Some interesting(?) history stuff...

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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I'm not so ignorant as to believe anything you say without substantial
corroboration. Moreover, having grown up among rabid anti-semites, I know
the smell when I encounter it.


Do you also know that there are people in the US who can offer support and
counseling? Do you know who Ursula Hegi is? There is an alternative to
over-compensation.

Dave

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

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

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

"David Snedeker" wrote in message
...

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...

I'm not so ignorant as to believe anything you say without
substantial
corroboration. Moreover, having grown up among rabid
anti-semites, I know
the smell when I encounter it.


Do you also know that there are people in the US who can offer
support and
counseling?

I bow to your (presumably experience based) authority.

Do you know who Ursula Hegi is?

I spoke with her briefy about two years ago. I found her to be nearly
as self-important as yourself and every bit as silly. After reading
"Stones from the River" I was somewhat surprised to find that her
command of spoken English, after thirty some years in this country,
was passable, but no better. When I asked her whether she composed in
German and then translated, or directly in English, she responded with
a haughty and pompous gibberish that belies the results of her
labors.......assuming, of course, that they aren't
ghost-written.......and that reminds me ever so much of the offerings
of the ROFF xylophone.

There is an alternative to
over-compensation.

"over-compensation" for what?

And, speaking of which, for what might one who belabors an innocent
audience with frequent and tedious recitations of the pedestrian
accomplishments of his deservedly anonymous ancestors be compensating?

Wolfgang

wrote in message
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Well, that makes me feel better...it ought to help prevent the Monroe
Doctrine from getting moldy...the men's room was out of towels, and
since they got SO touchy about the Declaration of Ind...er, nevermind...

not to worry, those were just cheap knock-offs.....they keep the original in
a Mason Jar in the pantry. Pranksters they are, I tell you!
Tom
p.s. all this subterfuge over aging artifacts reminds me of an old-timer
from Cape Cod who told of the locals spending all winter making
antiques for the summer tourists!

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"David Snedeker" wrote in message
...

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...

I'm not so ignorant as to believe anything you say without
substantial
corroboration. Moreover, having grown up among rabid
anti-semites, I know
the smell when I encounter it.


Do you also know that there are people in the US who can offer
support and
counseling?

I bow to your (presumably experience based) authority.

Do you know who Ursula Hegi is?

I spoke with her briefy about two years ago. I found her to be nearly
as self-important as yourself and every bit as silly. After reading
"Stones from the River" I was somewhat surprised to find that her
command of spoken English, after thirty some years in this country,
was passable, but no better. When I asked her whether she composed in
German and then translated, or directly in English, she responded with
a haughty and pompous gibberish that belies the results of her
labors.......assuming, of course, that they aren't
ghost-written.......and that reminds me ever so much of the offerings
of the ROFF xylophone.

There is an alternative to
over-compensation.

"over-compensation" for what?

And, speaking of which, for what might one who belabors an innocent
audience with frequent and tedious recitations of the pedestrian
accomplishments of his deservedly anonymous ancestors be compensating?

Wolfgang


Well you are not the first to find Hegi less than perfect, but at least she
and a few others have tried to positively address the issue of
intergenerational guilt and personality disorders endemic with children of
the Third Reich.

Dave

"David Snedeker" wrote in message
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Well you are not the first to find Hegi less than perfect,

Still, she was all the rage 29 hours ago.

but at least she
and a few others have tried to positively address the issue of
intergenerational guilt and personality disorders endemic with children of
the Third Reich.

Ah, the sins of the fathers and all that, eh? Well, I suppose anyone who
traded in that coin would also be content to rest on their laurels, ainna?

Wolfgang
who, busy enough with his own life, can think of no good reason to try to
live someone else's.