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Woozle: /* A Brief History */ hm, I guess the contributions to the moved houses might count. Sort of.

2008-06-17T01:46:02Z

A Brief History: hm, I guess the contributions to the moved houses might count. Sort of.

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	[[Category:Family]]It has belatedly occurred to me that this site has long neglected one of the key members of our extended family – Rebekah Wade, [[Livia]]'s mom, affectionately referred to as my "mother-out-law"; also known as RBW and R<sub>x</sub>.		[[Category:Family]]It has belatedly occurred to me that this site has long neglected one of the key members of our extended family – Rebekah Wade, [[Livia]]'s mom, affectionately referred to as my "mother-out-law"; also known as RBW and R<sub>x</sub>.
	===A Brief History===		===A Brief History===
	When Livia and I were considering the idea of moving to Athens to help Livia's ailing grandmother (Rebekah's mother), [[Mubbie]], in the fall of 1991, I was very leery of taking on the expense of moving without having a job already secured. Rebekah offered to help with the expense (and, through Livia, made [[1991-09-13 email to HAB\|a few other promises]]) and seemed generally very favorable towards the idea and towards helping us get settled, which helped persuade me to go through with it. Once we got there, Rebekah helped pay off the moving truck ($200, I think) but surprisingly could not offer any further assistance. Our credit-card debt immediately began to escalate. (Neither the land nor the $10k ever materialized, ~~although the reasons why we weren't ready~~ for them ~~changed gradually over~~ the ~~years~~.)		When Livia and I were considering the idea of moving to Athens to help Livia's ailing grandmother (Rebekah's mother), [[Mubbie]], in the fall of 1991, I was very leery of taking on the expense of moving without having a job already secured. Rebekah offered to help with the expense (and, through Livia, made [[1991-09-13 email to HAB\|a few other promises]]) and seemed generally very favorable towards the idea and towards helping us get settled, which helped persuade me to go through with it. Once we got there, Rebekah helped pay off the moving truck ($200, I think) but surprisingly could not offer any further assistance. Our credit-card debt immediately began to escalate. (Neither the land nor the $10k ever materialized until 1999, when Livia [[House-Moving for Dummies\|moved some houses]] from downtown Athens -- but they were never ours to live in, and Livia got to keep them in the divorce.)

	In spite of this somewhat rocky beginning, Rebekah always did her best to offer helpful advice to Livia, especially in cases where R felt I might need a gentle nudge in a better direction. She generally declined to speak to me directly about these matters, fearing (perhaps rightly) that I might be able to rationally justify my actions and thus evade her corrective tendencies – which were (of course) only intended for the best.		In spite of this somewhat rocky beginning, Rebekah always did her best to offer helpful advice to Livia, especially in cases where R felt I might need a gentle nudge in a better direction. She generally declined to speak to me directly about these matters, fearing (perhaps rightly) that I might be able to rationally justify my actions and thus evade her corrective tendencies – which were (of course) only intended for the best.

Woozle: /* A Brief History */ a little update, from the HAB email I found

2008-06-17T01:40:40Z

A Brief History: a little update, from the HAB email I found

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	[[Category:Family]]It has belatedly occurred to me that this site has long neglected one of the key members of our extended family – Rebekah Wade, [[Livia]]'s mom, affectionately referred to as my "mother-out-law"; also known as RBW and R<sub>x</sub>.		[[Category:Family]]It has belatedly occurred to me that this site has long neglected one of the key members of our extended family – Rebekah Wade, [[Livia]]'s mom, affectionately referred to as my "mother-out-law"; also known as RBW and R<sub>x</sub>.
	===A Brief History===		===A Brief History===
	When Livia and I ~~initially decided to move~~ to Athens to help Livia's ailing grandmother (Rebekah's mother), Mubbie, in the fall of 1991~~, it was Rebekah who offered to help out with our moving bills. For reasons best explained elsewhere[[#Footnote\|*]] (read my lips: no new jobs)~~, I was very leery of taking on the expense of moving without having a job already secured. Rebekah offered to help with the expense, and ~~I was ultimately convinced~~ to go through with it. Once we got there, Rebekah helped pay off the moving truck ($200, I think) but ~~sadly~~ could not offer any further assistance. Our credit-card debt immediately began to escalate.		When Livia and I were considering the idea of moving to Athens to help Livia's ailing grandmother (Rebekah's mother), [[Mubbie]], in the fall of 1991, I was very leery of taking on the expense of moving without having a job already secured. Rebekah offered to help with the expense (and, through Livia, made [[1991-09-13 email to HAB\|a few other promises]]) and seemed generally very favorable towards the idea and towards helping us get settled, which helped persuade me to go through with it. Once we got there, Rebekah helped pay off the moving truck ($200, I think) but surprisingly could not offer any further assistance. Our credit-card debt immediately began to escalate. (Neither the land nor the $10k ever materialized, although the reasons why we weren't ready for them changed gradually over the years.)

