Some interesting(?) history stuff...

On 2/15/05 2:21 PM, in article
, "David Snedeker"
wrote:

Your comments frequently suggest to me very much the thought processes and
history dismissive attitudes of the thankfully deceased Paul De Mann. De
Mann, a prominent Belgium Nazi in his youth, managed to hide this fact most
of his life, while building a very successful career in U.S. academe in
large part around a scholastic assertion of the impenetrability of
historical fact. Like you apparently, De Mann was not aware that there were
positive treatment protocols for the personal anguish of his situation.

I don't know this De Mann fellow, but he sure sounds a lot like the late
deconstructionist Paul de Man.

Bill

"William Claspy" wrote in message
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On 2/15/05 2:21 PM, in article
, "David Snedeker"
wrote:

SNIP. Like you apparently, De Mann was not aware that there were
positive treatment protocols for the personal anguish of his situation.

I don't know this De Mann fellow, but he sure sounds a lot like the late
deconstructionist Paul de Man.

Bill

And you are right per the spelling of course.

Dave

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:49:43 -0500, William Claspy
wrote:

On 2/15/05 2:21 PM, in article
, "David Snedeker"
wrote:

Your comments frequently suggest to me very much the thought processes and
history dismissive attitudes of the thankfully deceased Paul De Mann. De
Mann, a prominent Belgium Nazi in his youth, managed to hide this fact most
of his life, while building a very successful career in U.S. academe in
large part around a scholastic assertion of the impenetrability of
historical fact. Like you apparently, De Mann was not aware that there were
positive treatment protocols for the personal anguish of his situation.

I don't know this De Mann fellow, but he sure sounds a lot like the late
deconstructionist Paul de Man.

****housemouse! His brother, Bennie de Man, hangs out playing sax -
badly - on the corner of St. Peter and Royal in the Vieux Carre...of
course, he's more of an obstructionist...well, an obstruction, anyway...

TC,
R

On 2/15/05 6:54 PM, in article ,
" wrote:

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:49:43 -0500, William Claspy
wrote:

On 2/15/05 2:21 PM, in article
, "David Snedeker"
wrote:

Your comments frequently suggest to me very much the thought processes and
history dismissive attitudes of the thankfully deceased Paul De Mann. De
Mann, a prominent Belgium Nazi in his youth, managed to hide this fact most
of his life, while building a very successful career in U.S. academe in
large part around a scholastic assertion of the impenetrability of
historical fact. Like you apparently, De Mann was not aware that there were
positive treatment protocols for the personal anguish of his situation.

I don't know this De Mann fellow, but he sure sounds a lot like the late
deconstructionist Paul de Man.

****housemouse! His brother, Bennie de Man, hangs out playing sax -
badly - on the corner of St. Peter and Royal in the Vieux Carre...of
course, he's more of an obstructionist...well, an obstruction, anyway...

You de man, R, you de man.

Bill

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:25:53 -0500, William Claspy
wrote:

On 2/15/05 6:54 PM, in article ,
" wrote:

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:49:43 -0500, William Claspy
wrote:

On 2/15/05 2:21 PM, in article
, "David Snedeker"
wrote:

Your comments frequently suggest to me very much the thought processes and
history dismissive attitudes of the thankfully deceased Paul De Mann. De
Mann, a prominent Belgium Nazi in his youth, managed to hide this fact most
of his life, while building a very successful career in U.S. academe in
large part around a scholastic assertion of the impenetrability of
historical fact. Like you apparently, De Mann was not aware that there were
positive treatment protocols for the personal anguish of his situation.

I don't know this De Mann fellow, but he sure sounds a lot like the late
deconstructionist Paul de Man.

****housemouse! His brother, Bennie de Man, hangs out playing sax -
badly - on the corner of St. Peter and Royal in the Vieux Carre...of
course, he's more of an obstructionist...well, an obstruction, anyway...

You de man, R, you de man.

I don't know this "You de Man" fellow, but I think I met his cousin,
Datz da Bom, at a record release party...well, I didn't actually _meet_
him, but he must have been there - everyone kept saying, "Datz da Bom!,"
so I figure he must have been there somewhere...he sounds like he might
be a deconstructionist, too...

