Back to AtD. Another use of 'grace"

[Bled Welder]

But I do like your dogs, Romeo.  You should see my two shitzu pups.
 Gorgeous.

Kind of like me, except that I'm apparently a homo sapien.

Wait, that's not actually you, there, that dog, is it?  I'm joking.  Of
course it's you

Good smooch!

On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:29 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I love being digged man. off hand iron hand-rod? nope not me. my
> religion frowns upon that sort of activity
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com> wrote:
> > First off, I don't know who Faye Weldon is.  I'm not a googly Googler, so
> > I'm not looking it up..
> >
> > Ah, it took me on the  second part. What is a bastard?  What does it
> mean?.
> > Just sort of, when you use words, you have something in mind.  Unless you
> > don't.  And I think that if you're targeting me, it's fair that I want
> > accountablity.
> >
> > What do you mean by bastard.  Because  I can take that in any number of
> > ways.
> >
> > Trust me man, I've always digged you Romeo, but your comment here has a
> > smell of off-handed iron hand-rod about it.
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:38 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> you are married to Fay Weldon, you old bastard
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Elaine, I just can't fuck with you.  I'm sorry, I will not do it.
> >> >
> >> > I just can't pound, a woman, I won't do that
> >> >
> >> > If you want to get banged, then we would have to have a glass of wine
> >> > together.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Elaine M.M. Bell
> >> > <elainemmbell at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for the compliment, Bled.  I would hate to be considered an
> >> >> incomplete idiot.
> >> >> PS:  Are you insane?
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> How did it become five days ago?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Besides that complete idiot MM Bell, I just want to say something.
> >> >>> Mark,
> >> >>> Mr. Kohut, you're a trip.  Okay, what page are you on?  967.
> >> >>> 967.   Fine,  967
> >> >>> Has just, coincidentally, ever asked Ruggles why he wrote a thousand
> >> >>> page
> >> >>> book?  It's absurd.  Has anyone noticed that he's a freak?
> >> >>> Okay, time for 967.
> >> >>> And All Is Well In Town, don't fuck with me.
> >> >>> Because I'll fuck you hard back.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> YES!....the time in which one could fully live in time, not in
> >> >>>> History
> >> >>>> as a State of Seige.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> History as a state of seige, impending war, then war---at one point
> >> >>>> we
> >> >>>> read that no one knew whether
> >> >>>> War was official or not yet there was fighting---is the major
> >> >>>> atmosphere
> >> >>>> of these pages......
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> >> >>>> To: Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
> >> >>>> Cc: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>; Pynchon- L
> >> >>>> <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> >> >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 9:42 AM
> >> >>>> Subject: Re: Back to AtD. Another use of 'grace"
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Grace used here might literally mean time, but a fuller meaning
> would
> >> >>>> be
> >> >>>> a period of being free from harm.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Ian Livingston
> >> >>>> <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Okay, thinking about the grace as time thing. It holds
> possibilities
> >> >>>> as
> >> >>>> a secular definition.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 3:30 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> >> >>>> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> p. 970...After Reef has had the drop taken on them by three
> >> >>>> Albanians,
> >> >>>> and Reef says the gleam from barrels
> >> >>>> all around and says he is a dead duck in Albanian...which
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> "'Buys' him a minute and a half of grace", "which turns out to be
> >> >>>> just
> >> >>>> enough"....
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Grace here meaning time, of course,
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> And I think that is no accident or outlier use and dovetails nicely
> >> >>>> with
> >> >>>> other uses....
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Elaine M.M. Bell, Writer
> >> >> 860.833.2625
> >> >> Have Laptop/Will Travel
> >> >> (but wicked good to be back in Massachusetts)
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
>
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