	In spite of this somewhat rocky beginning, Rebekah always did her best to offer helpful advice to Livia, especially in cases where R felt I might need a gentle nudge in a better direction. She generally declined to speak to me directly about these matters, fearing (perhaps rightly) that I might be able to rationally justify my actions and thus evade her corrective tendencies – which were (of course) only intended for the best.		In spite of this somewhat rocky beginning, Rebekah always did her best to offer helpful advice to Livia, especially in cases where R felt I might need a gentle nudge in a better direction. She generally declined to speak to me directly about these matters, fearing (perhaps rightly) that I might be able to rationally justify my actions and thus evade her corrective tendencies – which were (of course) only intended for the best.

Woozle: /* Introduction */ better pic of RBW

2008-06-17T01:33:20Z

Introduction: better pic of RBW

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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
	[[Image:~~Dcp 0480 2001-08-16 Rebekah~~ and ~~Joel~~.web.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|left\|~~Rebekah with Joel ([[Samantha]]'s dad / [[Livia]]'s husband)~~ in ~~the renovated kitchen~~ at ~~[[Mubbie's house]]~~]]		[[Image:Mubbie and rebekah in front yard at 2870.web.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|left\|{{Image:Mubbie and rebekah in front yard at 2870.web.jpg}}]]
	[[Category:Family]]It has belatedly occurred to me that this site has long neglected one of the key members of our extended family – Rebekah Wade, [[Livia]]'s mom, affectionately referred to as my "mother-out-law"; also known as RBW and R<sub>x</sub>.		[[Category:Family]]It has belatedly occurred to me that this site has long neglected one of the key members of our extended family – Rebekah Wade, [[Livia]]'s mom, affectionately referred to as my "mother-out-law"; also known as RBW and R<sub>x</sub>.
	===A Brief History===		===A Brief History===
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	In spite of this somewhat rocky beginning, Rebekah always did her best to offer helpful advice to Livia, especially in cases where R felt I might need a gentle nudge in a better direction. She generally declined to speak to me directly about these matters, fearing (perhaps rightly) that I might be able to rationally justify my actions and thus evade her corrective tendencies – which were (of course) only intended for the best.		In spite of this somewhat rocky beginning, Rebekah always did her best to offer helpful advice to Livia, especially in cases where R felt I might need a gentle nudge in a better direction. She generally declined to speak to me directly about these matters, fearing (perhaps rightly) that I might be able to rationally justify my actions and thus evade her corrective tendencies – which were (of course) only intended for the best.

	==The Infamous Lawyer Friend==		==The Infamous Lawyer Friend==
	For some years now, Rx has apparently had the assistance of a "lawyer friend" (presumably someone at the law firm for which she used to be a courier, I ''think'' it was [[htyp:Hutson Hughes and Powell\|Hutson Hughes and Powell]] but I don't have any direct confirmation of that) who apparently keeps her updated on the web activities of [[Anna Nikola]] and [[Woozle\|me]]. He apparently bills himself to her as some kind of computer wizard/cracker (she misuses the term "[[hacker]]" to describe him), but from all the evidence we've seen his only real computer skills are a firm grasp of how to use Google.		For some years now, Rx has apparently had the assistance of a "lawyer friend" (presumably someone at the law firm for which she used to be a courier, I ''think'' it was [[htyp:Hutson Hughes and Powell\|Hutson Hughes and Powell]] but I don't have any direct confirmation of that) who apparently keeps her updated on the web activities of [[Anna Nikola]] and [[Woozle\|me]]. He apparently bills himself to her as some kind of computer wizard/cracker (she misuses the term "[[hacker]]" to describe him), but from all the evidence we've seen his only real computer skills are a firm grasp of how to use Google.

