AtDDtA(16): The Fatal Word

[Tim Strzechowski]

This is a typically awesome Monroevian post, by the way.  I can only add:



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> Medicine Hat, Alberta
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> a.k.a. The Gas City, Canada's Sunniest City
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> http://www.medicinehat.ca/
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_Hat,_Alberta
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>

"Medicine Hat" reminds me of the discussion we had re: the Monk epitaph, in 
which someone pointed out how "Monk's hats [...] described him almost as 
well as [his unique name]."

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0701&msg=114248&sort=date

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0701&msg=114284&sort=date

"[...] anyone who wears a Chinese coolie hat and has a name like that must 
be cool."

Also, I recall in the previous section I hosted (pp. 31 - 61) that many 
characters were described and/or defined by their hats, whether it was a 
porkpie, ostrich-plume, etc.

Cf.

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0702&msg=115357&sort=date