V2, C3

[Michael Bailey]

Ian Livingston  wrote:
> I won't be able to access the internet until the sun hits my panels
> tomorrow mid morning Pacific Time, so I thought I'd get these out
> ahead of the schedule by just a bit. Then I have to get back to my
> chores.
>

interesting life you lead!


> (1) to echo Laura’s question, How closely are we to read the Stencil /
> Henry Adams link?
>



first, it's kind of a droll idea, to take the Adams of the Education's
way of referring to himself and apply it to a character: Bailey is
relatively sure that Mr Adams didn't comport himself that way in the
flesh...

then, like so much in Pynchon, because he put elbow grease into
writing these books,
you notice the detail and research (I say, you, because quite often
it's not me...I have a disturbing tendency to stop thinking after a
couple of yuks)

and then if one gets inspired to put some effort into reading, there's
a magic eye effect
of some kind that can be quite breathtaking



-- 
Yippy dippy dippy,
Flippy zippy zippy,
Smippy gdippy gdippy, too!
- Thomas Pynchon ("'Zo Meatman's Gone AWOL")