From: Gary S. Gevisser [gevisser@pacbell.net]

Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 10:54 PM

To: RKlein

Subject: 77,000 rock

 

Professor Klein, I was recently emailed this picture of the rock found in Bombos Cave. Did you ever examine the rock yourself?

 

Gary S. Gevisser

 

 

From: Richard G. Klein (via an autoresponder) [RKlein@stanford.edu]

Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 10:54 PM

To: Gary S. Gevisser

Subject: Away from my mail [Re: 77,000 rock]

 

I will be reading my email only sporadically until Thursday,

15 August.

I'll get back to you on

 

77,000 rock

 

as soon as I can.   I appreciate your

patience.

 

 

From: rklein@stanford.edu

Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 10:59 PM

To: Gary S. Gevisser

Subject: Blombos ocher

 

Dear Mr. Gevisser,

 

I have seen the Blombos engraved ocher fragment, which is in the

Museum from which I write this.

 

Best wishes,

 

Richard Klein

 

 

From: Gary S. Gevisser [gevisser@pacbell.net]

Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:30 PM

To: rklein@stanford.edu

Subject: RE: Blombos ocher

 

Dear Professor Klein...Wow, I am impressed. A professor at work, not quite ready for mum-ification to mention in passing how I like to generally operate from the bottom up, that the closer one moves up the ladder the more tight lipped the "top gods" [sic]. It is rare that I find myself striking gold first time at bat. Right now I am watching the follow up program to the one on PBS where I first saw you in the flesh. This subject matter revolves around "where is god...what is dog...i of the storm" [sic]. By the way I was raised in South Africa and back in 1995 I happened to visit "Bomb-us Cave" [sic]. Today I live in Del Mar in what is often referred to as The Cave. Hopefully my contacting you won't result in me being blasted to Timbuktu.

 

Cutting right to the chase, did you notice anything that would suggest an intersection of triangles, as in the star of david?

 

Gary

 

 

From: rklein@stanford.edu

Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:09 AM

To: Gary S. Gevisser

Subject: Blombos ocher

 

Dear Mr. Gevisser,

 

It's possible to see varioius patterns in the Blombos ocher

fragment, but to me, it''s essentially cross-hatching.  There are

similar things from like-aged sites in Europe, where they were

produced by the Neanderthals.

 

Best wishes,

 

Richard Klein

 

 

From: Gary S. Gevisser [gevisser@pacbell.net]

Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 1:16 PM

To: rklein@stanford.edu

Subject: RE: Blombos ocher

 

Dear Professor, my question though is why didn't anyone even mention the possibility of the intersecting triangles? Who else has looked at the rock from right to left where there is a progression that begins with some very clearly defined lines that then morph into what certainly looks to me like a star of david? Take a look at the attachment which has the rock highlighted. Nothing else has been changed to the original picture that appeared in the LA Times.

 

Now it probably helps if those involved in the analysis had some background in looking at things differently, up and down and about and around to mention just in passing the benefits of being able to read from right to left as most Jewish people who can read Hebrew sometimes get. Now to be clear on this point. When I showed the picture to a group of Jewish people who had gathered for a Friday night sabbatical routine only one person noticed the star of david and even then I gave her some assistance along the way, a little prod here and a wink, you know what I mean. Her husband though is also a professor. His excuse was that he wasn't wearing glasses at the time. I am though so tired of poor excuses although he like me was a skater in his youth, although I made it my business to avoid skating on thin ice. I managed to always find a way around even moving objects at times jumping over them, although sometimes taking a spill or tTOo along the way, but no serious injuries, thank-filly. It is though on very rare occasions that I make folks jump through hoops unless I feel it is something rather important for them to do, a lesson for the young to boot home to the old foggies like ourselves.

 

Point being, I would have thought that at least someone from the "pres-tig-r-es" [sic] Los Angeles Times had enough of the Jewish bloodline running through their veins to at least comment on the possibility beyond the "die-t-ribe" [sic] I saw that simply upsets my stomach. Why not even a point of contrast from the editor and staff or even their "bread-battered-half" who could have the last laugh, or their dishwasher who hopefully washes his-her hands before cleaning the toilets to mention just in passing my "bottoms up schooling." Now maybe I missed something in the text which al-lew-des to this possible alternative viewpoint? What "barfs me all the way up the tree" [sic] is that there wasn't even one alternative perspective. I have many other questions but I don't want to keep you up, at least not tonight. Last night was certainly late enough.

 

The fact though that you would mention the Neanderthals raises my juices to the point that I am starting to feel like throwing up. Now to be clear, I am really not a cantankerous person. On the contrary I always first try to look for the good in everything that has gone on before to mention again just in passing the chaos others keep bringing into the mess halls of campuses throughout the world. I am in fact hoping that we can all get our acts together and stop looking for lost tribes and simply start a new tribe. At the same time we shouldn't lose all our marbles let alone forget our historical perspective to mention little of the fact that the Neanderthals are no longer with us. Why mix apples and oranges although I guess since it makes a good fruit drink it is possible that the Neanderthals and us humans may have in fact got it on, you know what I mean?

