
IS MY HANDWRITING TOO SLOPPY FOR YOUR EYEBALLS? HERE'S THE TEXT OF THE ABOVE CARD ... DR. [BLANK] / ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY PROF. / DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY / [BLANK] / UNIVERSITY OF [BLANK] / [BLANK], CALIFORNIA [BLANK] / DR. [BLANK] -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE KIND WORDS AND E-BOUQUET. YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT I REMAIN EXTRAORDINARILY HUMBLE DESPITE BEING UTTERLY BRILLIANT. AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE INVENTED A BRAND NEW ELEMENT. TELL THE OTHERS THAT THE PERIODIC TABLE WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED. I CALL IT "SCHLULVELIUM" BUT AM OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. IT RANKS RIGHT UP THERE WITH HELIUM, AND CARBON'S DAYS MAY BE NUMBERED. AND JUST WAIT TILL YOU GET A LOAD OF ITS PROPERTIES! THEY ARE SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. HAVE YOU SCHEDULED A NEWS CONFERENCE YET? IT WILL BE IN ALL THE SCHOOLS, AND ELSEWHERE BESIDES, KIND OF LIKE WHEN HAWAII WAS NAMED THE 50TH STATE.