No REVEILLE it's the weekend... /and we thank you

[Tara Brady]

You are quite right, of course.

2008/8/30 Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>

>  Mr. Dick  wrote:
> >  I was trying to let go the pit-bull approach.
> >  kevin
> >
>
> and I, for one, appreciate it.
>
> I had daydreams about being a police/fire dispatcher for awhile,
> I figured that I would be good because I do have fairly good clerical skill
> (clerical as in office; clerical as in pastoral care-liturgical
> expertise not so much, perhaps...)
>
> Company clerk a la pfc Wintergreen in Catch-22 would be an awesome power...
>
> I myself am now working as a NOC Technician with a telco that is feeling a
> major
> pinch since so many people are disconnecting their home lines to go
> cellular
> and/or cable.  There is change in the wind: major downsizing and packages
> [hee-hee] about to be offered, maybe I will be offered one - which
> would be bitterswet,
> because I love my job.  Might even decide not to accept it and to trust
> that
> the value I add will be valued.
>
> Anyway, I found Coetzee's _Master[bator hee-hee, a one-off giggle on
> my part since it's a joke that was begging to be made (-: even if I'm
> not the first]
> of Petersburg_ and Dostoevskii's _The Possessed_  in the library today and
> borrowed both to look through.  I didn't know if all the host slots are
> filled,
> but I wanted to be able to follow along.
>
> FYI, Zoyd Wheeler is the protagonist of _Vineland_ and in one early
> scene does guzzle some Corona.  It is my favorite book, and the
> "lighting effects" implications of Zoyd opening a Corona and
> beaming at his daughter and her boyfriend are not lost on me,
> largely thanks to various comments I've read
> over the years I've been following this list.
>
> As far as choosing the exact word to link the concept of
> the topic of this list
> with the concept of
> the behavior of Usain Bolt in Mexico City,
> I'm at an impasse.  Perhaps the cup of coffee I just brewed
> (Yuban - now 30% fair trade, though I don't know if by weight or volume)
> will help.  Will let you know if it does.
>
> It is interesting to think of Pynchon (aka OBA - "Our Beloved Author")
> living in Mexico City as a young man.  I think an acquainteship with
> Mexican
> culture is worth acquiring.  Has anyone read that Bolano book?
> I also took it out of the library.
>
>
> --
> "He ain't crazy, he's a-makin' pottery" - Finley Pater Dunne
>
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