Having prepared a post on MDMD(1) with a small comment on the opening praragraph, the idea being mr. Pynchon maybe says in a beautiful way (cold) war is over; no more missiles; arcs are from snowballs only; starry explosions on side-walls --well, I'm glad I did not send it. . . 'I can't believe the news today' (from U2's Sunday -- bloody Sunday') M.