GR vs. Power Bar Ingredients vs. People who read P but are not Us

[joeallonby]

on 4/30/03 10:42 AM, Elainemmbell at aol.com at Elainemmbell at aol.com wrote:

Good day to all!  Slow posting from my end lately due to rabid need for
income...but that's just life in the reality lane and therefore irritating
in extremis!

Anyway, I've been meaning to mention for a while that another group of
readers who dedicate themselves to books they choose based on avoirdupois
plus consensus (Big Fat Books) are about to begin reading M&D.  The tone
these people use to discuss their reading is so wildly different from the
tone here, I thought you might enjoy a sample.

On the whole the BFB group seems to be more composed of people than does
this group, one I find more entity based.  They also seem...um, what's the
word in English?...nicer.  But way less incisively cleverly bizarre!  Here
you go--this is a real entry I've taken verbatim:

I have been carefully following the calendar (hoping I won't fall
behind in my reading!) so have started Mason & Dixon already.
Unfortunately I am finding it very tough going to start with - the
fake 18th century style writing (including Capitalizing so many
Words) I might be able to get used to, but I really hope the story
itself starts to pull together soon.

PS:  I'd rather drink in Cambridge with the P-List than the BFB list,
despite the obvious risks to self-esteem, mental health, and intellectual
welfare!

Elaine M.M. Bell, Writer
(860) 523-9225 

Happy people are boring.

Peace
Joe

P.S. Still up for that Cambridge session. What the hell, I'll try to book it
as a gig and you can all throw stuff at me and critique my stand on
prolecentric geopolitics.





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