Important -- V. Reading!!!

[The Great Quail]

Dave says,
>But I was really
>looking forward to your hosting, your webiste has been
>of immense interest and illumination

Thank you for the kind words, Dave! I really am bummed -- I even 
picked up a book on the Herero genocide, and found an article on 
atmospheric research, but I haven't had time to even read them, let 
alone organize a coherent overview of the first part of the chapter, 
and this weekend I will be away from my computer. Between trips to my 
family and frantically searching for a new job, not to mention 
launching the Libyrinth's long-overdue Sammy Beckett site, I have 
barely had time to read my email. As Charlie Brown might say, 
"Arrrrgh!"

Terrence:
>You did a hell of a job.

Like Dave, I am not sure who this was directed to.... But I agree, 
from what I followed of the Group Reading, Dave truly did a hell of a 
job. If it was directed at me for The Modern Word/Libyrinth, then 
thank you very much -- though it *is* a group project, and much 
credit also belongs to Larry Daw, Tim Conley, Andrew Hurley, Paul 
Joyce, Bob Williams, and many others!

However, despite the fact I am looking for a job, I would like to 
mention that the site will continue to exist. Due to the last year of 
dot-com misery, our investors (a few literary people in NYC) have 
basically lowered the "burn rate" while we consider turning the site 
into a not-for-profit venture at the end of 2001. (Which suits me 
fine -- I would rather it be a not-for-profit venture anyway, and 
really, it's not like we've made any money. The great unwashed hordes 
are not racing out to buy Mason & Dixon guides and reading lamps from 
Levenger!) My problem is, of course, that I can no longer be paid as 
full-time editor -- I have to find a "real job" and work on the site 
at nights and weekends, etc. Which certainly saddens me a bit, but 
then again, it was fun getting to run it full-time for a year. The 
important thing to me is that the site is still around, and still 
growing, albeit more slowly, as it did when I ran it myself from 
1995-1999.

Thanks again,

--Quail