 

I like to keep things simple, less said the better but until the paper work is all done, until we stop consuming trees and drinking more of my Sea change Tea I must continue to protest against bad parenting, potty training to boot. I guess I feel a lot less guilty about writing stuff down given the fact that it consumes no paper. But of course we still have time and space to contend with.

 

So please professor just give it to me straight. Tell me clearly exactly what you mean. To be clear by what I mean in the previous sentence, if in fact what you next email me is not perfectly clear then I will come back and ask you, "How do you know?" I happened to learn this two-pronged guerrilla attack from a former chairman of the FCC who also is known to for his controversial positions, "I have yet to see a merger I like." Now although I have it in quotes that doesn't necessarily mean that is exactly what he said. I happen though to agree whole heartedly with his sent-iments. I tell my clients, "I am paid to give you my best advice not necessarily to say what you want to hear" the purpose being that it ultimately saves them money and time to enjoy their mints after dinner. 

 

As I get older I tend to like less and less those who confuse the rest of us "servers" serfers to boot, surfers to embrace to mention just in passing how I sometimes mix up my metaphors, more so my spelling. I do though want to avoid ending up as scrap for our four-legged friends to feast on. With that said, I am hoping to launch a series of websites aimed at getting folks to pay more attention to what came before us as "in god we trust" [non-sic]. One website that I hope to launch is EmanANDdog which as you know spelled backwards is God DNA Name. Looking at things "write to left" makes things a whole lot clearer to mention little of the importance of writing things down clearly, also one avoids wrong turns. A picture though is a thousand points of light, another byte of the apple is really what I hope each one of has left in stor as we get close to the end of the road.

 

By the way professor my career began as a failed university tutor. I had the highest dropout rate of first year business-accounting students in the faculties history, at least that was my goal. I lasted less than 3 months on the job but I was well on my way dna have never looked back, not even once. Butt I do know a thing or tTOo about real estate, lots and lot.s and what makes a true French-Canadian cuisine, "Crunchy, chewy, salty and sweet-pie." Just ask my girlfriend how cuddly I can also be when peaceful, rarely do I toss and turn. My dog’s name is Piepeetoe. The Pie comes from chicken pot pies which add to the waistline something foreign to Pythagoras to mention just as he brushes past my write thigh his right angle markings on his way to pee on his toes, no doubt about it.

 

If you are really interested in hearing more about my background and what pleases me let me know. More importantly, please answer my questions as best you can. Saying, "I don't know... Maybe I missed something" is perfectly okay with me. I promise to go lightly although that doesn't mean I plan to disappear, at least not "write now."

 

 

Gary Gevisser

 

 

 

From: Gary S. Gevisser [gevisser@pacbell.net]

Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:31 PM

To: RKlein

Subject: Blow....Deep breath....

 

Professor Klein, could you please at least acknowledge that you received my previous email. Perhaps with your education you might find a way to help me out of my distress. I really would prefer not to make a mockery of you; why not at least respond in kind? The good lord knows you do work hard. On the other hand maybe it is time that you aren't so cavalier with your expressions, why should you be the only with the honorable mention, wouldn't you agree?

 

With that said, The Economist has picked up the story. Where do you think it is Next headed?

 

Sincerely,

 

Gary S. Gevisser

 

 

 

From: rklein@stanford.edu

Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:49 PM

To: Gary S. Gevisser

 

Dear Mr. Gevisser,

 

I did get your last message and this one, but I'm here excavating,

and I have only a few minutes a week to deal with email.  I

apologize if I seemed rude.

 

Best wishes,

 

Richard Klein

 

 

From: Gary S. Gevisser [gevisser@pacbell.net]

Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:53 AM

To: rklein@stanford.edu

Subject: RE:

 

Richard, is it okay for us to be on first name basis, we can work out the terms of surrender later... just "kiSSing" [sic].

 

How can I help? As a kid I went on several digs in Israel. Then I went about looking for dirt proper. One of my clients used to refer to me as the ferret. He was the guy who beat out Victor Kiam by acquiring the rights to the Epilady which was a device developed by men to inflict pain on women. Depending on how long you have been exacating, you may not know that Victor Kiam was/is the Remington man "I loved the product so much I exchanged it for my harley wife" [sic].

 

Now that Epilady was a hairy experience. Did you know it was developed in Israel and for all I know may have been initially a top secret weapon that Israeli special forces used to scalp sheep trying to stay warm? This device could possibly be used to help you sought the wheat from the chaff. It consists of twisted rotating coils that fit into the palm of your hand. In the same way it rips hair from the roots it could be a very valuable tool to use should you get to the "knarly" stuff and if you get really bored you could always shave around your rectum, butt be careful.

 

I apologize if I seem rude butt Latin was one of my favorite subjects especially the part, "Amo amas amacunt." The truth is I never matriculated with Latin as one of my subjects. In fact I went to 3 schools in my final year of high school before settling down with the most rebellious of my friends. I did in fact make it to university. My parents were very proud of me. God had to have been looking over my shoulder for there were not simply very bright people ahead of me but all of them were very good looking women to boot. By the way "Knarley" is pigeon English which we were raised on in South Africa and it is often used to describe the tough ends of the spectrum.

