[lit-ideas] Re: Dance and other cards

Woe is I.  The verb of being takes the subjective case.  Failing that, woe
is mine (or, as in this case, yours).  BTW, the pleural of a computer mouse
is either mouses or mice.  If you want to know anything else, just ask.

Andy Amago



> [Original Message]
> From: Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2/25/05 8:48:33 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Dance and other cards
>
> I, on the other hand, and trying to keep Erkenntnis, Ergebnis, and
Erlebnis straight.  Oh, woe is me.  
> For all intensive purposes.  Ha.  I really like that : )
>
>
> Erin
> TO
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: David Ritchie 
>   To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:43 PM
>   Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Dance and other cards
>
>
>   While I have been off witnessing condo races and water twisters in
L.A., I
>   have apparently missed an important party, one at which I was nominated
to
>   cook.  Apologies.  I trust that the whisky was Trader Joe's best, that
Erin
>   let the microbrewed keg settle before it was tapped, and that the two
who
>   started all this led you in suitably literary dances, an Allemande to
begin
>   perhaps, followed by the Haymakers, some Jigs and Hornpipes, a minuet, a
>   riotous reel?
>
>   My excuse for disturbing the silence is poor.  Having spent the morning
>   reading things like, "For all intensive purposes, I will consistently
use
>   this terminology throughout the paper," I was delighted by the following
>   history, "My great-great uncle [identity snipped] was the village
>   blacksmith, who was best known for fitting a ring in the nose of a
circus
>   bear without the use of a tranquilizer.  My great-great grandfather
[i.d.
>   snipped] was an inventor who sued Thomas Edison for patent infringement
>   concerning a magnetic iron ore separator.  In the 1950's William
[snip], my
>   grandfather, was a programmer on the UNIVAC, the first civilian use
>   "computer"... [snip]...  Sharing an interest in all of these things,
from
>   forging metal to programming computers, I feel that I am part of all
that
>   came before me."
>
>   There, wouldn't you want to read the rest of the thesis and see the art
that
>   arises from such an inheritance?  Well done that man.
>
>   David Ritchie
>   Portland, Oregon 
>
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