[Bananafish] Renga

[Michael Anello]

i read the road and sunset limited...pretty good, thanks.  now reading 'i am
legend' and other stories.

recently read 'if i did it' by oj simpson.  david lee roth's autobio was
better.

yeah, don't forget the exley.  i think you'd like it.

mike


On 12/19/07, Yocum, Daniel R Civ 21 CES/CEOE <daniel.yocum at peterson.af.mil>
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> In Legacy of Honor, The Life of Rafael Chacon I ran across a note which
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> "The population of New Mexico, . . ., relied heavily on the oral tradition
> for information and  entertainment. Thus, skills in memorization and fast
> witty repartee were highly valued.  News was disseminated by troubadors,
> much like those Europe saw in the Middle Ages, and at any gathering there
> were always those rhymers who would be challenged by others who wanted to
> prove their superiority in an exchange of quips, wise cracks, or clever
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> and family back home always carries this tradition on.  It would seem that
> Zooey may have been unhealthily influenced as well.  By comparison all other
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> It is like an orchestral improvisation each note serving as a tread for
> the companion's response.  And when the whole dizzy affair runs its course
> you are treated with a breathless and shared view – vista, and it is these
> landscapes that make the best mental furniture, heirlooms really and the
> written word is only its drifting phantasmal shimmer.
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Two amoeba walk out of a bar.
One amoeba says to the other, "Say, is that the sun or the moon?"
And the other amoeba says, "I don't know, I don't live around here!"
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