The Harmless Yank Hobby

[B C Johnson]

I'll go one step futher and claim that all cognitive processes involve 
massive cross-indexing, thus making up a little something I call 
consciousness.

Dave wrote:

> It's actually a perfectly good trope, for precisely
> the reasons Rossi gives.  It's the way we read.  The
> way I read, at least.  I've said for a decade or more
> now, I've ALWAYS been online, World Wide Web or no.
> Reading is always/already intertextual, hypertextual
> ...
>
> Set me wondering, though, about other such tropes ...
>
> Main Entry: al·lude
> Etymology: Latin alludere, literally, to play with,
> from ad- + ludere to play -- more at LUDICROUS ...
>
> Main Entry: re·fer
> Etymology: Middle English referren, from Latin referre
> to bring back, report, refer, from re- + ferre to
> carry -- more at BEAR ...
>
> Main Entry: sym·bol
> Etymology: from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek
> symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses
> from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek
> symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by
> comparing its other half, from symballein to throw
> together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw --
> more at DEVIL ...
>
> http://m-w.com/dictionary/
>
> The HTML thing is spot on, comparatively ...
>
> Keep in mind, though, Rossi is more interested in the
> PKD connection.  Figured the Catch-22/Kenosha Kid
> thing'd be of more immediate interest, is all ...
>
> I really liked SH as well, though I;ve yet to read the
> C-22 sequel, Closing Time ...
>
> --- Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've just ordered *Catch-22*, having just finished
>> and really enjoyed *Something Happened*.   Looking
>> forward to it.  It's nice to learn of the Catch-22
>> GR reference, but why must this be framed as
>> hypertext?  Completely unnecesary and more or less
>> useless.
>
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