The Routinization of Mittelwerk

William Karlin karlin at barus.physics.brown.edu
Fri Sep 19 00:28:38 CDT 1997


Ah Chris,

 That was beautiful...thanks for lightening up my evening...er, early
morning.

--will


On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Christine Karatnytsky wrote:

> Now that Mittelwerk seems to be entering his Vineland phase, here's
> hoping we won't factionalize about that, too...
>      
> "I liked the Early Mittelwerk so much better.  The anal sex!  The Diana
> blow jobs!  The I rammed it into her blah blah!  This new warm and cuddly
> guy sucks.  The bad recipes!  The corny advice!  The lame poetry! 
> Without rancor, Mittelwerk's posts reveal nothing.  By using those stupid
> football scores Mittelwerk's shown his-easily beguiled audience exactly
> how he does his tricks.  No magic!"
>      
> "Oh, come on, give the guy a chance.  The Speeeeed may be gone, but 
> the awesome intellect is still there.  He's just been tempered by all
> those years mooching off his girlfriend.  Pay some attention to that guy
> in the mittel!  He's still got things to say.  He's just writing a
> different kind of post--the text is more subtle, the mood elegiac. 
> Rilly."
> 
> I can hear it now...
> 
> Chris
> 
>  heh heh heh
> 




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