the whole sick list

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 23 23:23:21 CDT 2001


William,

We do arrange and re-arrange, don't we?  Some arrangements are stupid, and 
some smart.  The parts are finite because so is the world (but don't ever 
ask me about Hiedeger).  In/Out, Stupid/Smart, numbers rule! or was it 
people's reactions?

But you meant THIS Whole Sick List, locally, down here.  As Tipper O'Neal 
said, "All politics blah blah"  This list might well be renamed "The Rusty 
Spoon."  And our prodigal s~Z returns!  And our fatted calf won't stop his 
beeping bleating!  Alah Salaam!  Give us Peace!

If this is our finite fate, give me a ride in the rocket!

David Morris

>From: William Messimer Hey,
>I'm reading V. for the first and when I read this it made me laugh:
>'...Conversations at the Spoon had become little more than proper nouns, 
>literary allusions, critical or philosophical terms linked in certain ways. 
>Depending on how you arranged the building blocks at your disposal, you 
>were smart or stupid. Depending on how others reacted they were In or Out. 
>The number of blocks, however, was finite.'  p.277
>
>William

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