Time: Sat Nov 09 05:02:06 1996
To: Electra Briggs <electra@texas.net>
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Random (great) Thoughts 
Cc: 
Bcc: 

At 02:26 AM 11/9/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear Paul,
>
>Herein you will find a few late nite comments which pertain to your 
>previous missives. 
>So. The "man" with the CDC has dropped out of sight
>on the Internet huh? Is he still at the CDC?

I don't know, but between 6:45 p.m. 
last night, and 9:45 p.m. when I 
returned from dinner with my 
Internet consultant, someone
dumped 30 megabytes into my
email inbox.  More later ...

>
>Now. On to other matters.
>A refresher course in public speaking will buoy your spirits. Make you 
>feel even more self confident. 
>Next you will need a media handler. No kidding. I assume that you are 
>adept at addressing various audiences. At some point, I should audit 
>several of your seminars to get a feel for what you do, how you do it, 
>and most significantly, to observe the audiences' response to you and
>the material.

Great ideas.

>
>You have the voice of a professional ad man. You could do voice-overs,
>if you were so inclined.

I never heard that before.
Maybe I should do something 
else for money.  This job
isn't "printing" anything
to speak of.

 This is *not* flattery. It is an observation.
>Call it a sincere compliment. Personally, I abhor flattery. With me 
>obsequious flattery will get you no where. 

That's why I direct my obsequious
flattery at your goats;  they don't mind.


>
>How often have you sat in an audience, your eye follows a speaker
>as he/she walks up to the podium, and in that moment of expectation,
>suddenly you feel a flood of disappointment wash over you when you 
>discover the speaker lacks a "good" speaking voice?

... too many times to count.
 
>I am not going to describe the various vocal modalities,
>e.g., the stentorian, the fulminator, the, "hey, we can't hear you,
>please speak up" etc. You get the point.

peep peep

 
>
>The timbre, the resonance, the modulation of a voice is a primary
>signature of the soul itself. The voice signifies the inherent nature of 
>the inner self.

wow!  NWOW!! (new word of the week club)


>
>It is good that you contacted media specialists'.
>Audio and video publishing will represent a viable source of ongoing 
>income. People will be clamouring to buy copies as they leave the
>seminars. You will be able to make more money on audio tapes than
>video tapes. I can tell you how to set it all up.

tell me;  tell me!!


>
>Once you get the seminars off the ground, assume a position as a
>public figure, hold press conferences, deal with various media's, 
>you will more than likely need the advice of a behind the scenes
>media handler.

"behind the scenes", huh?
I like the sound of that.
My friends asked me last 
night who "Rehnquist" is?
I have a lot of educating
to do, yes?


>
>Do you have on-camera experience? This is essential stuff.

Yes, many times.  No one who
ever made a tape of me ever
bothered to share a copy with
me, except Mosaic Media.  
They have all drifted away, 
and I have no VCR (poverty
except for 2 fast computers,
working perfectly at present)


>I have worked in front of the camera as talent, as well as provided
>directorial skills from behind the camera. It is a cinch. It is all 
>technique.

There is an appendix in The Federal
Zone (Viacom Transcript, I believe),
which is a transcript of an on-camera
talk I gave, in the middle of a terrible
chest cold, but I made it through ok.
The recording crew, all professionals,
were stunned when I was done.

>
>I don't know how far you want to thrust yourself in the public eye.
>Ah. Such scrutiny. As things keep progressing, you are bound to be
>noticed....(she amusingly jests.)

Got hit with 30 MB in my inbox last night.
Electra, I have already been "noticed", yes.
I need work on humor, style, presence, and
keeping audience attention.  My passion 
usually comes through as anger;  people
don't like anger, however, especially
when the person speaking to them is anger;
they cannot tell if I am angry at them, or
not.  This is a big problem for some people
(but not all).  Some actually use it to 
manipulate me into feeling guilty, but
there is certainly plenty to be angry 
about.  When the Primenet Internet Service
Providers and I spoke last night, I ran down
the possible CDC motive for flooding my
inbox, and the guy was incredulous.


>
>The course of events will dicate the MO.

modus operandi?


>
>I'm sort of in limbo, in that, I have not decided what avenue to
>take at the next turn. I have many options. Time will tell.
>Researching an interesting subject right now.

Glad to hear it. 
I want to broadcast the
2-class courts all over
the place;  I can make
mincemeat out of this one:
"the high class courts
(the ones without judges)
 and the low class courts
(currently overpopulated with reptiles)"

Catch my drift?


>
>I can fathom how busy you are....Feel pleased that you take my fond 
>sisterly advice.

Please have your husband advise me
where I might find another woman
in the world like you.  This is
a serious request!!  :-)
I will settle for second-best,
but she must have same amount
of courage;  nothing less will do.
 
>
>Signing Off,
>Electra


Thanks, dearest.  Emre (sp?) is
sure a lucky guy;  please remind
him for me, okay.

/s/ Paul Mitchell
      


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