> Don't know, but it has been rather quiet around these parts of late. I > know our esteemed List Leader, Mr. O'Connor, had mentioned some system > maintenance at NYU, where this list originates. (the Pynchon list never > slows down like this) This is a very quiet time for the list, but unrelated to the maintenance, which is underway tonight (meaning you may not see this until tomorrow during the day). Myself, broken down like a horse on his way to a glue factory, is heading in the morning to a long-overdue vacation, a kind of secular retreat down in Florida, in a literally empty house, alone. (But I don't have to get up at five to sweep leaves.) After I arrive, I'll resume communication and will answer questions about the other offshoot lists, too. Last few days very chaotic.... Cheers & thanks for checking in. --tim