[lit-ideas] Re: Dance and other cards
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:47:12 +0000
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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