>>Before we go farther, I do want to say, mr. Raven, that this has been a fun conversation and I'm glad it hasn't gone into just flame wars, managing to remain civilized.<<
The name's Stew. I sign every post with it, and to find people calling me "Mr. Raven" freaks me out. It's like one of those weird mornings when I wake up and I actually am a raven but it's okay because everyone around me is also an animal, but in some bizarre magical woodland way we all speak English, and there's this chick in a Disney-blue dress walking through saying "Hello, Mr. Chipmunk!" and "Hello, Mr. Raven!". But those mornings are rather rare, as I've started taking LSD in the evenings now.
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