Woozle: the Anna's Blog Affair

2008-02-15T22:58:38Z

the Anna's Blog Affair

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 In spite of this somewhat rocky beginning, Rebekah always did her best to offer helpful advice to Livia, especially in cases where R felt I might need a gentle nudge in a better direction. She generally declined to speak to me directly about these matters, fearing (perhaps rightly) that I might be able to rationally justify my actions and thus evade her corrective tendencies &ndash; which were (of course) only intended for the best.
-While I no longer get to see Rebekah when she visits Athens for holidays (since I don't live there anymore), I do get to see her a few times a year when Anna is in town. Our interactions are almost always very pleasant, and leave me with no reason to think that there is any hard feeling left over from the friction we both endured while I was living in Athens.
+===a little history on this===
 ==Letters==
 A brief chronicle of our correspondence; this doesn't fairly represent her point-of-view, I'm sure, as I haven't yet located any of the replies she may have sent, not to mention the original letters to which I was responding in some cases. I'll post them as soon as I can find them.

Woozle: /* Letters */ added open letter link

2007-01-04T15:49:23Z

Letters: added open letter link

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	* [[1994-09-16 Woozle writes Rebekah]]		* [[1994-09-16 Woozle writes Rebekah]]
	* [[1997-01-27 Woozle writes to Rebekah]]		* [[1997-01-27 Woozle writes to Rebekah]]
			* [[2007-01-04 open letter to Rebekah Wade]]

	==Footnote==		==Footnote==
	<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>My contract at Duke had just concluded and I was reeling under the weight of unplanned expenses from a job-related trip shortly before that, so I was extremely reluctant to leave Durham, where I had job contacts and where there was a lot of computer activity – especially right in the middle of a huge [[wikipedia:Late 1980s recession\|recession]]. It turned out after we moved there that [http://uga.edu The University of Georgia], which would have been my most likely prospect for quick employment, had instituted a hiring-freeze... so there simply were no new jobs for programmers.</small>		<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>My contract at Duke had just concluded and I was reeling under the weight of unplanned expenses from a job-related trip shortly before that, so I was extremely reluctant to leave Durham, where I had job contacts and where there was a lot of computer activity – especially right in the middle of a huge [[wikipedia:Late 1980s recession\|recession]]. It turned out after we moved there that [http://uga.edu The University of Georgia], which would have been my most likely prospect for quick employment, had instituted a hiring-freeze... so there simply were no new jobs for programmers.</small>

Woozle: /* Footnote */ bekkalog inaugural entry

2006-08-05T01:50:17Z

Footnote: bekkalog inaugural entry

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	==Footnote==		==Footnote==
	<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>My contract at Duke had just concluded and I was reeling under the weight of unplanned expenses from a job-related trip shortly before that, so I was extremely reluctant to leave Durham, where I had job contacts and where there was a lot of computer activity – especially right in the middle of a huge [[wikipedia:Late 1980s recession\|recession]]. It turned out after we moved there that [http://uga.edu The University of Georgia], which would have been my most likely prospect for quick employment, had instituted a hiring-freeze... so there simply were no new jobs for programmers.</small>		<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>My contract at Duke had just concluded and I was reeling under the weight of unplanned expenses from a job-related trip shortly before that, so I was extremely reluctant to leave Durham, where I had job contacts and where there was a lot of computer activity – especially right in the middle of a huge [[wikipedia:Late 1980s recession\|recession]]. It turned out after we moved there that [http://uga.edu The University of Georgia], which would have been my most likely prospect for quick employment, had instituted a hiring-freeze... so there simply were no new jobs for programmers.</small>
			==Bekkalog==
			===2006-08-04 21:21===
			Apparently there's been some misunderstanding about when [[Anna Nikola\|Anna]] was needed down in Athens, and apparently Rebekah very badly wanted to drive Anna down herself, today.

