Farnina and Pynchon

[Mascaro at humnet.ucla.edu]

Andrew Dinn tells me:

>You are conflating the concept of nothingness with its occurence.
>Saying nothing about Pynchon is nothing new. Saying it in this forum
>is otiose. Praising it is at best sophistry.


to which I reply:

(1) Otiose sophistry's
    okay by me . . .


And also, 

(2) c'mon, Mr. Dinn, although you proudly I.D. yourself as a *non-academic* 
you can't fool me, not with a vocabulary like that!!  Otiose!! Sophistry!!! 

I bet you ARE an academic.


By the way, as the Incredible String Band once had to protest on an album, 
"No Ruinous Feud," ok?  I mean, unless you wanna.


John Mascaro
UCLA Writing Programs
No Catchy Motto