BEg2 chapter 9

[Michael Bailey]

Mark Kohut wrote:
What does the sound of Lavoof's name remind a Pynchon reader of?
Half-a-Loaf?

I’m thinking Loofah but that has no parallel Pynchonianism afaik

Nor is there anything like a Lavoof I could find in the general area of
disgruntlement, though there ought to be.


On disgruntlement, Nate Silver of 538 wrote in 2009

https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/194709/
More about politics though.


Somebody named Herzberg theorized mightily on employee satisfaction and
dissatisfaction:

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/herzberg-theory


Theories of whistleblowing:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/phc3.12642


Transparency.org on Whistleblower Day 2021

https://www.transparency.org/en/news/world-whistleblowers-day-2021-speaking-up-against-corruption-crucial-just-world-alacs-can-help


On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 3:20 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> What does the sound of Lavoof's name remind a Pynchon reader of?
> Half-a-Loaf?
>
> And Phipps Epperdew definition:
>
> Éperdue definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
> <https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/eperdue>
>
> Éperdue definition: feminine form of eperdu , meaning distracted |
> Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
>
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 2:55 AM Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Quoth Quail:
>>
>> Cue Homer Simpson forehead slap and "D'oh!" on my part. You are right;
>> of *course* Maxine's probably being sarcastic!
>>
>>
>> - Only after a similar brow assault did that occur to me, hours after I
>> posted.
>>
>>  I was getting ready to tie Guys and Dolls action into the theme of
>> the book; the way Nathan Detroit was unable to commit, like Horst,
>> might’ve been a good entry point. Windust would be like that Sky
>> Masterson character, hustling Maxine off to Havana for Cuba Libres,
>> and plotting against Castro at the same time? ACFE would be like the
>> Salvation Army, Nicely Nicely Johnson could be…
>>
>>
>> High School Musical? Noooooooooooooo!
>>
>>
>> - Yeah, maybe one of the sequels instead. So hard to choose!
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