May 31, 2002
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:Art by Mail
I received my copy of Ken Layne's DOT.CON Wednesday night. I've read the first two chapters and I'm having fun so far. More on the book when I finish. It may be a while as I am plowing through the awful and ponderous "Jihad vs. McWorld" right now.
I am forced to admit my projections were incorrect. As requested, the inside cover has an original Layne etching -a stunning but toothy rendition of my seagull (over there on the right).
Here's the thing you have to love about Layne: The book came wrapped in some harmless-looking prophylactic newspaper. As I set it aside I notice its the New York Times...May 10...a Krugman column on Gray Davis/California/Enron...adorned with original and unflattering Layne commentary and... yet another original portrait!
A lesser soul would have said "note the newspaper" or otherwise hit me over the head. Somehow, with Ken, you know to check.
Now that I have a drawing, I want a tape of his "country crooner" stylings.
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