[lit-ideas] Re: Dance and other cards



Saturday, February 26, 2005, 2:31:53 AM, aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

aen> Woe is I.  The verb of being takes the subjective case.  Failing that, woe
aen> is mine (or, as in this case, yours).  BTW, the pleural of a computer mouse
aen> is either mouses or mice.


It has (they have) lungs?






aen> If you want to know anything else, just ask.

aen> 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
aen> 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
aen> L.A., I
>>   have apparently missed an important party, one at which I was nominated
aen> to
>>   cook.  Apologies.  I trust that the whisky was Trader Joe's best, that
aen> Erin
>>   let the microbrewed keg settle before it was tapped, and that the two
aen> who
>>   started all this led you in suitably literary dances, an Allemande to
aen> 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
aen> 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
aen> circus
>>   bear without the use of a tranquilizer.  My great-great grandfather
aen> [i.d.
>>   snipped] was an inventor who sued Thomas Edison for patent infringement
>>   concerning a magnetic iron ore separator.  In the 1950's William
aen> [snip], my
>>   grandfather, was a programmer on the UNIVAC, the first civilian use
>>   "computer"... [snip]...  Sharing an interest in all of these things,
aen> from
>>   forging metal to programming computers, I feel that I am part of all
aen> that
>>   came before me."
>>
>>   There, wouldn't you want to read the rest of the thesis and see the art
aen> that
>>   arises from such an inheritance?  Well done that man.
>>
>>   David Ritchie
>>   Portland, Oregon 
>>
>>  
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