RE;BEg2 chapter9

[Joseph Tracy]

I guess I thought it was just a silly name to match the silly discipline of Disgruntlement Theory: goof, oof, poof. Maybe the cigar that is just a cigar?

> On Dec 18, 2021, at 3:54 AM, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com <mailto: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/ <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 <https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/herzberg-theory>
> 
> 
> Theories of whistleblowing:
> https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/phc3.12642 <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/phc3.12642>
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> 
> Transparency.org <http://transparency.org/> on Whistleblower Day 2021
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> https://www.transparency.org/en/news/world-whistleblowers-day-2021-speaking-up-against-corruption-crucial-just-world-alacs-can-help <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 <mailto: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 <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 <mailto: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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