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[Dirk Stratton]

>Joe suggested we all write author statements that will pop up when the
>reader moves their mouse over our portrait.
>
>Here's mine:
>
>...
>
>"The evident irritation expressed with a concept of event which does not
>measure up to its canons of evidence, the shock expreesed at a practice
>whose interpretations refer to events which 'historically' may not have
>happened....Imagine a practice of interpretation which prefers secondary
>sources, and unreliable witnesses!"
>(Mark Cousins, "The Practice of Historical Investigation;" as reprinted
>in "Bad History," by Barrett Watten, the best newspoem ever written...)
>
>


O.k. here's Dirk's:

If you're reading this it means I finally wrote something. If you're 
not reading this . . . well, I can't help you. My apologies.