alt.books.pynchon

[Ken Jones]

>	I have to agree.  I am in despair these days over the state
>of rec.arts.books.  What was once a font of titles I had never heard
>of in the company of educated and witty discussion has become a slum
>of adolescent **omphaloskeptic** babblings wherein once may read for weeks
>without finding a book mentioned.

Omphaloskeptic? I'll admit I had to look it up, but I'm sure glad I did
(turns out I've been doing it for years). For the edification of the rest of
the list:

pertaining to contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation; also,
indisposition to motion, exertion, or change (inertness)