Goodbyeee

[Mike Weaver]

Hello everyone, just dropping back in to say cheerio. It's been up to 
10 years of your company, and I already miss the engagement but other 
demands and inclinations seem to have taken me out of earshot.

It is the case that I'm one of those who is finding the book slow 
going. I passed page 400 last time I picked it up. I enjoy what I 
read, the comfortable familiarity of his most excellent prose, the 
sharpness of  his political and philosophical perspectives, the mix 
of  smart and idjit humour. I slot back into my Pynchonian mindset, 
TP's like an old jazzer, riffing on themes, just get your head in the 
right space and enjoy the places he'll take you.

But there's not sufficient momentum in the storytelling to make me 
hungry for it. It's like beer - I used to drink a couple of pints a 
couple of times a week. Now the intervals are months not days. I 
enjoy it just as much but there's no urgency to the consumption. I'm 
happy with that, and will someday finish ATD and will most likely dig 
in the archives for your current discussions - so stick with it...please.

For those 10 years the p-list has been a good part of my intellectual 
stimulation. It's never mattered to me how far we strayed from main 
point - I've always seen the list in Vonneguttish terms - a 
multifarious group held together by one focal point. We always come 
back to it, before heading out again.

So I wish you all the best, may you all enjoy good discussions, 
pleasureable reading and plentiful wit.

Oh yeh  - and keep on digressing...

Mike