User talk:Aquaverde

Dear Wikipedia...I was jack macpherson's girlfriend for 22 years (on and off a few times). He was an amazing guy. And he was constantly interviewed by the press. These are articles I remember:

1. Longboard Magazine. Nov. 2004. 8 page article by Tristan Wand. 2. San Diego Magazine. July (maybe Aug?) 2007. 'Forgiving Tom Wolfe' by s.d. Liddick. 3. Los Angeles Times. Nov. 1990. Article by John Glionna on 'The Pumphouse Gang 25 years later'. 4. 'Pearl Harbor Kid'...Dec. 7, 1990. Channel 7 News San Diego did a story on Mac surviving the Pearl Harbor bombing as a child. 5. 'The Pumphouse Gang' short story by Tom Wolfe...Jan. 1966. New York Herald.

He was famous by being included in 'The Pumphouse Gang'...he never met Tom Wolfe. His 15 minutes of fame used to confound and irritate him...one time he came home and said in frustration, "I'm famous and I never did anything!".

His friend Bob Rakestraw (Meda) contributed indirectly to the story by his term 'meda'...apparently, he worked as a fisherman for awhile...he was around Portugese fishermen who used the word 'merde' as a swear word. Bob Rakestraw shortened this to 'meda' and it became his nickname and his part of 'MacMeda'. Tom Wolfe uses 'meda' throughout the story. Bob Rakestraw was adopted by the eminent scientist Dr. Norris Rakestraw (Scripps Oceanography)...

And the main reason Jack macpherson should be included in Wikipedia is because of Mac Meda in The Pumphouse Gang. Tom Wolfe is the #1 writer in the world...when he writes a new book, press conferences are held and often times, he makes magazine covers. No other writer has his position. 'The Pumphouse Gang' was one of his earliest works and most loved stories. There are classes taught at Brown University on 'The Pumphouse Gang'...graduate students do their dissertations on Tom Wolfe. Jack Macpherson and Bob Rakestraw's creation of The Mac Meda Destruction Company are an integral part of the story and they both deserve their place in literary and surfing history.

Thank-you, Jamie Nay San Diego