[lit-ideas] Re: Dance and other cards
- From: "Erin Holder" <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:50:13 -0500
*am
Sorry, I've had my nose in this German book all day and I'm losing the capacity
to write English. This is especially unfortunate because while I'm losing the
capacity to write English, my capacity to write German isn't improving in the
least.
Erin
----- Original Message -----
From: Erin Holder
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:48 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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