Misreading of the text

[dian donnell]

i think Zane is a really pretty name, for a male or female.  Why would=20=

anyone not like it?  zane grey maybe, though i didn't know many grade=20
school bullies who would have had a clue about wild west writers.
dian
On Sep 11, 2004, at 12:57 PM, Jon Ford wrote:

>
> Wayne--
>
> We can only speculate, as Michael does, about why Zane was named Zane=20=

> and how she felt about it. She might have been kidded growing=20
> up=A0=A0having a "macho" name closely associated with pulp "Wild West"=20=

> writer Zane Grey.
>
>  Jon
>
> >From: "Wayne Johnson" <cadaobh@shentel.net>
>  >Reply-To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>  >To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>  >Subject: Re: living East of Gilbert & other things
>  >Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:20:43 -0400
>  >
>  >Oh, No!
>  >
>  >Not Another Mis-Reading of the Text!
>  >
>  >Oh, how horridly hermeneutical, nay disconsolately deconstructive
>  >de-construvedly of me.
>  >
>  >Oh, Harold, Harold, save me from the errors of my Childe-ish=20
> ways.=A0=A0(To mix
>  >a metaphor or five.)
>  >
>  >In other words.............oh, shit.
>  >
>  >Yours truly
>  >
>  >Bubba Bloom (not as in -sbury...not in Leopold)
>  >----- Original Message -----
>  >From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@HotPOP.com>
>  >To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>  >Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:13 PM
>  >Subject: Re: living East of Gilbert & other things
>  >
>  >
>  > > Wayne,
>  > >
>  > > You seem to have read "psychological particularity"
>  > > as though I had written "psychological peculiarity,"
>  > > thus misinterpreting an intentionally neutral description
>  > > as a pejorative.
>  > >
>  > > Everyone has her psychological particularity, even
>  > > you.
>  > >
>  > > Thanks again for another of your gratuitous scoldings.
>  > >
>  > > Mike
>  > >
>  > > ----- Original Message -----
>  > > From: "Wayne Johnson" <cadaobh@shentel.net>
>  > > To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>  > > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 9:18 AM
>  > > Subject: Re: living East of Gilbert & other things
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > > Michael, Michael, Michael
>  > > >
>  > > > For a truly smart person, you sometimes fall into moments of=20
> really
>  > > bizarre
>  > > > commentary.=A0=A0Zane had no, repeat no, "psychological=20
> particularity" other
>  > > > than she didn't want to live with a husband who had =
drug/alcohol
>  >problems
>  > > > and was increasingly unfaithful.=A0=A0She is one of the kindest =
and=20
> nicest
>  > > > people I know.=A0=A0She is, like her former husband, one of the =
few=20
> people
>  > > alive
>  > > > whom I knew from my earliest days at UT, she having been in the=20=

> Home
>  > > > Eco/Interior Design department.=A0=A0She was/is very smart, =
with a
>  >marvelously
>  > > > good character (ie. she is a rabid Democrat) and had a fine and=20=

> quite
>  > > > distinguished career as senior member of the Texas =
Architectural
>  >Heritage
>  > > or
>  > > > Preservation Board (Part of the Park & Recreation group,=20
> maybe??) or
>  > > > whatever it's name was, working diligently to preserve what=20
> little
>  > > > "archiectural heritage" Texas had left...after ignorance, greed=20=

> and
>  > > corrupt
>  > > > planning officials were through with "old" things.=A0=A0Her =
daughter
>  >recently
>  > > > completed her PhD in American Studies at Columbia.
>  > > >
>  > > > Speculation is fun, but as we all know, only too=20
> well,=A0=A0"beautiful
>  > > theories"
>  > > > can be quickly destroyed by "ugly facts."
>  > > >
>  > > > Hope you all is well.=A0=A0And I am pleased to help "fill-in" =
our=20
> mutual
>  >"back
>  > > > story."
>  > > >
>  > > > Also, Frieda Miller lived at one time just East of us. or two=20=

> houses
>  >over
>  > > > from our Gilbert-centered historical geography.
>  > > >
>  > > > wjohnson
>  > > >
>  > > > While I am on the topic....and feeling really wound up....let=20=

> me bore
>  > > > everyone, yet again, with the admonition to not forget=20
> Fontaine's
>  >Uncle's
>  > > > partner in salvaging the San Antonio River from the Corps of
>  > > > Engineers.....Sam Zisman, a man of courage and vision and guts,=20=

> wholly
>  > > > unlamented by an unknowning (and possibly uncaring)=20
> populace.=A0=A0Sam was a
>  > > > great man and anyone who enjoys (among many things) the SA=20
> River, owes
>  >him
>  > > > and Maury a great debt.
>  > > > ----- Original Message -----
>  > > > From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@HotPOP.com>
>  > > > To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>  > > > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 11:11 AM
>  > > > Subject: living East of Gilbert
>  > > >
>  > > >
>  > > > > from: "Wayne Johnson" <cadaobh@shentel.net>
>  > > > >
>  > > > >
>  > > > > > Yes.=A0=A0You are absolutely right.=A0=A0We lived to the =
East of=20
> Gilbert.
>  >At
>  > > > one
>  > > > > > time Claude Allen lived on the other side of=20
> Gilbert.=A0=A0Molly Brown
>  > > lived
>  > > > > > behind us I think.=A0=A0Henry somebody lived =
downstairs...with=20
> Molly
>  > > later?
>  > > > > At
>  > > > > > various times Coke Dilworth and Zane (when they were=20
> married) and
>  > > Doug,
>  > > > > > Carol and Nancy Cardinal lived beneath us.=A0=A0I think =
they=20
> were the
>  > > first
>  > > > > that
>  > > > > > we knew of.
>  > > > >
>  > > > > Thanks Wayne for listing long lost names. Coke & Zane. Zane
>  > > > > divorced, yes. In her case, her psychological particularity,=20=

> being
>  > > > > herself I mean, and her odd name, Zane, seemed to me ever in =
a
>  > > > > kind of antagonism: the oddness of her name seemed always on
>  > > > > the point of overcoming the saliency of her psychological=20
> selfhood.
>  > > > > Was she more Zane or more herself apart from the name?
>  > > > >
>  > > > > They say, rightly, that the past is another country.
>  > > > >
>  > > > >
>  > > > >
>  > > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  >
>
>  Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the=20
> Back to School Guide! <Zane Grey.jpg>=