To contact the author, Matt Giwer, call (813) 972-2574 or snail(monopoly)mail #27, 14205 Nebraska Avenue, Tampa Florida 33682-2541, or real mail mgiwer@giwersworld.org.

The last name can not be pronounced so don't worry about it. But if you insist upon formality, the last name is Giver with a w, try Matt "Lord loves a cheerful" Giwer. (It's Flemish, from Lorraine Provence, France, the town of Givet.)

picture of the handsome devil
Photo courtesy, State of Florida, Department of Motor Vehicles
(The Department of Corrections does not provide pictures.)
Born in 1945, the replacement for WW II

      For what it is worth, the folks are hatewatch.org, currently off line as a result of legal action, had the temerity to steal the above picture in clear violation of copyright laws. And a pretend spokesrat Ken McVay aka Andrew Mathis aka Marc Kaufmann had the chutzpah (rudeness, neya kulturney) to gloat over the theft.

     

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    When I was just a lad at the Naval Ship Systems Command (I missed BuShips by that much), a contractor who shall remain nameless took me to lunch at the Gaslight Club. He asked if I liked it. A couple weeks later this key appeared in the mail. To this day I believe that if I had ever used it, no bill would have ever arrived. I also believe I would have had a prison cell adjoining his.