Klarinet Archive - Posting 000241.txt from 2003/09

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Steve White is worse than my mother
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:56:11 -0400

Family members were in no way relieved of the obligation of taking on
guilt. Most of my family died of guilt before they were 17. I have
survived only because I went into hiding in the Amazon.

DNL

Steve White wrote:
> Dan, thanks for the post. I wasn't really guilty about starting a
> discussion. I just wanted to keep the air clear as so many other posts
> seems to have ignited ramblings and conversation on the list that just
> wouldn't go away (the reason expose' on R-13 A clarinets comes to mind...)
> In all honesty I just wanted to give myself a little CYA room to breathe -
> but you are right, I can get on the guilty side of things.
>
> The room's not spinning yet, but I've only been typing for about 25 seconds
> so far :)
>
> Humbly yours,
>
> Steve White
>
> P.S. - If I did inherit guilty genes from your mother - does that mean
> you'll take it easy on my cause I 'family,' or that you'll really go for the
> throat cause I'm 'family.' (Just curious)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Leeson [mailto:leeson0@-----.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:11 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Steve White is worse than my mother
>
>
> Steve, I want to tell you about my mother. She said that the entire 2nd
> World War was her fault. I'm not sure of her logic, but she believed
> it. Then she went on to take the responsibility for Judge Crater's
> dissapearance, the Lindburgh kidnapping, the depression of 1929, and the
> breakup of Abbot and Costello.
>
> None of this business about cadenzas is hitting on you. It is true you
> started it off with a comment, about which I asked a question, then you
> answered it perfectly satisfactorily, then I posted something else, and
> the discussion may or may not take off. But that does not mean that you
> should continue to write contrite letters as if this is all your fault.
>
> You want guilt? I'll give you a zonk in the head and your eyes will
> spin for a week. How about something like, "Ever since Steve has been
> posting on cadenzas, I am feeling pains in my chest. I think I'll have
> to call a doctor." That is classy stuff. Are you finding it hard to
> breathe? Is the room spinning around?
>
> You however, are not permitted to give yourself guilt. That is my
> mother's job. She was a professional in that area, and at one point was
> the east coast distributor for it. Is it possible, that you are a long
> lost brother who inherited mom's guilt genes? If so, I want to thank
> you because I am now off the hook.
>
> And cadenzas are not really an option. You don't have any choice in
> that arena. They are like guilt given to you by the composer. You must
> accept it.
>
> And "eingang" is the correct word. Now if you don't know the plural for
> eingang, then I will give you a guilt trip all the way from here to
> Poughkeepsie, one so severe that your nose will be stuffed up for a month.
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