Re: Fwd: Buzz off!

Ted Atkinson (tbatkinson@WORLDNET.ATT.NET)
Tue, 11 Mar 1997 03:17:28 +0000

Matthew, you wrote:
>Thank you Veronica for the call to post something other than petty
>remarks about an obscure subject that I'm certain is ordinarily
>interesting but comes across badly when "discussed" in snide remarks
>which smack of attempts to out-intellect one another.
>
>How about a Confederacy of Dunces as a topic of discussion since Percy
>"found" the novel and since I just finished it? My sides still ache from
> laughing. Hmm now to find a Paradise pork product.
>

_Confederacy of Dunces_ is a brilliant novel. My sides ached from reading
it, too. I agree with Percy's remark in the introduction that the humor of
the novel is tinged with sadness and regret over a body of work denied to
us. Where do people like Toole come from? He had amazing powers as a
novelist but no doubt horrible problems with re-entry.

>Or we could talk about antique lionel trains.
>
>Matthew Lawrence
>

By the way, is anyone attending the Percy symposium on 3/22? I had hoped to
meet some of you--put faces with text, so to speak. Judging by recent
postings, I plan to be on the lookout for people throwing food at each other.

Let us offer each other a sign of peace, how about it?

Ted