I just read the whole "letter" twice, and I have only one question:

How long do you think it took her to type that, given all the pearls she was clutching?

So should I dive into some Dunsany? Be honest. You know I'm only a dilettante at best.

But I will still say this: Read Pale Fire. It. Is. Fantastic. Laura is worth reading, and Lolita is magnificent in its own many ways. But Pale Fire is, I think, the best of Nabokov — and I've read a lot. It's incredible,…

You are a poet and a sage.

Did you already know that?

A follow-up:

When I do this, do I need to bring my own Zeppelin accompaniment?

Or does the universe provide (so long as I'm doing it right)?

A question for all of you:

I've lived for years in buildings with accessible roofs.

But I've almost never gone onto those roofs, alone and well-dressed, to stare off into the distance.

Have I been living wrong?

What is this "US" you speak of?

Can't they be both?

I'm just surprised they didn't think it'd be even "funnier" to do this in October.

You're so right!

I mean, for one, he ate dinosaurs!

I know. I should've gotten extra credit, don't you think?

So are you saying that I got some of these answers wrong?

My teacher said they were all correct . . .

Sounds like a fascinating project. Dunsany's book is one of the ur-texts in the fantasy genre, no?

Garfield Minus Garfield is at once clever and sad. And I feel comfortable saying that even though I'm allergic to cats.

No usual fare, really. Not especially keen on contemporary fiction, though there's some that I…

I think my world is okay, though I can't ever really tell for sure. There's just so much I don't know . . . .

What's worth reading these days, do you think? Read a book about the assassination of President Garfield recently. Did you know that he wasn't, in fact, a cat? The things you learn . . . .

(And don't worry…

Two possibilities:

(1) Just to see if anyone is listening.

(2) Just to see if I'm still alive.

Both are questionable propositions.

(You well, MoJuiced?)

So you mean it has to be Woody Allen?

When did Mike Jeffries start giving Rue 21 "customer service" advice?

So you're saying Shakespeare wrote poetry!?!

Not Jari Litmanen!

Nicely played.

But what rhymes with phantasmagorical? We're going to have to figure these things out eventually, you know.

A word that rhymes with "orange." Or "antidisestablishmentarianism."