Re: careful, man at work

    But Tim - or TIM, as I see you've now taken to subscribing
    yourself - what would be the point in teasing John about
    literary slovenliness if it weren't already obvious he was
    excruciatingly obsessional? After all, aside from the fact that
    only fairly advanced OCDs play golf, he finds it impossible
    to leave unturned even the teenshiest of my teenshy pebbles.
    (Not to mention - though I'd rather not - the cruelty, escaping
    from between gritted teeth, that so often fuels the obsessional
    defence: in this case, mocking a decrepit & essentially harmless
    old man with reminders of his grey hairs & proximity to death.)

    It's no surprise, of course, to read of his behaviour over
    the preparation of his thesis. 'Drove you nearly crazy', did he?
    I can well imagine. And can imagine all too easily those endless
    corrections written in microscopic script with the needle-point
    pen.

    Scottie B.

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Received on Mon Apr 28 04:00:50 2003