Thomas Pynchon's AGAINST THE DAY (2006)

purple

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May 20, 2013, 9:53:38 PM5/20/13

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I finished it (1,085 pages - it took me about 8 months) at 7:30am,
Monday, May 20, 2013 - exactly 5 years to the day when Carolyn and I
flew out of New York City for L.A., then on to Maui, 12 days later.

The last sentence of the novel - four words - fits that situation in
light of what would happen a year later with iON's arrival.

It is perhaps the greatest novel I've ever read - and I've read a few
good ones over the last 70 years.

I also stated recently that Pynchon's new novel, BLEEDING EDGE -
scheduled for release in September, 2013 - is probably about Carolyn
and me in New York City during the 1999-2001 period.

Pynchon's publisher has released the opening page:

http://gothamist.com/2013/04/13/read_the_first_page_of_thomas_pynch.php

Note that the first sentence takes place on Carolyn's birthday.

And the blurb summary says this:

[[ Maxine Tarnow is running a nice little fraud investigation business
on the Upper West Side, chasing down different kinds of small-scale
con artists. She used to be legally certified but her license got
pulled a while back, which has actually turned out to be a blessing
because now she can follow her own code of ethics—carry a Beretta, do
business with sleazebags, hack into people’s bank accounts—without
having too much guilt about any of it. ]]

Carolyn has always investigated medical fraud; her book, DEATH BY
MODERN MEDICINE, started as a report released from Gary Null's office
on the "Upper West Side" of Manhattan in October, 2003; and "her
license got pulled a while back."

We'll see what page 2 says very soon.

So, perhaps Pynchon's photo (posted somewhere on DUPES a few months
ago) is one of me.

The GREAT Bob Dobbs #1
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JJ Panther

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May 20, 2013, 10:08:14 PM5/20/13

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purple <pur...@tellurian.com> wrote in news:15f912ac-95ce-418b-bc16-
869062...@oy9g2000pbb.googlegroups.com:

SHUT UP, DOUCHE.

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May 20, 2013, 10:19:56 PM5/20/13

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oh good that what i hoped i would be

JJ Panther

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May 21, 2013, 6:40:10 AM5/21/13

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"%" <per...@gmail.com> wrote in
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Troll 0%Blobby can't stop the looper dance!! HAHA!

DANCE TROLL!!

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May 21, 2013, 11:15:46 AM5/21/13

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oh good that's what i hoped i would be

JJ Panther

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May 21, 2013, 5:00:53 PM5/21/13

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"%" <per...@gmail.com> wrote in
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DANCE TROLL!

Mandrachtoff R P

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May 21, 2013, 5:17:10 PM5/21/13

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On 5/21/2013 3:00 PM, JJ Panther wrote:
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>
>> JJ Panther wrote:
>>> "%" <per...@gmail.com> wrote in
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>>>> JJ Panther wrote:
>>>>> purple <pur...@tellurian.com> wrote in news:15f912ac-95ce-418b-bc16-
>>>>> 869062...@oy9g2000pbb.googlegroups.com:
>>>>>
>>>>> SHUT UP, DOUCHE.
>>>>
>>>> oh good that what i hoped i would be
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Troll 0%Blobby can't stop the looper dance!! HAHA!
>>>
>>> DANCE TROLL!!
>>
>> oh good that's what i hoped i would be
>>
>
> DANCE TROLL!
>

I'm knitting a sweater while watching this with interest.

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May 21, 2013, 5:24:17 PM5/21/13

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JJ Panther

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May 21, 2013, 5:34:45 PM5/21/13

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"%" <per...@gmail.com> wrote in news:-JKdnV9ns8vxeAbMnZ2dnUVZ_q-
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Watch JJ pull the strings ....

DANCE TROLL!!

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May 21, 2013, 5:42:59 PM5/21/13

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JJ Panther

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May 21, 2013, 5:47:51 PM5/21/13

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Mandrachtoff R P <snakesblo...@yahoo.com> wrote in
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SHUT UP, DOUCHE.

