Back to AtD. Another use of 'grace"

[rich]

i ain't a dog, bro but I most definitely am my cat's bitch. it's nice
being a sub sometimes

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:01 AM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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