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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