The horrors of the internet

Ted Samsel tejas at infi.net
Tue Oct 29 09:24:49 CST 1996


> 
> Screen fills with garbage characters morphing into a web browser
> downloading mail, an innocent lad's face lighted only by the eerie CRT
> glow, his eyes fixed on the scrolling lines as if seeking relief from
> the flickering image of an English teacher standing in the shadows, a 
> hint of
> something shiny and sharp in her hand. Thank God for spell check. An old
> literary werewolf with fangs and claws. The moon is full tonight ...
>   Blood-chilling laughter, followed by loud snorting and panting as if
> sniffing the air to locate victim, then steely claws scratching at the
> window with a squeal worse than a 10-penny silver nail on a polished
> marble crypt. Even a man who is pure of heart, should take heed
> when the Wolfbane blooms in the full moon light...

Lest we forget: the dyspepsia induced by a regimen of Mountain Dew,
DingDongs and Taco Bell.

As Uncle Floyd would say: 

"Oooh kids, that's scaaary!"

tejas at infi.net:

I used to eat possum, 'till I saw one crawl out of a dead cow. -D.Barnes







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