Master of Petersburg - Group Read - Revised Schedule

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

          Mark Kohut:
          I do plan to be alive and not much more 
          mentally deteriorated by my hosting time.

I plan to lurk anonymously, then post a series of increasingly 
pointless non-sequiturs and incomprehensible red herrings, deploying
disgusting nom-de-webs, all the time showing utter disrespect for 
both J. M. Coetzee and the collective p-list.

Actually, I'm probably going to read the damn thing, but mostly 
butt-out as the author is new to me and what I've read so far 
has not made any meaningful connection with my reading urges so far.
On the other hand, I just might start looking for cheap used copies of 
Dostoevsky, my best friend in High School was crazy for his stuff. 

Right now I feel a strong need to re-read Vineland. A lot of what 
Pynchon is saying in Vineland is that Television's influence on all 
of us is far more insidious that any of us would ever want to admit. 
A good example is how people constantly refer to Sarah Palin's 
"performance" at the RNC. She is plausible to so many people 
because she is so throughly a classic figure from a popular Television 
series. It's as if she's Maurice Minnifield's nastier, tougher 
[hypothetical] daughter.

If you want to discuss the second half of the post, feel free to 
continue at "Re: George Lakoff vs. Sarah Palin", no reason to
throw off real bizness off on account of my ego trips.