>Date:  Sun, 21 Nov 1999 19:40:50 -1000
>From:  BK <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Re: Integer vitae scelerisque purum
 
>bob scheetz wrote:
>
>>       in the fog-o-battle of historical existence
>> it seems a great pt just to preserve
>> even a shred of the standard of meaning,
>> ...and fer attempting a stand gainst nihilism
>> ...it do seem like ep,
>> albeit with maybe the order of the cabellero de la mancha,
>> otta be decorated, eh?
 
......
 
>but....Would Ez have worn the ribbon  ?
 
I kind of think that maybe he would have.  Worn it almost
constantly except maybe to bed, wearing it on a cheap chain
around his neck over his scruffy shirts open at the collar
and whatever he wore in Italy.  He would have joked about it,
saying things like, "A thousand dollars would have been a lot
more useful," but at the same time taking a certain
semi-facetious pride in the fact that at last somebody had
done at least something to acknowledge his ceaseless struggle.
 
-- Lee Lady    <Http://www2.Hawaii.Edu/~lady>