Zeno? You mean Zena, the Warrior Princess? -----Original Message----- From: charles moyer [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 7:25 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Mental Psyllium/ Re: Magazine article "Ah, the thought of what America would be like if..." ---------- >From: Francis Gavin <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Mental Psyllium/ Re: Magazine article >Date: Sat, Sep 13, 2003, 7:14 AM > > And a friendly Anatolia for purposes of rear guard retreat. Yeah Charlie > gettin' drafted. That'll teach their apathetic little consumerist asses some > humility. If nothing else their putative Xeno will be able to instruct them > in the hazards of eating wild honey in places where philodendra predominate. > > Besides Xeno and his guys were all crack mercenaries not conscripts. You > know, like we already have there. Advancing further to the rear each day. > > GAVIN > > > > > > on 9/12/03 6:56 PM, charles moyer at [log in to unmask] wrote: > >> On the other hand it is mysterious that even such mundane/urbane/insane >> latte guzzling Laundromat troglodytes are interested in il miglior fabbro >> at all. But I'm with Tim, reserving judgement until I can get to MacBook >> Borders and lay me hands on the script meself. >> Next they'll be quoting Brer Rabbit and reciting Henry Van Dyke. But >> wait till the little bastards get drafted. That should wake them up. Let's >> just hope that among the present ranks there is a Xenophon. They may need >> him. "Varus, give me back my legions!" >> >> "But the glory of the Present is to make the Future free,- >> We love our land for what she is and what she is to be." >> And it wouldn't be so awful for the rest of us to see >> Some of these empire-building neocons hanging from a tree. >> >> Charles Moieh >> ---------- >>> From: Tim Romano <[log in to unmask]> >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: Magazine article >>> Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2003, 9:21 AM >>> >> >>> Well, that judgment fits the mag's "fascinating facts" approach: >>> >>> The age demanded an image >>> Of its accelerated grimace... >>> >>> I'll have to look for a copy. I'm withholding judgment, but from what >>> you've said and from the descriptions given on their website, it does seem >>> like a People Magazine for recent college grads. Something to read while >>> sipping a latte at Starbucks or during the spin cycle at the laundromat. >>> >>> Tim Romano >>> >>> At 03:26 AM 9/12/03, Tim Bray wrote: >>>> It says Mauberley is "perhaps Pound's finest poem."