BEg2 administrivia suggestion

[Joseph Tracy]

So of course anything will be welcome. Allen was scheduled for ch 8  summary and said he will post that tomorrow. The administrivia discussion can continue as its own thread for those interested to offer thoughts, suggestions. 

> On Dec 9, 2021, at 12:54 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am continuing on.....Chap 8 coming from me tomorrow.....
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> On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:49 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net <mailto:brook7 at sover.net>> wrote:
> Ok there seems to be some “loss of inspiration” and I wonder if there is a way to revive interest. I’m willing to take some blame about the structure but……hey..suggestions for improvement or change of pace, style  or really anything would be great and make sense. 
> Also if anyone wants to take the reins, by all means. I like to think about and just read Pynchon but this is meant to be enjoyed as a group activity and the more voices the more lively unless we try to build something like a small passionate involvement  of the few who are into it, which may be our only chance of some kind of completion. drinking or sativa may be a helpful literary lubricant here. If anyone wants to communicate off list with me or others please do so. 
>   The floor is open
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> Wait, you *haven't* been drinking your way through the book? I thought the agreed upon rules were:
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> One drink for every set of ellipses ...
> One shot for every declarative sentence than ends in a question mark?
> Three shots for every time Maxine notices a man with an improbable erection
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> —Quail
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> PS: If you are dedicated you can get Zima. I hear there's a secret warehouse of the stuff out in New Jersey, very hush-hush...
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> > On Dec 9, 2021, at 4:08 AM, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com <mailto:michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> > This is the point at which we were going to discuss planning. I’ve never
> > been that much of a planner.
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> > It did occur to me that I ran out of inspiration a couple of days ago right
> > after I ran out of Crown Royal (-; even with the minuscule size of drinks I
> > make it doesn’t last forever.
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> > Can’t get Zima I don’t think … but
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> > I suggest we drink our way thru the book. This will temper any urgency
> > about time, or should in theory, as well as loosen the bindings of
> > inspiration.
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> > I’m getting the makings for Papa Dobles in a few hours, and will be writing
> > more while making and consuming a Lilliputian size of those. Strictly for
> > bibliophile purposes.
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