Happy Mardi Gras Y'all,

[Monte Davis]

All I can recall is a glancing identification in Mondaugen's story (V. Ch.
IX): "In the dream it was Fasching, the mad German Carnival or Mardi Gras
that ends the day before Lent begins. The season in Munich, under the Weimar
Republic and the inflation, had followed since the war a constantly rising
curve, taking human depravity as ordinate. Chief reason being that no one in
the city knew if he'd be alive or well come next Fasching..."

But of course, in our own era of declining depravity and asymptotic
well-being, such uneasy celebration is hardly called for. 

----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Markekohut
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 6:34 AM
To: David Morris
Cc: P-list
Subject: Re: Happy Mardi Gras Y'all,

Although I don't remember any special mention in any Pynchon, it is a
Pynchonesque Kind of holiday, yes? 

Sent from my iPad

On Feb 10, 2013, at 12:10 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Friday through Tuesday is our special holiday! Love it.