V-2 - temporary interregnum

[Robin Landseadel]

Highya kids, this is Ralph Iceberg with the world's biggest  
dealership, west of Balbec. Let's just take a taste of this fabulous  
Yucatan Blue, scored for you by froggy little native boys in their  
tight leather aprons by the sea, yes, crimson sometimes like fire . . .

Right now, around 4:30 in the A.M, I'm getting ready to go to the IRS  
facility on Butler to open incoming mail. The big dump of annual  
returns centers on April 15 but there is also a "bubble" centered on  
October 15, the end of the six-month extension. Yesterday was confused  
enough and busy enough that I was unable time-wise to come up with a  
real post, I'm not sure if today will be the same. At the rate we're  
going, I'm sure I'll be back to my usual level of stagnant  
unemployment allowing me time to further examine Mondaugen's Story.

In fact, I received a number of articles from Dr. Krafft yesterday  
that directly relate to the development of Chapter nine and I intend  
to incorporate that material into our discussion of "V." "Fast  
Learner: The Typescript of Pynchon’s V. at the Harry Ransom Center in  
Austin" and "From the Ground Up: The Evolution of the South-West  
Africa Chapter in Pynchon’s V.", both by Luc Herman and John M.  
Krafft, demonstrate what I've long suspected --- that "Mondaugen's  
Story" was both the last chapter to be written in "V." and is also the  
most extensively revised chapter in "V." Furthermore, I also now have  
the Adrian Wisnicki article "A Trove of New Works By Thomas Pynchon?  
Bomarc News Service Rediscovered," a Very interesting article  
concerning Pynchon's writing for Boeing from 1960 to 1962.

So meanwhile, mingle, chips and dips, maybe have a "safety meeting" or  
maybe oil yourself up for the Greco-Roman wrestling pit over in the  
back 40. Our program ought to be resuming in a day or two.

Anybody want a pony ride?