i am beginning to regret saying i'll write a letter for prof nohrnberg, for the reason that i don't seem very good at it, and i would hate to mess things up for him. i worship him and i want this to be the perfect letter but i can't seem to write a good letter; it sounds more like an obituary than anything else, and i suspect a bit like white's for thurber. it seems so easy when i write peer recommendations; i think i'm far too much in awe of nohrnberg to write one.