It's time although it still creeps in its petty pace....

[Eileen Pierce]

Hoping I'll feel less intimidated about this by the time my turn comes around, June 28-July 4.  I posted a recruiting message to the FB Dave Monroe Fan page this morning, and followed up with those who had expressed interest earlier.  Enjoy the weekend!  e

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> On Mar 3, 2016, at 11:45 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com> <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Not a big rush to sign up, huh? That alone could be a sign of still-birth.
> 
> Anyway, I'll get the sign-up ball rolling:
> 
> 
> March 15-21            pp 1-7     
> March 22-28            pp 8--17       
> March 29-April 4     pp 17--20
> (yes, only 3-4 pages; time already for catch-up after everyone jumps
> in with their overarching GR experiences and perceptions)
> 
> April 5--11      pp 20-30
> April 12=18     pp 30-38
> April 19--25     pp 38-42
> 
> April 26-May 2    pp 42-48
> May 3--9            pp 48-54
> May 10-16         pp 54-61
> May 17-23        pp 61-72
> May 24-30         pp72--74 - Laura Kelber
> 
> May 31--June 6            pp 74-85
> June 7--June 13         pp 85-94
> June 14--june 20        pp 94-116
> 
> Summer break (and or catch-up with longest section)
> 
> June 28--July 4         pp 116--121 - Eileen Pierce
> July 5--july 11           pp 122--139
> July 12--July 18        pp 139-147
> July 19-- July 25        pp 147- 156
> July 26=August 1      pp 156  --170
> 
> August 2--8           pp 179--177
> August 9--15         pp 177-180   
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mark Kohut 
> Sent: Mar 3, 2016 7:48 AM 
> To: pynchon -l 
> Subject: It's time although it still creeps in its petty pace.... 
> 
> Okay, we were gonna start revving our engines, sharpening our
> pencils, strengthening our fingers, corralling new members, rereading
> and preparing, overcoming our fears, remembering that there aren't
> any stupid questions, practicing text-based observations and interpretations,
> (as in some recent non-GR discussions here).
> 
> 
> 
> And picking our Hosting spots and otherwise asking about protocol. And naming
> the Read. 
> Pick your section ( we can do more than one, of course but let's pick later ones after all who want 
> have picked one first).     Put your name a bit far to the right of the line you want. 
> 
> Yes, I said we might start on The Ides of March so I have. That is a Tuesday, which
> will be pushed back on, most probably wanting a weekend start day. I suggest we leave
> it Tuesday and we can prepare our posts on the weekend time we might have and
> save them until Tuesday. Preparing and saving and rereading before sending can help 
> a lot of us besides me make better posts, I suggest. 
> 
> But, we'll vote if enough push back---but someone else will redo all the dates below
> if we do opt for the weekend okay? Boring. 
> 
> 
> 
> EXTRA! EXTRA! Get Your Group Read Here! Single up all lines NOW.
> 
> Inbox
> x
> 
> Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> 
> Jan 8
> 
> 
> 
> to pynchon
> 
> Before "it is too late". ---page 3, line 3.
> 
> GROUP READ of Beyond the Zero section of GR.
> In Memory of Dave Monroe and James Kyllo & because Laura Kelber.
> 
> From scene to scene, sprockets to sprockets, as they were first
> thought to be.  (But they're not. Who knows what they mean?)
> One week per sprocket bracket (since almost all have read it already,
> right, many more than once?).    Pick your sprocket below.
> 
> Starting now. Short sections. The Big Short. Martin Short.
> You can improvise day-by-day, they are so short,  no need to prep
> within your busy life.Just point and ask questions and the smart
> under-posters will give the answers. Ask our translators.  A--and the
> bloviators will blow. So you will have a breather. Did I say short?
> Did I say improvise? Did I say "Self, no need to say everything you
> think should go on record, anything more than zero on the page is
> better than zero and the beyond is still beyond."
> 
> March 15-21            pp 1-7     
> March 22-28            pp 8--17       
> March 29-April 4     pp 17--20
> (yes, only 3-4 pages; time already for catch-up after everyone jumps
> in with their overarching GR experiences and perceptions)
> 
> April 5--11      pp 20-30
> April 12=18     pp 30-38
> April 19--25     pp 38-42
> 
> April 26-May 2    pp 42-48
> May 3--9            pp 48-54
> May 10-16         pp 54-61
> May 17-23        pp 61-72
> May 24-30         pp72--74
> 
> May 31--June 6            pp 74-85
> June 7--June 13         pp 85-94
> June 14--june 20        pp 94-116
> 
> Summer break (and or catch-up with longest section)
> 
> June 28--July 4         pp 116--121
> July 5--july 11           pp 122--139
> July 12--July 18        pp 139-147
> July 19-- July 25        pp 147- 156
> July 26=August 1      pp 156  --170
> 
> August 2--8           pp 179--177
> August 9--15         pp 177-180       
> - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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