Misreading of the text
Wayne Johnson
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Sat Sep 11 22:24:01 2004
I always thought Zane was a cool name, both for the one I knew and the one I
read.
As for Westerns, I rated ZG between Louis L'mour and Luke Short. His
descriptions of the west were pretty good as I recall. The men were tall
and strong, the women pretty and the children were all above average. (From
Luke Short at Lake Wobegon.)
wgJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "dian donnell" <meadow@austin.rr.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: Misreading of the text
> i think Zane is a really pretty name, for a male or female. Why would
> anyone not like it? zane grey maybe, though i didn't know many grade
> 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
> > and how she felt about it. She might have been kidded growing
> > up having a "macho" name closely associated with pulp "Wild West"
> > 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
> > ways. (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
> > really
> > > > bizarre
> > > > > commentary. Zane had no, repeat no, "psychological
> > particularity" other
> > > > > than she didn't want to live with a husband who had drug/alcohol
> > >problems
> > > > > and was increasingly unfaithful. She is one of the kindest and
> > nicest
> > > > > people I know. She is, like her former husband, one of the few
> > people
> > > > alive
> > > > > whom I knew from my earliest days at UT, she having been in the
> > Home
> > > > > Eco/Interior Design department. She was/is very smart, with a
> > >marvelously
> > > > > good character (ie. she is a rabid Democrat) and had a fine and
> > quite
> > > > > distinguished career as senior member of the Texas Architectural
> > >Heritage
> > > > or
> > > > > Preservation Board (Part of the Park & Recreation group,
> > maybe??) or
> > > > > whatever it's name was, working diligently to preserve what
> > little
> > > > > "archiectural heritage" Texas had left...after ignorance, greed
> > and
> > > > corrupt
> > > > > planning officials were through with "old" things. Her daughter
> > >recently
> > > > > completed her PhD in American Studies at Columbia.
> > > > >
> > > > > Speculation is fun, but as we all know, only too
> > well, "beautiful
> > > > theories"
> > > > > can be quickly destroyed by "ugly facts."
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope you all is well. And I am pleased to help "fill-in" our
> > mutual
> > >"back
> > > > > story."
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, Frieda Miller lived at one time just East of us. or two
> > houses
> > >over
> > > > > from our Gilbert-centered historical geography.
> > > > >
> > > > > wjohnson
> > > > >
> > > > > While I am on the topic....and feeling really wound up....let
> > me bore
> > > > > everyone, yet again, with the admonition to not forget
> > 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,
> > wholly
> > > > > unlamented by an unknowning (and possibly uncaring)
> > populace. Sam was a
> > > > > great man and anyone who enjoys (among many things) the SA
> > 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. You are absolutely right. We lived to the East of
> > Gilbert.
> > >At
> > > > > one
> > > > > > > time Claude Allen lived on the other side of
> > Gilbert. Molly Brown
> > > > lived
> > > > > > > behind us I think. Henry somebody lived downstairs...with
> > Molly
> > > > later?
> > > > > > At
> > > > > > > various times Coke Dilworth and Zane (when they were
> > married) and
> > > > Doug,
> > > > > > > Carol and Nancy Cardinal lived beneath us. I think they
> > 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,
> > 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
> > 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
> > Back to School Guide! <Zane Grey.jpg>
>
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