Dear David Herman

Dear David Herman,

We have the same name. You seem to think you have my gmail address. Periodically I get email intended for you. It may be that you're giving out my address to people--or so I imagine, because every so often, I also get a message from Google saying that someone is initiating the process to reset my password. Naturally, I don't proceed. I don't want to reset my password. I'd prefer you stopped trying to.

I have no particular way of contacting you, because all I know is that your name is my name too, and I think you live in San Francisco (based on your mail that I've received). Which is all the more confusing, given that I spend a lot of time in the Bay Area. But I digress.

Mr. Herman, I'm afraid we can't share this gmail account. You seem to like the version without a dot, whereas I prefer the version with a dot, but either way, Google says it's mine. Sorry. I got there first.

Best regards,
David Herman