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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.