TC,
R

Bill

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:25:53 -0500, William Claspy
wrote:

On 2/15/05 6:54 PM, in article ,
" wrote:

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:49:43 -0500, William Claspy
wrote:

On 2/15/05 2:21 PM, in article
, "David Snedeker"
wrote:

Your comments frequently suggest to me very much the thought processes and
history dismissive attitudes of the thankfully deceased Paul De Mann. De
Mann, a prominent Belgium Nazi in his youth, managed to hide this fact most
of his life, while building a very successful career in U.S. academe in
large part around a scholastic assertion of the impenetrability of
historical fact. Like you apparently, De Mann was not aware that there were
positive treatment protocols for the personal anguish of his situation.

I don't know this De Mann fellow, but he sure sounds a lot like the late
deconstructionist Paul de Man.

****housemouse! His brother, Bennie de Man, hangs out playing sax -
badly - on the corner of St. Peter and Royal in the Vieux Carre...of
course, he's more of an obstructionist...well, an obstruction, anyway...

You de man, R, you de man.

I don't know this "You de Man" fellow, but I think I met his cousin,
Datz da Bom, at a record release party...well, I didn't actually _meet_
him, but he must have been there - everyone kept saying, "Datz da Bom!,"
so I figure he must have been there somewhere...he sounds like he might
be a deconstructionist, too...

TC,
R

Bill

wrote:

****housemouse! His brother, Bennie de Man, hangs out playing sax -
badly - on the corner of St. Peter and Royal in the Vieux Carre...of
course, he's more of an obstructionist...well, an obstruction, anyway...

Is that the guy in the wheelchair who plays soprano? We were
serenaded by him one evening while sitting in the Old Absinthe House
having a few drinks. He actually sounded pretty good.


Chuck Vance (of course, it could have been the wormwood)

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:00:56 -0600, Conan the Librarian
wrote:

wrote:

****housemouse! His brother, Bennie de Man, hangs out playing sax -
badly - on the corner of St. Peter and Royal in the Vieux Carre...of
course, he's more of an obstructionist...well, an obstruction, anyway...

Is that the guy in the wheelchair who plays soprano? We were
serenaded by him one evening while sitting in the Old Absinthe House
having a few drinks. He actually sounded pretty good.

Different guy...Bennie sounds exactly like Kenny G....if Kenny G. were
made of plastic, had just eaten 43 Atlanta-Style California iguana
burritos while getting drunk out of his mind on Lapstrake Karllafong
brand Scotch and being sacrificed by Aztecs using graphite knives,,,


Chuck Vance (of course, it could have been the wormwood)

If wormwood was involved, you would have had to been at the New Absinthe
House...

TC,
R

The proper knife is white obsidian. You colored it wrong in your text,
probably why you flunked anthropology
wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:00:56 -0600, Conan the Librarian
wrote:

wrote:

****housemouse! His brother, Bennie de Man, hangs out playing sax -
badly - on the corner of St. Peter and Royal in the Vieux Carre...of
course, he's more of an obstructionist...well, an obstruction,
anyway...

Is that the guy in the wheelchair who plays soprano? We were
serenaded by him one evening while sitting in the Old Absinthe House
having a few drinks. He actually sounded pretty good.

Different guy...Bennie sounds exactly like Kenny G....if Kenny G. were
made of plastic, had just eaten 43 Atlanta-Style California iguana
burritos while getting drunk out of his mind on Lapstrake Karllafong
brand Scotch and being sacrificed by Aztecs using graphite knives,,,


Chuck Vance (of course, it could have been the wormwood)

If wormwood was involved, you would have had to been at the New Absinthe
House...

TC,
R

wrote:

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:00:56 -0600, Conan the Librarian
wrote:

[snip of another of Richard's hallucinations :-)]

(of course, it could have been the wormwood)

If wormwood was involved, you would have had to been at the New Absinthe
House...

I'm afaid I'm missing some inside joke here, but I'll bite.

I'm guessing no place in NoLa would be serving absinthe (or at least
no place would do it openly). I know they still make a drink with
Pernod that's supposed to be similar to the old absinthe drip, but
there's no wormwood in it. (Wormwood was outlawed in the twenties.(?))

Now that I think about it, I remember seeing two "absinthe houses"
in the Vieux Carre. One was pretty rundown and very quiet, while the
other was bustling. We stopped at the one that was rundown.


Chuck Vance (absinthe makes the heart grow fon ... naw, I can't
do it)