Re: green ink
Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:10:56 -0500
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 04:15:20PM +0000, Scottie Bowman wrote:
> Green, on the other hand, is pathognomonic not so much
> for the paranoid as for the kind of narcissistic individual
> who is aware of others only insofar as they serve his own needs.
Finally! I have achieved a pathognomic state! In my case it hasn't
reared its head as paranoia or narcissism, nor have I misappropriated
funds or harmed refugees.
> They were simply the first two green ink men in my life.
> But they set the pattern for all who came later.
> You could always tell. Whenever I saw that fresh, vernal
> writing my heart began to sink - & with every justification.
(Whew, there was a close call there when I nearly sent you a holiday
greeting card!)
> (Incidentally, Meredith, a 'yuppie' would NEVER use
> green ink - seeing in it the kind of eccentricity fatal to
> anyone seriously concerned with the acquisition of a grip
> on the central levers of power & wealth.)
Now, there's a dead-straight arrow that slices through the polite chat
and hits its mark!
I really enjoyed all this ... but I still have a (yet undiagnosed)
weakness for shades of green. Who knows what fate lies ahead?
--tim