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Pepperoni P. Maxim

I received an email from a gentleman named Pepperoni P. Maxim today. I don't know this man, but I would like to. What was the content of this email? Who knows? Why would I pervert my vision of who this character is by reading what he had to say? I wrote back and requested a picture from Mr. Maxim and almost immediately received a charcoal portrait he says was done by a Portuguese gypsy child outside of the Hagia Sofia. I present it here to you:

It occurs to me that I have been the recipient of several emails from persons of peculiar christenings, and I may have to start asking them for similar portraits as well.