			I had been told some time ago that Anna was needed in Athens on August 6, and I agreed to drive her down on August 5 (August 4 being a Friday, on which we usually do a lot of errands, so it would not have been convenient and I'm sure I said so in whatever conversations there were in which we worked this out). I posted this on the [[Current events\|calendar]] on June 21 at about 4pm, as can be seen in the [http://wiki.hypertwins.org/index.php?title=Current_events&diff=prev&oldid=7159 history]. Email from Livia on June 21 confirms this understanding: "Joel's confirmed Aug. 6-11 for springs in FL with Brenna (and her mom). Can you be prepared to bring Anna either that Friday or Saturday depending on her energy level?"

			Next, on Thursday (the day after Rebekah had planned to pick up Anna for a lunch, so we left Anna out of our lunch plans, but then Rebekah canceled so that Anna had to fend for herself as we had already eaten) when Rebekah came by to pick up Anna for Part 2 of the summer's travels (i.e. the trip to California), I mentioned taking Anna to Athens; Rebekah did not object. (Sandy was present for this conversation, and confirms my recollection.)

			Finally, this morning when we picked up Anna from Rebekah's house (they having both returned from California late the previous night), we confirmed again that we would be taking Anna to Athens. Rebekah ''offered'' to take her down, should we change our minds, but did not object to our doing it. (Sandy was also present for this conversation.)

			Then this evening we get a call from Livia, who apparently thought we were on our way, but seemed perfectly okay with my explanation that we were coming down tomorrow. A few minutes later, Rebekah calls and talks to Anna, and tells her that she is "very disappointed", presumably that we did not drive down today. Livia calls and talks to Anna a few minutes later and tries to convince her to go down with Rebekah, who is apparently terribly hurt by the situation (it's not clear how); it's also not clear whether there has been a misunderstanding about the dates, though Anna gets the impression that she was "supposed to be there today".

			The above should set the record straight. We worked out back in June that we were going down tomorrow, and nobody gave us the slightest reason, until earlier this evening, to think that the plan had changed.

			--[[User:Woozle\|Woozle]] 21:50, 4 August 2006 (EDT)

Woozle: /* A Brief History */ missing comma

2006-07-24T21:34:53Z

A Brief History: missing comma

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	[[Category:Family]]It has belatedly occurred to me that this site has long neglected one of the key members of our extended family – Rebekah Wade, [[Livia]]'s mom, affectionately referred to as my "mother-out-law"; also known as RBW and R<sub>x</sub>.		[[Category:Family]]It has belatedly occurred to me that this site has long neglected one of the key members of our extended family – Rebekah Wade, [[Livia]]'s mom, affectionately referred to as my "mother-out-law"; also known as RBW and R<sub>x</sub>.
	===A Brief History===		===A Brief History===
	When Livia and I initially decided to move to Athens to help Livia's ailing grandmother (Rebekah's mother), Mubbie, in the fall of 1991 it was Rebekah who offered to help out with our moving bills. For reasons best explained elsewhere[[#Footnote\|*]] (read my lips: no new jobs), I was very leery of taking on the expense of moving without having a job already secured. Rebekah offered to help with the expense, and I was ultimately convinced to go through with it. Once we got there, Rebekah helped pay off the moving truck ($200, I think) but sadly could not offer any further assistance. Our credit-card debt immediately began to escalate.		When Livia and I initially decided to move to Athens to help Livia's ailing grandmother (Rebekah's mother), Mubbie, in the fall of 1991, it was Rebekah who offered to help out with our moving bills. For reasons best explained elsewhere[[#Footnote\|*]] (read my lips: no new jobs), I was very leery of taking on the expense of moving without having a job already secured. Rebekah offered to help with the expense, and I was ultimately convinced to go through with it. Once we got there, Rebekah helped pay off the moving truck ($200, I think) but sadly could not offer any further assistance. Our credit-card debt immediately began to escalate.

	In spite of this somewhat rocky beginning, Rebekah always did her best to offer helpful advice to Livia, especially in cases where R felt I might need a gentle nudge in a better direction. She generally declined to speak to me directly about these matters, fearing (perhaps rightly) that I might be able to rationally justify my actions and thus evade her corrective tendencies – which were (of course) only intended for the best.		In spite of this somewhat rocky beginning, Rebekah always did her best to offer helpful advice to Livia, especially in cases where R felt I might need a gentle nudge in a better direction. She generally declined to speak to me directly about these matters, fearing (perhaps rightly) that I might be able to rationally justify my actions and thus evade her corrective tendencies – which were (of course) only intended for the best.

