JULY 23, 2000
A MODIFIED PIECE RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL GLORY
It all started one day when I was pulling teeth. Namely the incisors and flat-headed molars of my dear close friend Tom Vacca. Legnedarily known as the original TV kid, Tom could cite dozens of commercial jungles and sticom conceits at the push of an imaginary button. In his formative days he was an absorbent sponge of TV culture who never found the proper channel to re-direct the cultural overflow. When he was brimmed up with trivia and insight and funny you could trigger a violent release and expereince a little bit of Vacca life.
In the days gone by since, my dear friend has learned to discover the obvious benefits of a sharp memory, a keen insight and a built-in textbook of situational interactions without the culture-box. But forcing these strange wonders into a coherent and edifying text has never been his concern (I blame misanthropy) so when the cup overfloweth we still get that dose of Vacca world, which may or may not be understandable to the common folk.
Tom's legendary writing prowess has been discussed in friendly circles for a decade, but only on rare occassions have I witnessed a finished account. For good reason. He is a live stream-of-consciousness, an uninterrupted current. If you can get jacked in, you are going to receive a good, electric-tingling charge and you will understand.
Perhaps, since I've known Tom for so long, I was not able to step back and appreciate the full effects of the voltage. I tried, therefore, to direct the current and to give it a shape. We know that current flows in conducted areas and in this instance, the full white to-be-written-on page is like copper wire and the words will zip and snap across the page without resistance.
This is the way it should be. If you are so interested, you can read the original email sent by Tom to me about the editing, or you can read what the voters (a collection of our peers) said about the two differing versions (remember I edited it the first time) and you can read my original reply to Tom.
Tony Leonardo
Editor N Chief N Shit
My Editing Changes Brought to Fruition
