mutterings and ravings no. 22
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 09:21:35 -0800
Sender: Bibliofind News and Views <NEWS@BIBLIO.BIBLIOFIND.COM>
From: Harry Nudel <nudel-soho@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: mr. m&r and miss i don/t know
the correct term isn't lurker...should be hypocrite lecteur..right?
right you izto the marriage of amazon and alibris let us bring gifts,,,capital
wed to ambition by way of http//...at least that'll be the end of the sad
knell of those southern ladies..and sometimes gentleman...is it a book..is
it a book...if it grows large in your hand ma'am..just mind your manners
and bite down...Women clean, Men mess...Women weed, Men amass...cultural not
biological diff...the great new collectors will be women...money + time +
desire + need + plus i don't need a p...s to even do this better than
you'll..welcome in...Goodness what does goodness have to do with it...collecting is some
combo of snobbery, greed and desire...three rather admirable
qualities...When women get over being good..they'll get over...get on top
of...get some...look don't yell at me...i've got two of 'em 27 & 7....If you want what you want does it matter what you want long as what
you want is what you want and not what you need..clear as the points on a
first of Huck Finn...We're in a growth industry Gertrude, fueled by those who have
always been outside..Women, Blacks, Chicacos, Gays, Bis,
Cross-Dressers,...and every sub group that wants a history..that they never
got in Eng. 101..or alone Hist. 101....the idiot kings of europe and their
idiot white male writer and painter sychophants...Book collecting brings out of dust and regret...the forgotten lite
of the past that it tries to hide..Sat. Nite Fever to U All...DR N.
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