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• Kate: 1) cackled 2) Jerry Tullmann 3) Vincent Gallo 4) was eaten 5) cute as a button 6) fantastic 7) winning money 8) lava lamp 9) figure skating 10) psychedelic 11) trash collector 12) groovy 13) salad rolls 14) justifying 15) dog collar
• Sherry: 1. ate 2. Ben 3. Marilyn Monroe 4. ran 5. "Bear get down" 6. sexy 7. sleep in my own bed 8. nose 9. skiing 10. big 11. stripper 12. soft 13. pizza 14. grinding 15. cat
• Cheryl: 1) tangoed 2) Phebe (playing with the word a friend) 3) Bill Gates 4) sand 5) bling bling 6) real 7) meditate with Buddhist monks in Tibet 8) maestro 9) figure skating 10) beautiful 11) massage therapist 12) loving 13) chocolate 14) happening 15) Chi
• Florence, Jim, and Jeremy: 1) was 2) santa clasue 3) abraham lincoln 4) ate 5) cool beans 6) delicious 7) play 8) thee 9) javelin 10) big 11) plumber 12) slow 13) pizza 14) storing 15) female
• Master List:1) Verb, past tense 2) Name of a friend 3) Famous person 4) Verb, past tense 5) Your favorite phrase 6) Adjective 7) Something you'd like to do 8) Noun 9) Olympic Sport 10) Adjective 11) Profession 12) Adjective 13) Your favorite food 14) Gerund 15) Noun

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Marcia and Steve had a brilliant time last year in jolly, olde England. Steve worked, Marcia sketched, and the Queen (1 - verb, past tense.) We went on many walking tours and learned things like: (2 - name of a friend) is a descendant of Jack the Ripper, the Tower of London was the prison for (3 - famous person)'s grandfather, and the London Bridge didn't fall down, it (4 - verb, past tense). We strolled through the rose gardens, toured through England, Scotland & Ireland and picked up REALLY bad English accents to delight and astound you with as the occasion merits. As a bonus, we both made it to Berlin, and Steve traveled far and wide throughout the continent for work.

Now that we're back in the colonies, Marcia works P/T for the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic as the HIV/Hep-C Testing Coordinator. The job is (5 - your favorite phrase)! The test counselors at HAFMC, and the satellite sites - the Women's Community Clinic and the San Francisco Needle Exchange - are totally (6 - adjective) and a delight to work with. It's a lot like (7 - something you'd like to do). She's also still volunteering at the Woman's Community Clinic.

Steve is no longer with Inktomi, and plans to next work for a company with a pronounceable/spellable name, perhaps a name that reminds you of: (8 - noun). The tech industry being a sort of amplified proxy for the trends in the economy makes achieving this a lot like getting a medal in (9 - an Olympic Sport). Since the computer market is a bit (10 - adjective) right now, he might also consider a career as a (11 - profession), or move to the middle of nowhere to bake (and eat) Christmas cookies and festive cakes and winter pies and ...

Things are going well in San Francisco. Come visit us - stay at our apartment, get an HIV test and a bunch of condoms, and have a (12 - adjective) time. We'll take you to some great restaurants to have some (13 - your favorite food). We're sure we can find you a place for (14 - gerund) your (15 - noun). Enjoy life!

Love,

Marcia and Steve