Ughhghgh. "Girls" don't like guys who like Pynchon, really now.... In my experience, women are more impressed by theory guys, or melancholic types who read Rilke. So, before you go out and get a muted posthorn tattoo to impress the chicks, think twice. And what about the "girls" who read Pynchon themselves? This isn't some kind of betrayal of our gender, is it? Bleck. Dana