Truly!
I do believe I shall find me a comfortably cushioned place upon which to rest my callipygian rondure; within easy reach I shall need to have an assortment of refreshments, intoxicating and otherwise; as well as my micro edition of the OED with its positively Pynchonian translucent orb for magnifying the ridiculously small print. I find that to employ twin adolescent, attractive and acrobatically nymphomaniacal sisters of Samoan (or other Polynesian) extraction to turn the pages for me, permits me to concentrate completely on simply enjoying myself. No difficulty with hedonism here!
truly,
ruud
-----Original Message-----
From: jasper at hatguild.org
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: AtD -- How Will You Read It?
I find that a book of this size must be elevated from the lap with
several cushions, then one to prop it from the back. Add a basic wooden
clothespin to clip the left side pages from fluttering (eventually the
right side pages if all goes well) and one is left to behold the book
rather than simply hold it. Also, the hands are then free for
monk-beer, cigars (in the diminutive per preference), and fist-fulls of
dried cereal. Thus a week is passed. (The only trouble is climbing out
of that rig for bathroom and kitchen visits.)
On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 23:13 -0600, Tim Strzechowski wrote:
> I often wonder how many of us do our "serious" reading -- on the
> morning train en route to work, in the evening with a cold bevearage,
> or perhaps whilst sitting on the toilet.
>
> Some of us have AtD already ... some of us will get it tomorrow.
>
> How will *you* be reading AtD over the next few weeks/months?
>
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