That was a riff on Paul Stone's typo, not a comment on his posts, reviews and critiques which I've always enjoyed. I'm writing this because the most recent New Yorker's cover has made me sensitive to the fact that humor is not always self-evident.
Mike Geary Memphis----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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PS:I'll develop the though...I'll be waiting on pins and needles. Though I might not if it develops that somthing more interesting happens in the meantime -- like a nap.Mike Geary Memphis----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stone" <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:47 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: interstitial remark #3On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:The worst part about quitting is figuring out what to do instead.Or as Steven Wright said, "I'm still alive. Now what?"Precisely my point. I appreciate David's honest but half-hearted list, but I was talking more exactly about life itself -- along the lines of "isn't EVERyTHING just a distraction?), this particular kernel of thinking arose out of a two hour conversation last night I had with my dear sister whom I speak irregularly to (in both senses of the word). I'll develop the though a little more when I write a tiny essay about 9 or 10 books I've read in the past couple of weeks. p ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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