P defends V. ...

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Tue Aug 31 08:43:04 CDT 2010


On Aug 31, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Michael Bailey wrote:

> For those who are puzzled, a precis of the quarrel betw alice and  
> robin:
>
> alice values V above the Preface to SL
> for robin it is the reverse

As Paul McCartney once said to John Lennon--"Nearly."

I value IV over V, T'n'A thinks I'm nuts and the feeling's mutual.

> a) misspellings are often fun, is how I feel about them

Miscommunication is a drag, is how I feel about that. Deliberate  
miscommunication is a pain in the ass. Repeated deliberate  
miscommunication is the M.O. of T'n'A.

> b) maybe alice is really pynchon and he's leaving the list to write
> another book...

Maybe I'm really Wanda Tinasky, working out of my shopping cart.




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