12/05/06

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Perhaps the women on the list can meet up in a dyke bar, thus leaving the circle of jerks to their own devices (piranha-filled dildoes, anyone?).
Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 19, 2006 9:22 PM
>To: "MalignD at aol.com" <MalignD at aol.com>
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: 12/05/06
>
>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.
>>