12/05/06

[Paul Mackin]

On Jul 19, 2006, at 9:58 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> 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

Will cross-overs be allowed?

As for llkliihood of female attendance, i remember at that memorable  
search of the Mason and Dixon Line the NY and DC people undertook the  
sexes were almost equally represented  Four boys to three girls.


>
> -----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.
>>>
>