But, wait, there's more! [was St. Clair River]

ckaratnytsky at nypl.org ckaratnytsky at nypl.org
Wed Feb 5 12:01:37 CST 1997


     David Casseres wants to know how my mind works:
     
     >Woa!  Are you saying Mittelwerk and Steely are the same azzole?  Naw, 
     >that's much too good to be true...
     
     Well, explaining this will likely reveal waaaay too much about what a 
     paranoid nut job I am, but, a couple of weeks ago, when both Adorno 
     AND Major Marvy turned up in one of Mittelwerk's posts, my gears 
     started to engage.  Hmmm, could it be sez I?  He's changed identity in 
     the past...  A-and who *is* this Mittelwerk person, anyway?  Don't 
     recall seein' that name before.  Hmm...  Steely?  Mittel?  Close 
     close.  Juicy juicy.
     
     That rascal Steely passively (?), unintentionally (?) encouraged my 
     flight of fancy by refusing to respond to me when I asked him about it 
     privately.
     
     Now, alas, these gears grind to a rusty halt, as Mittelwerk reveals 
     himself to be one of us New Yawkers.  Unless...
     
     That Chris (who has a life -- don't worry)




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