weighing in

[luther blissett]

  When I stopped subscribing to the PList about a year ago (my address was 
nohed36 at the time), one of my main motives for leaving was my irritation 
at the endless strings of nonsensical bickering that filled up my mailbox 
everyday- so I'll keep this short.
  I have a dedicated email address (this one) where I check up on the PList 
every week or so- against my better judgement- to see what the current read 
is, and what's being said about the man and his books.  I don't have time to 
follow along anymore, I'm swamped and working for almost-free, but I like to 
keep a hand in.
  In the last few days I haven't even thought to check in here, but tonight, 
in my cups, I thought I'd stop by.  It was creepy (as creepy as everything 
else these days) to go through the digests, from the lines about TRP's bird 
parallels and the gearing up for the M&D read, then the trickle, then flood 
of news, panicked questions, first-hand reports.  Then, as quickly as in the 
non-virtual world, the drawing of lines and the taking of sides.
  Boy howdy, do I love some of y'all for being aware of how this is being 
manipulated by ruling-class bozos trying to cover their own asses, (and, for 
being Pynchon fans, to boot!)  But there it was, again, just like in the 
non-virtual world, just like my corner bar, jingoistic militaristic 
crapahoolie about them bad a-rabs and how they can't do this to us cuz we've 
got much bigger dicks, red white and blue ones, even.
  I don't know, that's all.  Thanks.  Good luck on M&D

(suprised by the Franzen thread synchronicity- just picked up Twenty-Seventh 
City out of a galleys box at the bookstore on a whim, finished it on the 
weekend, muy excellente!)

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