Gene Wolfe

brunians at brunians.org · 21 May 2010, 03:53 · from 2010-May.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 23:53:54 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe
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There are things that are under your control and things that are not under
your control.

I often receive mails that I do not wish to read and do not read.

I follow this simple procedure, which I recommend to you.

My mailer exposes normally four to half a dozen lines of the post.

I can tell if I wish to read it from those lines.

If I do not wish to read a post, I look at it for perhaps a quarter of a
second, and delete it.

I then spend absolutely no time bitching, whining, complaining or
protesting. I move right on the next post.

You understand, the exact number of lines is unimportant. You don't even
have to read them all.

.


> Talk about whatever you want. I don't even care if it ends up in my
> mailbox. I just want to know if I can delete it without having to read it
> first. I like to think that emails from a Gene Wolfe mailing list with
> "Wolfe" in the subject line might actually be about Wolfe rather than
> someone's own personal theology and other peoples' arguments about it.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "brunians at brunians.org" <brunians at brunians.org>
> To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net>
> Sent: Thu, May 20, 2010 10:45:37 PM
> Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe
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> The hell you do.
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>> Will whoever actually writes about Gene Wolfe next please change the
>> subject line so I know to start reading again. I mean that sincerely and
>> without snark.
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