Re: random notes; for Drukman / Tamar / IED

[jsd@gaffa.mit.edu (Jon Drukman)]

>Really-From: jw@math.mit.edu
>
>
>Well, I read a "Rolling Stone" article on Gabriel last summer, and in
>response to a question about drugs in the sixties he said "the only
>drug I was ever interested in was acid, and I was too scared of my 
>ordinary dreams to try that." I always thought this was the thinking
>person's attitude, so I had a lot of respect for this.

Hah!  What about empirical evidence?  Ever hear of that?  "Thinking
persons" attitude?  I scoff!  It's almost as bad as my (clearly
deranged) sister refusing to listen to any other Kate songs than
"Wuthering Heights" just cos she thinks they won't be as good...

>A (creative) person could certainly write about a "drug" experience
>that was not chemically induced. Though why would one want to?

Well, I would assume that if it were a chemical experience worth writing
about, then writing about it at the time would be extremely difficult.  At
least, I would hope so!

>In "Houdini" I believe Kate writes "...using code only you and I know..."
>so she must be able to write using proper grammar. My own theory
>with regard to "You and me knew life itself..." is that it fits the
>meter a little better, and is consonant.

I looked up "consonant" in my unabridged dictionary (yes, this is a
real happening saturday night 'round the Drukman residence) and, while
I readily admit that the sentence does indeed fit the definition, I
am at a loss as to the significance.  In other words: big deal!  Are
you being sarcastic?  (I haven't been exposed to any sarcasm in a while
so I don't recognize it easily any more... Henceforth include an X-Sarcasm
header line, OK?)

>For Drukman:
>> the one who repeatedly spells my last name "Druckman" which is ALMOSt as
>> bad as you spelling it "JOHN."
>
>An astonishing spelling error indeed! 
>(Besides, you should write "..your spelling..")
>
>(I'm only being mean to you because I liked Zardoz.)

Bah, I was using a colloquial mode of speech.  Presumably you didn't
get it because I didn't put it in the "X-Pretension-Factor" header
line.

(I'm only being mean to you because Zardoz was a complete crock.)

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