12/05/06

[rich]

oh a bit of circle jerk usually

give me a picture of william jennings bryan or rev. beecher and i'm hard as
steel and ready to explode

at least that's what we do in NYC

rich


On 7/19/06, MalignD at aol.com <MalignD at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I know this is going to sound overly cynical to all you enthusiasts, but
> what
> would these get-togethers consist of?  Nobody will have read the book, so
> you
> can't talk about it, other than Hey, nice cover, or whatever ("He's a
> fucking
> genius.  I don't care if the book sucks.  He's a fucking genius."), then
> drink a lot of beer and, if you're gay, I guess, hope to connect, because
> I don't
> think there will be any women attending and I don't think talking about
> Pynchon will score with the women who might happen to be there for other
> reasons.
>
> I guess I can see why people on this list might enjoy getting together,
> but
> doing it on THE DATE seems ritualistic and cultish.  And dweebish.
>
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