tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post390883559617591484..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Seventy-Eight TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-85230921572512929852015-05-09T00:54:16.801-04:002015-05-09T00:54:16.801-04:00Has Mr. Pynchon been diagnosed? He's like Ed C...Has Mr. Pynchon been diagnosed? He's like Ed Champion on steroids. Thanks for all that typing, honey, and all the belly laughs. Really, I feel good now.Frances Madesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621630522922354741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-49102630624119439282015-05-08T12:57:35.256-04:002015-05-08T12:57:35.256-04:00i was speaking of mason & dixon and their line...i was speaking of mason & dixon and their line the other day, claiming that calling the southern states 'dixie' was derived from them - <br /><br />later i looked it up - the source i consulted said that it had to do with a ten dollar bill widely circulated in the region, originated by a louisiana bank, bearing the word 'dixit' on it<br /><br />i remind myself of a saying of josh billings, an american humorist of the nineteenth century:<br /><br />"It ain't ignorance causes so much trouble; it's folks knowing so much that ain't so."mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com