A Very (sur) Real Monica

[barbara100 at jps.net]

But the only one I'd ever arrange a meeting with is Doug, so what good would
that do?
No, I take it back.  I'd do Richard Fiero too. But he's probably long gone
by now....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Weaver" <mikeweaver at gn.apc.org>
To: <fqmorris at hotmail.com>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: A Very (sur) Real Monica


>
> >>Monica is likely to be Terance
> >
> >In this I know you are wrong.  All you have to do is search her name on
> >the web and you'll see she's been a participant on other reading lists
> >long before she showed up here
>
> Well Dave,  unless someone meets them in person we can't know for sure.
I'm
> pretty certain M is T - not 100% - whoever, 's'he ain't a 19/20 yr old
girl
> from Peru. You watch - the mask is slipping. TF is such a religious nut he
> can't help, as he just has, in returning to that focus. "Used to work in
> film..." did she? Busy life so far!
> I did look at a couple of the sites you listed - they confirmed my
> suspicions. The older sites I never saw, they further convince me.
> In 1998 Monica would have been 15/16 depending on which age you believe on
> the ICQ site. You telling me that Joycean wordstream is a work
> of  precocity - a-and  what modern 15 yr old refers to'fellow-men'?
>
> As for Doug/Barbara - you hate the guy so much you are blind to his
> psychology. He has just isn't a pseudonym sort of guy, except as an
obvious
> referential pun. Again, unless 'Barbara' does arrange and attend a meeting
> with one of us who is positively identifiable then it's all just guess
work
>
> >.  The only split-personality I see in his posts is between the clear and
> >the unintelligible.
>
> That's coz yr not hip to political positioning. The guy is all over the
road.
>
> My intended point stands: the use of female pseudonyms by men on the list
> is deeply reactionary as it invites suspicion to be visited on the
> contributions of any women attempting to join the discussions.
>
> I might be a crap literary detective but I recognise a boys' club when I
> see one
>
> Ciaofernow
> The onehanded Weave
>