To: everyone <everyone@example.com> From: Joe Chellman Subject: Maybe you've been sitting around the house, tipping back a tall, frosty glass of milk, thinking "Hey, Joe" (which is a funny thing to think to yourself) "Joe," you think, "I've been wondering about you and Lisa." I understand that there have been betting pools about whether we would be getting engaged. Well, I'm here to tell you that all bets are off. Cash in your chips. It's true, we are, as Patrick Stewart would say, engaged. I can just hear the questions welling up in you: - When? We don't know. Probably more than six months, less than two years from today. - Where? We don't know. Wherever we go after California, a move that will be happening in the same timeframe. - Why? You little cynic you. Oh, you meant leaving California. We want to be closer to our families. - Who? We were planning on each other, but this is the twenty-first century, so anything's possible, I suppose. - When did you propose? How archaic. We talked about it several times over the past few months, and finally made it public (i.e. told our families) a couple weeks ago. - Are there rings? Not yet. - What if I have more questions that you haven't answered? That's why God (or Al Gore, depending on who you ask) invented email. - Is that it, you windbag? Yes, it is. Joe and Lisa