Slouching Towards Bethlehem

[grladams at teleport.com]

OUPS!! sorry never mind, I just noticed that was the title of the Website!
Jill

Original Message:
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From: Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:08:03 -0500
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Slouching Towards Bethlehem


The Japanese have a long history with automatons and robots, of
course–the Chahakobi Ningyo, the "tea-serving doll," was created circa
1750, and the haiku master Kobayashi Issa even wrote a haiku to it:

Such coolness by the gate
as the tea-serving doll
brings another cup.

But Japanese robots really began with Tanaka Hisashige, a.k.a.
"Japan's Edison." ...

http://ratmmjess.livejournal.com/184743.html


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