also wants you to teach him karate or SOME SHIT LIKE THAT. he's been getting his akss kicked at the park and th e best advice I can give him is to KEEP HIS HAND S UP, PROTECT YOUR HEAD if engaged in conflict and also RUN LIKE HELL whenever possible and also KICKING A BIG GUY IN THE BALLS DOES NOT MAKE YOU A SISSY. so maybe youi can teach him something about tai chi or whtever though I keep telling him that's a kind of meditation it's not about fighting. JESUS I'M a LOUSY FATHER not really I love those kids but the only thing I remember about sandlot fighting is that aloe is good for scrapes, SOOTHING and that it's CRUCIAL TO ICE YOUR LUMPS as soon as possible after receiving them.

I'm a LOVER not a FIGHTER.

Anyway, WOW. Completely psyched that I will not have to use any of the ELABORATE CONTRIVANCES I HAD CONCOCTED to explain to the kids why you were not speaking to any of us and had to be restrained by the ANDY FRAIN guys from CHARGING THE FIELD TO DO BATTLE WITH DRAGONS................

So let's meet tomorrow at Noon at PEGASUS in GREEKTOWN for some FLAMING CHEESE to celebrate your FREEDOM!!! Brother man. CAN;T WAIT TO SEE YOU.

Ernesto