Meshugginah posts, and other things sundry

[Vaska]

Jody, in a huff: 
>Vaska retorts:
>
>>Jody, in defense of Pynchon: (see above)
>>
>
> Not so much in defense of Pynchon, who doesn't need me to defend him, but
>to demonstrate offense at the likes of you telling us all what Pynchon
>"would be the first to agree with", or what would make him "blush" if only
>he had you to point out his deficiencies. Taste is taste, my good man, but
>please refrain from telling me what the author thinks or feels!
>
>Obviously, the genius in choosing M&D as a topic has escaped you, poor boy.

[etc.]

De gustibus, eh?  But do step back a little and hone those readerly skills
some more before jumping in: that you've managed to miss the pretty clear
and rather uncomplicated fact that I am a woman makes me wonder what else
has escaped your notice by now.  Any serious writer, and Pynchon more than
some, deserves a fate kinder [if a great deal more critical] than to be
treated as a screen for one's starry-eyed projections -- or an object of
hero-worship.  

Vaska