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- From: crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.books,news.groups
- Subject: Re: *Any* kind of r.a.b split, or at least a *serious* discussion
- Message-ID: <102840@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 17:10:48 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.155016.19105@panix.com>
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- In article <1992Dec21.155016.19105@panix.com> mtaranto@panix.com (Mark Taranto) writes:
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- >I'm doing what you asked: I'm friendly to a newcomer, I wrote about books,
- >I went so far as to invite him out for a beer. And what happens? You and
- >Paul give me shit, both on the net and in e-mail. What the hell is wrong
- >with the two of you?
-
- >Due to the recent unpleasantness in this group, I am seriously considering
- >whether it is worth continuing my participation here.
-
-
- Here's one vote that says stay.
-
- It's the holidays. And the flu season. The shortened daylight hours.
- Madonna's new book. All in all, a dis-harmonic convergence that one must
- simply ride out until better times.
-
- Besides, if you leave, who will refund my money for that Robertson Davies'
- book?
-
- Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and a wonderful New Year to all. I'm
- going home to try to sleep off this bronchitis.
-
-
- --
- The trick of reason is to get the imagination to seize the actual world --
- if only from time to time. -- Annie Dillard, "An American Childhood"
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- Lauren Crawford // crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu
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