Thanks a lot / ocelot on deck

[David Morris]

I think Joseph said:  “ I was in a group read of ATD called Chumps of
Choice where each host of the segment did a minimal summary.”

I’m tempted to join this ATD group read.  I’ve recently moved, but I think
I can find the book. Is that previous group’s summaries available?

David Morris

On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 1:11 AM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think I can pull something out of a hat by tonight.
>
> (Like Bullwinkle - my sister and I always thought he was saying, “ruffle up
> my sleeves” before pulling out the ocelot…)
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 11:32 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>
> > My email provider’s server went out sunady so i has been several days
> > since I wrote this. The daes would have to be adjusted but I just wanted
> to
> > see if anyone Michael is interested.
> >
> > I put out a question a little while back to see who might be interested.
> > We may only get 3 or 4. Love to see more. My idea was to move faster than
> > we usually do, no concern about spoilers, more holistic,  just leaving
> the
> > floor open for new input as we move along.  More about digesting and
> > understanding what we can about the novel, and testing ideas against text
> > than than a finegrained study.
> > How about we start with 4 days per chapter and if that is not working
> make
> > adjustments.   If people go deeper into sentence by sentence, or a
> > particular sentence/paragraph/pattern we stretch the 4 days to fit the
> > interest.  If someone wants to go back to an  earlier segment just do it.
> > Also looking in the archives as we move along might be fun.
> Suggestion:The
> > audible version moves right along if people have a hard time making time
> to
> > read.  Each host can decide where their focus lies and others can add. I
> > was in a group read of ATD called Chumps of Choice where each host of the
> > segment did a minimal summary. quite nice IMO. I will also be putting out
> > at  the beginning a list of most characters with description and key
> story
> > roles. More through than the Pynchon wiki, I think.
> >
> >
> > Tentative plan
> > start in 4 days on Wednesday November3
> > Michael if you are up for 1st chapter I will take the second on the 7th
> Nov
> >
> > Others?
> >
> > Input?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Oct 30, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Michael Bailey <
> > michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote
> > >
> > > Thought i sniffed the 4711 cologne in the  air.
> > >
> > > Who’s assigning bits?
> > >
> > > I’d like to participate, please.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Michael Lee Bailey
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