MDDM The world is the case [WAS World-as...

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Mon Aug 12 23:54:20 CDT 2002


In a message dated 8/12/02 11:03:12 PM, pynchonoid at yahoo.com writes:

<< I think jbor's hoping nobody will notice how he's
shifted gears in this thread, after blundering into
some foolish, and I expect hasty, statements about
text being the only way that humans experience the
world. >>

The private teletype in my mind is chattering
away... "Whereof one cannot speak... {Damned
'Spherics, always just beyond reach)... "The
limits of my language...SCREECH! Can't seem
to quite bring it home, but I'm tired, nearly
hallucinating.

Maybe it is all just a scurvy induced dream
on a circular bed, signifying nothing, but if
that's "The Case" it's all we've got. At least
this time out we are in the company of an
expert Needle man, aye, and a bona fide
Starrr-gazer. If anyone can chart us
a course through these American Woods-


Just having a little problem answering the
"why" question, is all. That's okay, they still
have eachother, and time has taught them
not only how to be an efficient Visto-Engine,
but also, how to justify themselves in the
process.

That used to be called mutual masturbation.



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