JJ Panther

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May 21, 2013, 5:49:10 PM5/21/13

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"%" <per...@gmail.com> wrote in
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>> JJ Panther wrote:
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>>>> JJ Panther wrote:
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>>>>>> JJ Panther wrote:
>>>>>>> purple <pur...@tellurian.com> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:15f912ac-95ce-418b-bc16-
>>>>>>> 869062...@oy9g2000pbb.googlegroups.com:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SHUT UP, DOUCHE.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> oh good that what i hoped i would be
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Troll 0%Blobby can't stop the looper dance!! HAHA!
>>>>>
>>>>> DANCE TROLL!!
>>>>

>>>> oh good that's what i hoped i would be
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

> Watch JJ pull the strings ....
>
> DANCE TROLL!!

>

> oh good that's what i hoped i would be
>

LOL! Dance for JJ, TROLL!

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May 21, 2013, 7:00:27 PM5/21/13

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Bob Robertson

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May 21, 2013, 6:59:51 PM5/21/13

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May 21, 2013, 7:23:38 PM5/21/13

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it's a good thing ian's life is to busy to post all day

Bob Robertson

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May 21, 2013, 7:36:40 PM5/21/13

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Yep, with all those hexagons and stuff. I'm sure it's a full life.

JJ Panther

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May 21, 2013, 8:02:15 PM5/21/13

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Bob Robertson <bobrober...@gmail.com> wrote in
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Swing your partner round and round .....DANCE TROLL!

JJ Panther

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May 21, 2013, 8:08:00 PM5/21/13

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"%" <per...@gmail.com> wrote in
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Ace of diamonds. Jack of spades. Meet your partner and all promendade.

DANCE TROLL!!

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May 21, 2013, 8:41:45 PM5/21/13

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JJ Panther

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May 21, 2013, 8:49:59 PM5/21/13

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"%" <per...@gmail.com> wrote in news:MoqdnfaFiNcujgHMnZ2dnUVZ_t-
dn...@giganews.com:

>
>>>> oh good that's what i hoped i would be
>>>
>>> it's a good thing ian's life is to busy to post all day
>
>

All join hands and mingle round ....DANCE TROLL!!

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May 21, 2013, 9:17:30 PM5/21/13

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now lets go back and see how many times i made him say dance ,
and he didn't even know that's what we were doing to him , LOL

Bob Robertson

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May 21, 2013, 9:19:27 PM5/21/13

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LOL. You made him say the dance troll thing.. LOL

JJ Panther

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May 21, 2013, 9:46:53 PM5/21/13

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Bob Robertson <bobrober...@gmail.com> wrote in

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Troll 0%Blobby can't stop dancin' for JJ!! DANCE TROLL!

%

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May 21, 2013, 10:52:27 PM5/21/13

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i can make him do anything

%

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May 21, 2013, 10:52:47 PM5/21/13

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add another one

Mandrachtoff R P

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May 22, 2013, 2:21:45 AM5/22/13

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I never did see the Ace of Diamonds card turn down.

Mandrachtoff R P

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May 22, 2013, 2:23:28 AM5/22/13

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Pahsento cannot dance today. I have come to fill in.

Mandrachtoff R P

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May 22, 2013, 2:24:23 AM5/22/13

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Oh hey there do like my new name

JJ Panther

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May 22, 2013, 7:56:14 AM5/22/13

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"%" <per...@gmail.com> wrote in
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LOL! I'm making the troll have delusions that he's in control.

Watch this... DANCE TROLL!!

Nosfentor X

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May 22, 2013, 1:14:57 PM5/22/13

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--
Bless this home.

Nosfentor X

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May 22, 2013, 1:16:52 PM5/22/13

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You could have done way more. Where is your subvert ops Reservoir
Poisoning to hardwire the word in to his back of skull

--
Bless this home.

Bob Robertson

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May 22, 2013, 7:53:35 PM5/22/13

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