regarding the Rainbow, and its constituents, namely Mr. Morris.

[Bled Welder]

What, goodbye?  There is no goodbye.

Mr. Morris, there is never goodbye.  For some of us, it may be true.  For
others, you know, it's a matter of memory....


On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:35 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess I should be flattered by your fascination with me, but I'm
> not.  So, good bye.
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Just a total obviousness, the Rainbow is constructed of long tangled
> dense
> > sentences that for/by which one doesn't know what the eff what is going
> on
> > or froming from.  It's poetic and profound in every sentence--it wants
> to be
> > more than what is real.
> >
> > You, David, you're just the opposite.  You're frank, you're obvious,
> you're
> > simple.  You're matter-of-fact.
> >
> > Fine.  It's the opposite of the Rainbow.  But you favor the Rainbow.
>  That's
> > where your brain becomes mildly interesting to me.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I was just saying that, your personality does not fit the personality of
> >> the Rainbow.
> >>
> >> What does that mean is my question.  Am I really so shallow...?  What
> am I
> >> noticing here?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:56 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> You know about the "but"  that precedes the zing?
> >>>
> >>> Your's is as hollow as they get.  Flesh please.  Shallow snipes are not
> >>> worth your own post.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wednesday, September 26, 2012, Bled Welder wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you know what mildly interests me about you Mr. Morris?
> >>>>
> >>>> I think that, as a quality of character, about you, that this is
> fairly
> >>>> compatitble with genuine curiosity, which I'm about to approach--
> >>>>
> >>>> You are a Rainbow scholar.  I've heard some of your opinions, and I
> >>>> respect your opinions.  In fact as far as I remember I may as well as
> agree
> >>>> with them.  Your opinions of Rainbow are well thought and profound
> and I
> >>>> believe they have a resonance of truth about them that anyone who
> disagrees
> >>>> should tread very carefully with you.
> >>>>
> >>>> But you don't like Pynchon's other work.  And this too is fine, I
> >>>> reckon.  While I don't personally care for parsing out what's-what in
> >>>> Pynchonlandonianiequalimonium--Pynchon is Pynchon, to me--I can very
> much
> >>>> understand your view.
> >>>>
> >>>> And I should, before I say anything else, I want you to know, that I
> >>>> have always dug you.  I still do.  You are Humphrey Bogart in a tutu.
>  "Just
> >>>> the facts."  It's frikkin awesome.
> >>>>
> >>>> But the thing is, and I say this because I know it's a real good
> point,
> >>>> and I know others will see it too and begin to understand it.  Which
> is what
> >>>> I'm trying to do, my friend.  The thing is:
> >>>>
> >>>> Your personality, in my opinion, is in distinct contradisctinction to
> >>>> the spirit of the Rainbow.  How can this be?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >
>
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