	While I no longer get to see Rebekah when she visits Athens for holidays (since I don't live there anymore), I do get to see her a few times a year when Anna is in town. Our interactions are almost always very pleasant, and leave me with no reason to think that there is any hard feeling left over from the friction we both endured while I was living in Athens.		While I no longer get to see Rebekah when she visits Athens for holidays (since I don't live there anymore), I do get to see her a few times a year when Anna is in town. Our interactions are almost always very pleasant, and leave me with no reason to think that there is any hard feeling left over from the friction we both endured while I was living in Athens.

	==Letters==		==Letters==
	A brief chronicle of our correspondence; this doesn't fairly represent her point-of-view, I'm sure, as I haven't yet located any of the replies she may have sent, not to mention the original letters to which I was responding in some cases. I'll post them as soon as I can find them.		A brief chronicle of our correspondence; this doesn't fairly represent her point-of-view, I'm sure, as I haven't yet located any of the replies she may have sent, not to mention the original letters to which I was responding in some cases. I'll post them as soon as I can find them.

Woozle at 21:33, 24 July 2006

2006-07-24T21:33:17Z

New page

==Introduction==
[[Image:Dcp 0480 2001-08-16 Rebekah and Joel.web.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Rebekah with Joel ([[Samantha]]'s dad / [[Livia]]'s husband) in the renovated kitchen at [[Mubbie's house]]]]
[[Category:Family]]It has belatedly occurred to me that this site has long neglected one of the key members of our extended family – Rebekah Wade, [[Livia]]'s mom, affectionately referred to as my "mother-out-law"; also known as RBW and R<sub>x</sub>.
===A Brief History===
When Livia and I initially decided to move to Athens to help Livia's ailing grandmother (Rebekah's mother), Mubbie, in the fall of 1991 it was Rebekah who offered to help out with our moving bills. For reasons best explained elsewhere[[#Footnote|*]] (read my lips: no new jobs), I was very leery of taking on the expense of moving without having a job already secured. Rebekah offered to help with the expense, and I was ultimately convinced to go through with it. Once we got there, Rebekah helped pay off the moving truck ($200, I think) but sadly could not offer any further assistance. Our credit-card debt immediately began to escalate.

In spite of this somewhat rocky beginning, Rebekah always did her best to offer helpful advice to Livia, especially in cases where R felt I might need a gentle nudge in a better direction. She generally declined to speak to me directly about these matters, fearing (perhaps rightly) that I might be able to rationally justify my actions and thus evade her corrective tendencies – which were (of course) only intended for the best.

While I no longer get to see Rebekah when she visits Athens for holidays (since I don't live there anymore), I do get to see her a few times a year when Anna is in town. Our interactions are almost always very pleasant, and leave me with no reason to think that there is any hard feeling left over from the friction we both endured while I was living in Athens.
==Letters==
A brief chronicle of our correspondence; this doesn't fairly represent her point-of-view, I'm sure, as I haven't yet located any of the replies she may have sent, not to mention the original letters to which I was responding in some cases. I'll post them as soon as I can find them.

* [[1993-10-28 Woozle writes to Rebekah]]
* [[1994-01-01 Woozle writes to Rebekah]]
* [[1994-01-11 Woozle writes to Rebekah]]
* [[1994-09-06 Woozle writes Rebekah]]
* [[1994-09-16 Woozle writes Rebekah]]
* [[1997-01-27 Woozle writes to Rebekah]]
==Footnote==
<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>My contract at Duke had just concluded and I was reeling under the weight of unplanned expenses from a job-related trip shortly before that, so I was extremely reluctant to leave Durham, where I had job contacts and where there was a lot of computer activity – especially right in the middle of a huge [[wikipedia:Late 1980s recession|recession]]. It turned out after we moved there that [http://uga.edu The University of Georgia], which would have been my most likely prospect for quick employment, had instituted a hiring-freeze... so there simply were no new jobs for programmers.</small>