Re: Question from a Newbie
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Fri, 08 Aug 1997 23:21:25 -0500
>New to the list and have just been sitting here reading this
>continuing thread that started with a commencement speech and has now
>gone on to the evils of beauty magazines. I think I saw Salinger's
>name mentioned once or twice. I was wondering if a thread continues
>until it no longer resembles its' original intent, does some stand up
>and yell "digression" ?
Yelling "digression" is always good and legal here. Those of us who get
the reference will laugh. Those of us who don't recognize it will
(patiently, we hope) privately fill in the people who don't understand.
Sometimes it's hard for us who have a longer sense of continuity to
remember that there are always people coming and going, and that this must
be mystifying to someone who just (proverbially) walks in.
I guess that these current threads are really sensible in the context of
the list as a community -- points here and there in these recent threads
have come up previously in large or small discussions. If you're
interested in a more balanced view of the list's last few months, point
your favorite web browser to:
http://www.nyu.edu/acf/staff/oconnort/JDS/
This contains the archives since June. In fact, that reminds me to do an
update for the traffic from the last week or so ... once my headache goes
away!
Cheers!
--tim o'connor