Joe Essid directs the Writing Center at the University of Richmond, where he teaches courses in writing and literature. He is a Richmond native who attended the University of Virginia and earned a Master's and PhD at Indiana University. His research interests include technology in the classroom and Southern literary humor. His academic writing has appeared in Computers and Humanities, The Writing Lab Newsletter, and anthologies about technology and writing. He is a contributor to Style Weekly and has appeared in Eighty One and RVA. Ignatius Onomatopoeia is the "avatar" who represents Joe in the game-world Second Life. Ignatius will be wandering the virtual terrain of Second Life while his creator writes here about what may be either "the next big thing" for the Internet or the latest darling of the cyber-hip... the reader can decide.
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Location: Autosports Region

After being outfoxed by her trickster brother, Jezz Enoch was quickly back on her feet, or at least on her four wheels.

I felt so sorry for the murderous, one-eyed, hard-drinking ex-convict that I bought her a car. Not just any car, but a great set of Southern wheels: a “Damaged Nova Purestock” from the car lot I had visited during my own runs on the Motorsports track.

Jezz was soon running laps in under 14 seconds.  She’s a better driver than I am already, but we agreed to “mix it up” for fun (and 200L) soon.

I caught up to her at the track, where, covered in dust, she pecked me on the cheek and left a dusty, Jezz-shaped impression on my new suit.

“Mistophur Wiggly, I are so happy I cood run out n’ kill a whole town!“

“Just tear up the track, Jezz.“

“I aims tu du jist that! I are a-gonna win big here…I owes that worf’less brudder, Pappy, a bunch o’ munny…dang his flea-bitten hide!“

I hope Pappy does not plan to be at the races anytime soon…he may have to run fast if he strays onto the track…

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