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MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu wrote:
> 
> Peter G. write:
> >
> >Somebody said:
> >>     Sorry, TRP and I have a date in Brooklyn to celebrate with my granny,
> >>     also born today, and the celebrated author of "Mittelwerk:  These
> >>     Fragments I Shore Against My Ruins -- My Adventures on the Pynchon
> >>     List."
> >
> >I say:
> >The above is a lie!!! TRP will be out tonight celebrating with me
> 
> Well you must be very new to this list, Peter, and greatly in need of certain Crucial
> Information to avoid terminal gaffes: that wasn't *somebody* sir,  who said that, that was
> *that Chris* our own list angel and generally swell person.  Don't mess up again
> 
> john m
i don't mean to take you too seriously, but i must note my distaste at
the 'y'r new here, don't fuck up again' attitude. 
ie let's concern ourselves with pynchon's writing, not our status as
pynchon bohemians (bohemian: a hanger-on of the arts)
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