Well, I thought I'd 'stop by' in absentia, for what it's worth.  I'm busy
getting my stories ready for submission to a couple of magazines.  Bought
sample copies, need to find the time to read them, get writer's guidelines,
etc.

I thought I'd share the bio I'm planning on submitting, though.  Hope you
guys like it.  8)

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	Hello.  Let me introduce myself.  I'm a writer.  I like to write.  
That's my job.  That's what I do.

	I'm 22, attending Carnegie Mellon University, majoring in Physics and 
Computer Science.  I like the Physics, but I'm terrible at it.  I hate the 
Computer Science, but I'm great at it.  But I'm a writer.  That's what I 
do.

	I've often looked up at the stars, and wondered to myself.  Maybe 
science will one day take us there.  I know I'd like to visit.  So I'm a 
writer.  That's my job.

	I work over seventy hours at the campus library, and a local 
McDonalds.  I'm trying to save some money to spend when I visit my 
girlfriend this month.  She lives in California, and I, in Pittsburgh.  
More than a few people have told me long distance relationships always mean 
trouble.  But I'm a writer, so I wrote the story.  That's my job.  That's 
what I do.

	I'm looking forward to being on my own, to holding down a steady 
job, and making a steady income.  Maybe a bit more, if I'm lucky.  At 
least, I think that's what I want...but as I've said, I'm a writer.  I like 
to write.  That's my job.

	That's what I do.

Damon Casale, scyth@andrew.cmu.edu

				* Love *
                 Between two people, there is nothing that
                      can draw them closer together