Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 09:07:33 EST

From: Wayne Glowka wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU

Subject: Re: Brick reality and language in cyberspace



Your mention of "brick reality" is the first I've heard. It seems

parallel to another usage I am familiar with: skin meeting. There are now

electronic "meetings" of various 12-step groups (Alcoholics Anonymous, et.c)

on the net, and members of those groups sometimes refer to flesh-and-blood

meetinsgs as "skin meetings."



Bethany Dumas = dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utkvx.utk.edu



I can see the memo now: "There will be a organizational skin meeting of

college athletic supporters on May 15 at 8:00 P. M. in the gymnasium."



Forgive me. My eyes are blind; my head is numb; I spent the night tending

to an infant trying to become a toddler. How do parents of teenagers cope?







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu

BITNET Address: Wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]USCN