A cheeping comes across the P-List...

[rich]

welcome back, sir

rich

On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 11:05 AM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
wrote:

> Hello P-Listers!
>
> My name is Allen, though I usually post online by my nickname, Quail. I
> used to be a Pynchon Lister way back in the day…uh, going on twenty years
> ago? Perhaps David and Heikki may remember me, or at least remember my
> flame wars with Doug M. Along with my flappy-headed Canadian partner Larry
> Daw, I ran Spermatikos Logos, a Pynchon site, part of a larger literary
> endeavor called “The Modern Word.” Due to a long list of woes that began
> with the dot-com crash, the site went under around 2006. Fortunately, a few
> things have changed, and I’ve been able to resurrect Spermatikos Logos
> recently, along with the help of a few friends. There’s still a LOT of work
> to do to update the site, but it’s nice to be back. I even hear The Man
> wrote one or two novels in the meantime—what wazzit, “Inherent Lebowski?”
> maybe “Blinking Edge?” “The Nix?”
>
> Anyway, getting back into Pynchon made me want to rejoin the Pynchon List
> again, so…here I am!
>
> I know I’ve been gone for a long, long time; so I’ll probably lurk
> politely for a spell to get the lay of the land. But I just wanted to say
> “hello,” as I see some familiar names in my in-box!
>
> —Quail
>
> PS: Can one politely lurk? Or is lurking, like, intrinsically polite? Like
> the polite version of stalking?
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