Why Pynchon Moved East

[MantaRay at aol.com]

> > 
> > "The Northwest is no place for an intellectual woman. The men there were
> > just wonderful, but the women out there had a kind of culture I couldn't
> > share. They used chainsaws, they canned things, and they breast-fed.>>

Well, I don't know about the dullards who like Annie Dillard, but if I ever
find a woman who can wield a chainsaw, I'll get down on my knee right there
and then! What a lame-ass. 


MantaRay

P.S. I knew I shouldn't have stayed away from the list so long. I missed the
most intense flaming. A question for Mr. St. Clair: should I revoke my Sierra
Club membership for handing Clinton the keys to the kingdom?