Re: JD Who?
ABRA (abra@post6.tele.dk)
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 19:29:55 +0200
Sean Draine (Exchange) wrote:
>
> The value I see in this list is that it attracts people who like Salinger,
> and in my experience, these folks tend make up an interesting, intelligent,
> heterogeneous group, with great potential for interesting conversations
> about a wide variety of topics.
Far be it from me to refer to myself as interesting and (or) intelligent...
But I have to agree with Sean here...
I´m on several other mailing lists, with topics like Stevie Nicks (the singer,
mostly known from Fleetwood Mac), John Carpenter (the director) and
Fridaythe13th (horror movies in general as it turned out), but none of these
lists get my full attention... I read the original post and if it doesn´t
interest me I just delete all the feedback without even looking at it...
But this list is different... I read ALL the posts with no exceptions...
Because they´re all funny, intelligent, informative or beautifully written -
and often several of the above at the same time...
The diggressions is what makes this list special... I´m sure we could
all say something intelligent (more or less) on Salinger if we had to...
But we don´t have to constantly keep reminding each other that we can
cleverly interpret any word from Salinger´s pen, or how much we know
about "the god" JDS... (Meant as a joke, as on the Nicks-list Stevie
is more often than not referred to as "the goddess"... Oh, dear...)
(and yes, I know "god" SHOULD be spelled with a G... Instead I put
"should" in capitals...)
I also really enjoy the absence of those stupid clichés that flood most
lists... "imho"??? If you have an opinion, why be humble about it???
"just my 2 cents" (or the "funny" variation: "just my $0.02")??? How
come everyone´s opinions seems to be so cheap??? Opinions are valuable
in my book - and certainly more than 2 cents...
Hmmm, this post got considerably longer than my usual short msgs... So
without further chit-chat I´ll go straight to
THE END
Abra