Nef, I know how Ian's e-Post works; if "scads" of fans e-Post on
5/25, Kevin the webmaster will have to do 1 of 2 things: e-mail Ian
to tell him that dozens or hundreds or a thousand or so fans just
temporarily crashed the site, or post a header or topic on Ian's
cover page to the effect that 'dozens or hundreds or a thousand or so
fans' posted happy birthday, congrats, etc. for Ian.

The purpose of the exercise is not necessarily to 'get on' the site
on 5/25, but for Ian to have a virtual headcount of how many fans are
paying attention to *him*, not Dan Brown's book, or Tolkien's book,
or Marvel comics. Ian himself may not see any of our messages until
long after 5/25, but I believe he will see them.

All best,
Miranduviel
(pervy fancier of *talented* wizards...)


In ianmckellenclub@yahoogroups.com, "I. M. Nefertiti"
<nefertiti_22002@...> wrote:
>Not to be a partypooper, and I wish Ian the most wonderful of
>birthdays, but there's no way to have a mass "happy birthday" via e-
>post. Nothing goes directly onto www.mckellen.com. The many
>submissions for the e-post columns get winnowed considerably by the
>webmaster, and Ian gets around to answering them at intervals
>during his schedule--which must be jammed right now with interviews
>around two big blockbuster releases! (As I recall, Ian describes
>how the e-post works in his answer to one of the early queries.)
>Given how well The Da Vinci Code did on its opening weekend and
>how many of the critics think Ian is the best thing in it (highly
>plausible), I hope he's already feeling a lot of enthusiasm from
>his fans going into his birthday.
>Thanks, BTW, for your description of DVC. Makes me want to see it!
>Cheers,
>Nef