People with big mouths would find my alleged abuse of
the form disappointing (or cliched), as I've never
sent a blank post in my life. As for relevance, ah,
that's in the eyes of the beholdrum.
Madam, check your sources!
Regards,
Candice
--- Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It seems that you have submitted several blank posts
> & others that seem
> disconnected from the conversation. Take care,
>
> Anny
>
>
> On 8/6/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry, Anny, I have no idea what you're talking
> about.
> > Please send some examples.
> >
> > Candice
> >
> >
> > --- Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Excuse me Candice Ward,
> > >
> > > do you have any problems? Let us know what is
> wrong,
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > Anny Ballardini
> > > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> > >
> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> > > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> > > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to
> give
> > > birth to a dancing
> > > star!
> > > Friedrich Nietzsche
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/6/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- Anny Ballardini
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Jeex, 2 nice days in a year_ I just listened
> to
> > > > > Prairie Home Companion, I
> > > >
> > > > > know, I know, nobody likes it here....
> > > > >
> > > > >How brave you are, Verena!
> > > >
> > > > Candice
> > > > >
> > > > > On 8/5/07, Frederick Pollack
> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Kenneth Wolman"
> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 4:33 PM
> > > > > > Subject: Re: I said he was my favorite
> > > literary
> > > > > character...
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Frederick Pollack wrote:
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> I see Pynchon's point about the "width
> and
> > > > > tallness" of the wind along
> > > > > > >> 14th St. But as a native and
> ever-homesick
> > > > > Chicagoan I must say that,
> > > > > > >> for sheer intensity of Venturi effect,
> any
> > > > > east-west street in the
> > > > > > Loop,
> > > > > > >> between State St. and Michigan Avenue,
> > > beats
> > > > > 14th St. by a mile. Plus
> > > > > > >> the tendency for that wind to change
> > > direction
> > > > > in an instant - off the
> > > > > > >> prairie, then off the Lake - without
> losing
> > > > > speed. Carried me and my
> > > > > > >> umbrella a block once when I was ten.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Xmas week 1973 I go to the MLA
> convention,
> > > held
> > > > > that year in Chicago.
> > > > > > > They stuck us in great hotels: I was in
> the
> > > > > Palmer House. All the
> > > > > > > graduate students are job-hunting, very
> taut
> > > and
> > > > > open to raucousness.
> > > > > > > Male faculty, after a year in
> Binghamton,
> > > act
> > > > > like a bunch of miners
> > > > > > down
> > > > > > > the hills of Colorado. So do the
> females.
> > > We
> > > > > start drinking Canadian
> > > > > > > Club at 9:00 AM. Parties, condolence
> > > sessions,
> > > > > bacchanalia all the
> > > > > > > livelong day. I get to witness Leslie
> > > Fiedler
> > > > > groping two women at
> > > > > > once.
> > > > > > > The party is the Joyce Society or some
> such
> > > > > thing and it feels like 100
> > > > > > > people stuffed into a room the size of a
> > > > > wristwatch. Everyone is
> > > > > > smoking
> > > > > > > something and everyone is real drunk.
> > > Later, my
> > > > > roomie and I kill
> > > > > > another
> > > > > > > bottle at 2:00 AM. I leave him watching
> > > Lanza
> > > > > in The Great Caruso and
> > > > > > > pass out. Oddly, I don't feel drunk.
> At
> > > 7:00 I
> > > > > get my wake-up call
> > > > > > from
> > > > > > > the desk. Immediately I am convinced I
> am
> > > going
> > > > > to die. My fingernails
> > > > > > > hurt. Once I am able to get out of bed
> > > without
> > > > > fear of a technicolor
> > > > > > yawn
> > > > > > > all over the carpet, I discover the pain
> of
> > > > > water in a shower. Years
> > > > > > > later I am reminded of this horror when
> I
> > > read
> > > > > about a very ill Teresa
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > Avila confined to a Spanish sanatorium
> where
> > > > > they tie dead chickens to
> > > > > > her
> > > > > > > suppurating wounds, figuring one poison
> > > drives
> > > > > out another. I slink
> > > > > > into
> > > > > > > corners afraid someone will spot me.
> This
> > > is
> > > > > hilarious since everyone
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > > in the Parker House coffee shop nursing
> > > > > independently-acquired
> > > > > > hangovers.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The operator on the phone had cheerily
> > > announced
> > > > > that it was 35 degrees
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > > Chicago. That doesn't sound cold. Then
> I
> > > hit
> > > > > Michigan Avenue, hangover
> > > > > > > and brains in hand, and discover a
> typhoon
> > > > > blowing up...and the freaking
> > > > > > > SUN is out. Binghamton got cold too but
> the
> > > > > wind always died down when
> > > > > > > the temperature approached laboratory
> > > absolute
> > > > > zero. THIS is atrocious.
> > > > > > > "Windy City" they called it. I suppose
> they
> > > > > still call it that?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ken
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > The Palmer House should have warned you.
> Wind
> > > > > chill in Chicago can make
> > > > > > Minnesotans cry. -- Summer, on the other
> hand,
> > > > > kills people by the
> > > > > > hundreds.
>
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