Every Friday,..late night,..we would get together and watch first the Lexx scifi show and then,..after the show ended,..we would get together and watch tapes of Lexx!! We were ten Deaf and Hard of Hearing folks with a taste for some very weird science fiction!! We called ourselves the Deaf Fan Club of Brian Downey and Ellen Dubin. When the show ended,..we talked about reaching out in some way to thank the stars of the show with a very special "thank you."

Mostly,..it was just talk till Jane suggested that we send a copy of my book to Mr. Downey as a "thanks." I was to autograph it and see if Rosezelle would do so, too. I wanted to send a copy of Jane's book as she has a Ph.D. and is much more impressive than I could ever be,..but Jane pointed out that my book was more "readable."

Jane's last published work was on "Rehabilitation of Deaf-Multiply-Disabled Children: Lip Reading and Oral Speech vs Sign Language in an Educational Setting." Like Kai's poo in "Bad Carrot," Jane's literary work is a bit "dry" as far as reading goes unless you are interested in the education of Deaf-Multiply-Disabled Children!! Still,..I thought that sending such a book would show that the people,..who we are sending the book to, that we are not just a bunch of "dumb Deafies!" The group voted and we settled on "Walking Free!"

I accepted their twenty dollars and promised to see if I could get the book to the intended recipient as I am the one, who plays aound on the message boards and actually wrote scifi Lexx stories with Annie for a time and then,..by myself. I piddled and poodled for a while and then,..in October,..I got a friend to send one of the objects of our collective adoration..a copy of the book.

Now,..the folks in the club are asking me for "confirmation" of the gift,..given as a product of our collective adoration!! I am going to be in "deep doodoo,"....if I don't come up with some proof,..and the club will be finis. Still,..it was fun while it lasted!! :D

My son,..who usually likes scifi,..was not happy about our "deaf Fan Club for Ellen Dubin and Brian Downey!!" Bill avoided us like THE PLAGUE!! My son hates this particular scifi show with a passion!! He says that he hopes the book.."got lost in the mail!"