From: ??????????????????????? (Elias Mazur)
Subject: Congratulations, help and of course, pipes...

Dear fellow pipe smokers:

   I would like to apologize for not being active in our group for
such a long time.  These past weeks have been pretty busy, and crazy, but
thanks to the peace of mind that my pipes always provide me, I didn't
get any serious stress.  Well, I would like to congratulate my friend
Steve (a little late of course) for the completion of the degree, and
wish him good luck in his persuit for his Ph.D. I'm sure that your new
pipes will help you through those long nights of research and writing the
dissertation. I hope we could all meet and celebrate, with our
favorite pipes along. (Maybe I just planted a seed for the future
meeting of our pipe group. Ideas ???).

I am also finishing my Master's degree, and will be defending my
thesis two weeks from today. Of course I was going to buy myself a new
pipe as the graduation gift 'after' the defense, but yesterday I saw a
beautiful Ben-Wade free-hand with an oustanding straight grain and did
not resist. I bought it, and in a few minutes will be lighting my new
friend for the first time.

My graduation, although something long awaited for, poses a serious
threat on my participation in our pipe group; unlike my friend Steve,
I am not going to continue towards the PhD, and therefore implies that
I have to find a job. I've been looking for a while, but with no
success. Last week I had a couple of interviews, but nothing yet.  The
problem is that if I don't find a job I'll probably go back to Brazil,
which means I won't be able to communicate anymore with the group.
For all these reasons I am asking the group for some help.  If someone
knows of a position for software engineering in the graphics/image
processing field, or any area that requires C programming or
assembler, and would like to have a pipe smoker fellow to puff a nice
bowl of the favorite tobacco with, I would really appreciate any
contacts you might have. Please contact me if you need my resume.


Smoke in peace. ~\U

Elias Mazur.


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