Worst ... people ... ever ...

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Sun Aug 26 12:23:16 CDT 2007


Dave Monroe wrote:
> On 8/25/07, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 09:05 -0500, Dave Monroe wrote:
>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101709.html
>> Erik Ketzan is the p-lister who gracisouly oversaw the digitization  of
>> "The Kenosha Kid" and put it on his website the Modern Word.
>>
>> At that time he was located in Pittsburgh. DC is a magnet for lawyers.
>>
>> Hi Erik, if you're out there.
> 
> Leave it to me to put my digital foot in my digital mouth, and to Paul
> to catch me on it.  But I'm a mean, cynical, bitter old man
> (internally, if not quite yet chronologcally, though I suspect I've
> burned up at least more of my life expectancy than many here, at any
> rate), and tales of young intellectuals not quite in love hit perhaps
> a bit too close to home with me.  And believe it or not, I'm NOT one
> to wear what little, uh, literaritude I have onb my sleeve, so ...
> 

When one is single and out  on a date one must talk about whatever seems 
to be working. Back in the 50s, Eliot was pretty reliable with English 
majors.

Wonder what Erik is  doing in Washington. Maybe he is one of those high 
paid K street lobbyists. It has to be something lucrative to finance 
going out every night.





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