BEg2 chapter 9

[Mark Kohut]

Pynchon, social realist: Everyone working in NYC is a disgruntled employee,
one might say and
Disgruntlement is a national reality all over in 2001. See the rest of the
years to now, maybe?

On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 3:55 AM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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> >>
> >
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