AtD translation: Canonical Eli venues were not the ticket today

[Mike Jing]

Yeah. Thanks for the reply.


On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 5:08 AM bulb <bulb at vheissu.net> wrote:

> I asked the same question a few years ago and I believe Monte replied - it
> refers to Elihu Yale, namegiver of the institution
>
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> today
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> Got it. Now it makes sense. Thanks Peter.
>
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> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 12:45 AM peterthooper at juno.com <
> peterthooper at juno.com>
> wrote:
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> > Guessing that "Eli" here means Yale Alumnus, and a canonical Eli venue
> > would be a place Kit - an Eli - could find others. (This reference
> > also crops up on the Stupendica.) I'm not sure whether he doubts he'll
> > be able to find such a venue, or - more sinister - feels it unwise to
> > venture among his old crowd.
> >
> >
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> > From: Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
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> > Subject: AtD translation: Canonical Eli venues were not the ticket
> > today
> > Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 16:34:59 -0400
> >
> > P321.38-322.7   He wandered without any clear plan, wanting to be
> anonymous
> > among the town mobility, wanting at the same time to be alone. He knew
> > that nothing known to the alternate universe of vector analysis could
> > bring him comfort or help him see a way out. Moriarty’s wasn’t open
> > yet, Louis Lassen’s lunch stand would have been good for a hamburger
> > sandwich if Kit could’ve been sure he wouldn’t choke on it. Canonical
> > Eli venues were not the ticket today. He came to rest about a mile up
> > the Quinnipiac on top of West Rock, lay on the ground, and let himself
> cry.
> >
> > What are "canonical Eli venues"? I'm guessing it has to do with Eli
> > the biblical figure, but it's not quite clear what it means.
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