[UA][OT] Virginia

[Russell Rayburn]

On 4/19/07, Greg Stolze <gregstolze at comcast.net> wrote:
> What bugs me is the cryptic phrase "Ismail Ax" written on his arm in
> red ink.  Was that ever explained?  And that he was an English major,
> wrote weird plays...  "Ismail Ax" is probably a cipher or an anagram
> or something, which is just the kind of weird wordplay I put into my
> work.  FREQUENTLY.

Everyone's been wondering that:

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/009715.php

It's also an anagram for "ALIAS MIX".
ObUA: Check your proxies.

> Is it off topic?  Or is it on topic in a larger sense that we rarely
> address?  What I mean by that is: If you're reading this mailing
> list, you're pretty much self-selected for an interest in weird
> stuff.  Violent weird stuff at that.  Does that give us some kind of
> tie, insight or sympathy -- however miniscule or tenuous -- to this
> crazyass murdering weirdo?  It's a disturbing thought.

Can't say I have much sympathy for this one... although I suspect
quite a few of us here know what it's like to not fit in.

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