A Thomas Pynchon XXX-mas (aka, Blood on the Wallpaper)

[Tom Stanton]

Sound lovely, Jane. A few comments below....

At 12/19/98 06:39 AM, Jane Grant wrote:
>Of course, you're wondering how I plan to squander my X-mas, which is 
>something I was wondering, too, because last year I made a solemn vow not to 
>spend X-mas at my parent's A-frame in Bennington again. [lots o' snips]

You've an athletic family but I don't see what your worried about unless
there's Sibling Rivalry over your own ability to put Blood on the Wallpaper.
Retreating into GR is not a healthy family dynamic doncha know...unless
you're a Jon Benet Ramsey sort of group...

> ...I'm still working out the details, but I can at least tell you folks
that my 
>Thomas Pynchon XXX-mas will feature an Osbie Feel-sized spliff rolled with 
>Imipolex G-impregnated Frau Bhang,

Good luck...call me if you actually score...

>a dildo painted in the colors of a V-2 rocket

Test pattern or operational livery?

>, a Bodhi Dharma 24-grain pizza with toppings of cosmic pineapple and 
>purple gum arabic, 

Gooey fun...

>the sensual sounds of the Spike Jones Orchestra, the lost 
>reel of the pornographic snuff musical Eight Arms to Hold You featuring the 
>vocal stylings of Katje and Grigori (includes duets with Barbara Streisand 
>and James Brolin, Maria Callas, and Vanilla Ice on the smash hits Venus Man 
>Trap, Volcano Girl, and With David Bowie), 

can we bring our own music? to share?

>and, of course, Chesley Bonestall's famous portrait of Wernher von 
>Braun in Long Underwear with Huge Erection, aka, Is That a Rocket 
>in Your Pocket or Are You Just Glad to See Millison?

How virile.

>    Those in the Burlington area who either despise their family or who are 
>despised by their family are cordially invited to sup on my momma's secret 
>recipes for Cum Yum Coon and Menstrual Marmalade (I've been aging mine for 
>over a year!) with me, Jane Grant, over The Copy Shop at Jane's First and 
>Last Annual Thomas Pynchon XXX-mas. See you all there...especially you, 
>Doug! After all, who loves ya, baby?!     

Yummy, but I have plans. Doug?
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