infinite footnotes

Andrew Dinn andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk
Fri Jun 21 03:30:36 CDT 1996


Jeffrey Stadelman teases Bonnie with:

> "He gets back to the Casino just as big globular raindrops, thick as
> honey, begin to splat into giant asterisks on the pavement, inviting
> him to look down at the bottom of the text of the day, where
> footnotes will explain all.  He isn't about to look.  Nobody ever
> said a day has to be juggled into any kind of sense at day's end.
> He just runs."  GR, Bantam p. 238

There's a lovely, ironic footnote to this riposte. Bonnie's first post
to the list (at least the first one where she revealed her true
colours) included this very quote. A fine note.


Andrew Dinn
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And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.





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