Mr. Thang vs. Golden Fang...

Earlier today: so engrossed in the first chapter of Pynchon's latest (Inherent Vice) that the voice of the patient but probably exasperated waitress ("Entschuldigung... Entschuldigung... Entschuldigung bitte... Bitteschön...") seemed to have come from the novel itself...

Not everyone approved, of course, but given TP's CV, I'm willing to gnaw off some slack.

TS