Three reasons I love this story:
a) It was written by a high school friend of mine (Charles Bethea) who is a GREAT writer--this is his first time published in the New Yorker, but certainly not the last!
b) It's written about a college acquaintance (Guru Raj) I've known since my first year (and first day even, as he was an RA in my dorm). He's also a fellow Atlantan. The high school friend writer and college friend subject know each other from mutual friends, and it's just a coincidence I know them both.
c) The story is awesome. While watching the DNC back in 2004, Guru Raj was also creating his first gmail account. Combinations of his names were taken, so, inspired by Senator Obama's now legendary speech, he registered barackobama@gmail.com. The rest is history.
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