Top 10 Ways to Know if You've Spotted Pynchon on the Net
Brian Stonehill Media Studies Pomona College
BSTONEHILL at POMONA.CLAREMONT.EDU
Thu Aug 18 09:54:06 CDT 1994
10. His emoticons look like a hand with the middle finger extended.
9. The hash is not in the header, but at the end (see "Entropy").
8. He compares whatever the current thread is to "Three's Company" and the
_Duino Elegies_.
7. Writes in stylistic stereo.
6. Occasionally uses Ishmael Reed's machine.
5. Never uses gendered pronouns incorrectly, or splits an infinitive.
4. Frequently breaks into song.
3. Was a heavy e-mail user decades ago at Boeing, & is now in remission.
2. Hates Top Ten Lists.
1. His e-mail sounds better on a kazoo.
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