MDDM Ch. 12 Summary & Notes
Dave Monroe
davidmmonroe at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 10 04:44:03 CST 2001
But you still haven't given any indication as to what,
if anything, you are specifically referring to,
disagreeing with--in either case clearly plaintively
so--here: "trawling," "trying to force things into
them which aren't there at all," "doctrinal political
or religious viewpoint," and so forth ...
Tilting at windmills? At straw men? Much ado about
nothing, apparently. Speaking of which, this ...
"But perhaps Dave Monroe's ire was more due to the
fact that what lies beneath big one (and crew)'s
zipper has now been exposed?"
... still makes no sense as well. No, again, my ire,
such as it is, was specifically directed at a routine
hypocrisy here. However, it's since been redirected
at routine, and, ultimately, empty unctiousness and
evasiveness, so ...
But, hey, at least the novel is being discussed, and
at some length, occasionally these days, all sorts of
things I hope to find the time to jump in on, though
I've a hosting stint impending, and what very little
time I've had for this at all I've largely spent in
preparation ...
Anyway, will second Cyrus' e-motion here--more talk,
less cock?--and note that (speaking in particular to
Terrance here) this reading is dead only insofar as it
is allowed to die, insofar as it is suffocated rather
than resuscitated ...
Unfortunately, many of us have been taking as many
breaths as we've given. It's certainly been less
time-consuming for me to do the latter rather than the
former of late here, but, hey, I do like to respond to
all my fan-mail, sealed with an anthrax kiss or no, so
...
--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> davidmmonroe at yahoo.com wrote:
>
> It's quite clearly not a complaint, merely a comment
> and a couple of observations following on from
Paul's
> and Terrance's responses to your post. I agreed with
> them. I disagreed with you. That's it.
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