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it started with a slightly incorrect address, or a comment added to the name, but it should been expected when dealing with an fluxus fiend of a former professor - well not really a former professor as i was in his class for all of two sessions when i went up to him, promised that i would never draw again and he let me out.

not really a former professor for the entire time i was at college we would speak through his wife even if we were standing beside each other. ding dong ditches originated with him only i would make sure that there was someone at home - frightened a house sitter once.

after moving to the safety of a high rise condo, i had to resort to more traditional methods.

but anyway at some time we started modifying the names and addresses.

for example - say his name was carl becker, misspellings would occur karl becker. carl pecker, horrid pecker, cool pickles, come on heckler, knarly necking. concurrent with this would be a free associating of the address say, off shore drive, oh sure drive, old whore's dive, cold sore hive.

what would remain constant were the address number the flat number and the zip code.

buddy here was astonished that they got through so much so that he would put return adddresses on his - and consequently watched them get bounced back. i reckoned that mine would get through as all the important information was there and letter carriers have specific routes so they know the houses. this comes from the care my post cards were handled when i live on a rural route - separated by the carrier, hand cancelled at the post office and critiqued the next time i went in. i also thought that without a return address - don't like them they kill the surprise of a posting - the carrier on his end would work a bit harder to make sure the missive got through. but his comments began a paranoia - i started using the zip plus four. thinking again there is a bit more information so that there can be less doubt.

then it happened it seems that a book and a post card didn't get make it. i can only indirectly surmise as he didn't respond to the post card and didn't critique the book, but the name and the address weren't all that outrageous, pretty mild in fact.

it has given me pause, i am thinking that the postings didn't make it through because it wasn't the regular letter carrier on his end. writing the next card i resolve to put on a proper address. somehow though the label still had misspellings in the name and address.