I had a hangover when I wrote that message at work yesterday morning. I've just been a copywriter for so long that I was curious how you got to be an editor. I don't wear jogging suits, I don't have a beard, and I don't even like Cheetos. From the time on your messages, it looks as if you're strolling into work just in time to take your lunch break. If you worked for me, I'd fire your ass in a heartbeat.
People use all sorts of acronyms like that to make typing online faster and easier.
The asterisks are used for emphasis, since you can't type in italics online. OK, so now that we've established we could never work together, I guess there's not much else to talk about since you seem fairly incapable of having any kind of conversation that's even remotely personal. It's just that I get a lot of weird e-mail from people I don't even know. Usually people want something from me, like they want me to read their nephew's first novel and help them get it published, or they want computer advice, or sometimes these people are just plain lunatics, and I have to change my e-mail address in order to get away from them. One woman found out where I lived and started calling me at all hours of the night, threatening to commit suicide if I didn't talk to her.