A rumor (and a rant after last call)

[Monica Belevan]

Oh, Funless Funless bum.Now you make me start to wonder whether my saying I 
exist has any real objective value. Yes, I exist. I exist. I have not 
manifested myself as of late, precisely because I exist at very separate 
ionospheres and must work and work and work for a living. So, yes, I exist, 
and as much as you.

Should you wish to crossexamine me in person,write me at: 
bloomswake at hotmail.com, my electronic hellcat bordello and whatnot.

Tra-la-laika, Monica

NO FUN WROTE:
>
>But really, (for my own peace of mind) does Monica Belevan really exist?
>This stuff is too weird.  She (he, it) had replied to a previous message to
>me about a "Summer Reading List".  I tried being flippant and funny, but
>that didn't do anything... really..... sometimes I indulge myself and think
>this whole list is contrived by P hisself! Or the CIA....
>
>
>ack!
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Doug Millison <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
>To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:26 PM
>Subject: Re: A rumor
>
>
> > -- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> > > but you and you alone (so sue)
> >
> >
> > I haven't ever made any suggestion that PN abandoned
> > its editorial independence, nor have I ever made any
> > suggestion to PN about jbor's article, as Prof. Krafft
> > confirms.  Instead it's cathyramirez69, then jbor, and
> > now Mackin who suggest the opposite.  Pretty shabby,
> > imo -- PN is a fine publication with an unspotted
> > reputation for academic excellence and independence.
> > The slander against me is shabby, too, but less
> > consequential than calling into question the integrity
> > of a fine publication and institution, Pynchon Notes.
> >
> > I'm not surprised to see Mackin trying to fan some
> > flames (although I'm at a loss to understand what
> > stake Mackin has in maligning PN in this fashion),
> > that's pretty much all Mackin's done here since I
> > first subscribed going on 6 years ago, (it's hell
> > getting old with no other hobby but trolling on the
> > internet, I guess)....
> >
> > ....but it is strange how "cathyramirez69"  came in
> > attacking me out of the blue and dredging up all that
> > old stuff, then funny how jbor would put his foot in
> > his mouth in his effort to slander me by picking up
> > the thread of an old story in which jbor made such a
> > public ass of himself!  Go figure -- some weird shit
> > going on behind those pseudonyms, I suspect.  (Prof.
> > Krafft is a generous editor, is all I can say; at the
> > various times in my career when I have had editorial
> > responsibility for magazines, writers who impugned the
> > editorial integrity of the publication didn't occupy
> > priority positions on my list of must-publish
> > writers.)
> >
> > There was of course no need for me to tell John Krafft
> > or anybody else on Pynchon-L about jbor's attack on
> > Charles Hollander, all they had to do was read jbor's
> > insults on the P-list, and many of us had to put up
> > with them offlist, too, including the wild charges
> > about Hollander and me hacking into jbor's computer
> > down there in Australia (that's actually very funny
> > for anybody who knows how limited my computer skills
> > are). jbor managed to raise a stink  (aided by a
> > couple of people who continue to post regularly here,
> > too) without any help from me, that's for sure.  I may
> > have erred in publicly reprimanding jbor for his
> > appalling attack on Hollander -- although I'm not
> > sorry I did, even on the free 'n easy internet it's OK
> > to speak up for simple human decency now and again, I
> > believe --, but you'd think after a few years jbor
> > would have the sense to drop it.  It was difficult
> > enough to try to understand back then why jbor would
> > use Pynchon-L to attack a fellow Pynchon scholar, in
> > what I can only guess was some weird attempt to make a
> > reputation at the expense of an established researcher
> > in the field.
> >
> > I suggest -- unsolicited advice, to be sure -- that
> > jbor let his scholarship do the talking, and cut out
> > the attacks on others in the Pynchon community, either
> > in his jbor persona or one of the various fakename
> > posters who routinely attack P-listers who disagree
> > with jbor.
> >
> > But, people will continue to write whatever they want
> > to write here, no matter what I or anybody else says,
> > so do as you will, please.
> >
> > -Doug
> >
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> > =====
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> >
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