 

With that said, assuming you are not yet ready to have me over as a dinner guest when can I expect a response to my previous emails. By the way, my mother taught charm school, not only can I eat with both knife and fork I have yet to attack anyone while breaking bread. My father though prefers not to use a serviette. He and my mother are divorced.

 

Alles van die beste which is all the best in Afrikaans.

 

Gary

 

 

 

From: Gary S. Gevisser [gsg@sellnext.com]
Sent:
Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:33 PM
To:
RKlein (RKlein@stanford.edu)
Cc: rest
Subject: ?Blombos?

 

Professor Klein, remember me?

 

 

 

Sorry about that delay. At 1:42PM PST just 28 odd minutes ago my wife’s ex-husband left the same umpteenth message on the house answering machine wanting to know about switching the kids around this coming weekend to make up for the time he won’t be with his 13 year-old-daughter since he is planning on taking their 10 year-old son fishing in Montana just as he did last year and just like last year Danielle prefers to stay home and be with her friends.

 

There is in The Forum of today’s USA Today an excellent article titled, “Sexually active girl’s lament: Why didn’t I wait?” which I will be discussing with Danielle’s mother who has a rather unique and effective way of communicating matters of importance to the young, who are all of our future’s, agree?

 

Now coming in to one of my emails can be no different to walking into a horror movie the difference being that at the end of the horror movie you get to walk out and go back to your knitting, agree?

 

Well not exactly if you can comprehend that the world is endless to mention little of the lite journey I have in store for Dr. John Ben Stewart whose attorney, Mr. George G. Hurst is once again copied on an all-important E-mail.

 

Just yesterday I found out that my one attorney Mr. James C. Ashworth who comes from a line of attorneys, his father a prominent judge and his mother stellar in every respect, is “hospitalized.” Earlier today at 7:25AM PST to be precise I started the ball rolling that will have me “fixed” by no later 6:15 PM PST [6-20-03] assuming there won’t be any complications in a procedure that Dr. Soppe has done sum 150Xs.

 

Dr. Juma was the first “adult Urologist” to be referred to me but for reasons we figured out only while celebrating this past Saturday evening at an Italian restaurant in Cardiff “sand wedged” [sic] between Leucadia and Solano Beach that Dr. Juma and/or his assistants had visited my one website www.nextraterrestrial.com.

 

Ordinarily I would get into the “nuts & bolts” of the various conversations that went until midnight butt I have to leave in a couple of minutes to pickup our Jonathan from school. Suffice to say were it not for us having to get up at 5:30AM PST on Sunday morning to take Danielle to a volleyball competition up in Los Angeles, which really was our pleasure, Marie+I+Sebastian Capella+++++++ had enuf energy to wait for the sun to rise and then catch our fair share of waves.

 

Let me begin by wishing you well and that you got thru the recent Passover, i.e. move over rover if you think you can dodge me indefinitely and don’t give me any more of that less than heartfelt apology you expelled throughout the non-vacuum environment of our planet back on Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:49 PM as in:

 

Dear Mr. Gevisser,

 

I did get your last message and this one, but I'm here excavating,

and I have only a few minutes a week to deal with email.  I

apologize if I seemed rude.

 

Best wishes,

 

Richard Klein

 

 

Be advised that I am on quite a roll right now, never thou one to roll the dice having mastered a number of techniques over the years including sum SMARTs as in Science, Mathematics=Music, Art, Religion & Technology altho as you know in the public school system here in California the word “Religion” is kept out of the equation.

 

I am very much on a mission to balance things out and sum folks have suggested that I run for Governor once our “bought & paid 4” Ho Chi Min Davis gets recalled altho by the time I am done with him there can be no guarantees that the French who had quite a hand to play in the rigging of the Gubernatorial elections held last November 8th will provide him a place of refuge, at a minimum I suspect they’ll charge him an “arm and a leg” whereas I have kept one of my apartment units at 1431 Stanford Street in Santa Monica vacant in the event he were to do the right thing, save us time, money and heartache as I go about spilling the beans that will have a whole number of people ducking for cover, nothing tho like opening the floodgates, wouldn’t you agree Ms. Diana Henriques?

 

Relax Professor Klein. Ms. Henriques is not copied on this email but in the event I don’t hear back from you in short order giving me a more clear and precise answer to my questions which I will summarize in short order, then you can bet your bottom dollar I will continue “tu hound u” and should I get run over by say a cement truck then there will undoubtedly be the “blood hounds” to contend with hell bent on making my book Manager Minute One the most successful publication since the Bible.

 

In a nutshell my question is, why do you think the editors of the Los Angeles Times failed to pick up on your diatribe, “Is it art, or somebody with a stone loot just sitting scratching their tochas" [sic]?

 

So that we can then get down to business beginning with you take on the recent fossil findings, i.e. The meek WITH TEETH shall inherit the earth, agree?

 

All the best,

 

Gary S. Gevisser

 

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