Reid was sitting on the bed with his pants around his ankles.
Reid was on the telephone.
Many people have wondered why
Reid Gershbein
has been nicknamed "Ankles." It all begins at Siggraph 95. Siggraph,
is of course the roving mecca for the hipest of us computer science
hipsters. The yearly hajj allows lucky graduate computer science
students to rub shoulders with powerful Hollywood moguls as well as
many of the subjects of Wired Magazines most interesting
articles. Siggraph 95 was held in beautiful downtown LA and Reid, Matt "Shortstop"
Pharr and Craig
"Hamster" Kolb shared a hotel room at the Convention Center
Holiday Inn. Shorty, Homan "Muskrat" Igehy and Venkat Krishnamurthy were returning to Shorty's hotel room after dinner one evening. As Shorty got to the door he stuck his key in the lock and turned the handle. The door slowly opened and he started walking in when Shorty heard Reid's shrill yell, "Wait! Don't come in! Hold on a sec!" Shorty, with his obliging personality and his eagle eyes immediately shut the door, but not before noting two very important facts.
Reid was sitting on the bed with his pants around his ankles.
Reid was on the telephone.