col49 2 pt2

[Richard Fiero]

Doug Millison wrote:
>The problem with Tupperware, which has been part of my life ever since Mom
>took part in her first TParty way back when, is that it tends to get smelly
>as it absorbs the aroma of certain foods stored in it, and certain foods
>(tomato sauce, as in leftover spaghetti sauce) tend to stain it.

Tupperware! Good stuff. Soaking in dishwater with a bit of 
bleach will remove any stain or odor.


>  . . .  Recall that as Pynchon is writing COL49, LSD is
>still very much an underground phenomenon (COL49 is published in '66)  . . .

Although Owsley Stanley had not yet mass produced LSD, it was 
in fact readily available in say '63.

Speaking of Owsley, a trio of excerpts from an interview with him at
http://www.entheogen.com/OWSinterview.html
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"I never spoke to the man [Tom Wolfe], and I urged the others 
not to do so unless they could dose the fucker." - Bear
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"ED: Do you ever do any acid these days?
Bear: Is the Pope Catholic? Does he still go to Mass?"
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"I am not now, nor have I ever been, a chemist. I am an artist, 
and one of my skills is being able to cook." - Bear
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