(urth) OT urth crackdown!

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Actually, Twain left behind a huge and very frank autobiography and
instructions that it not be published for at least a century after his
death. He died in 1910, and the first volume of a projected three will
be published in November.

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Fred Kiesche
<godelescherbach at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mark Twain has returned from the afterlife to do his memoirs? Cool!
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:26 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Pax Romana
>>
>> On 5/24/2010 11:52 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>>>
>>> Rome has spoken, and there is an end of the matter.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Ranjit Bhatnagar<ranjit at moonmilk.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here comes the Argument From Authority!  As list owner, I hereby decree:
>>>>
>>>> Mark Twain's forthcoming memoirs are a reasonable topic of discussion
>>>> here,
>>>> but don't go overboard.
>>>>
>>>> It's a good idea to edit the subject line of a discussion to reflect the
>>>> topic being discussed, particularly if the discussion is drifting away
>>>> from
>>>> the main point of the list, which is Gene Wolfe's work.  It's not
>>>> mandatory,
>>>> though, and it's not in itself a good topic of discussion on this list.
>>>>
>>>> Acting like a jerk is always off-topic, even if the other guy started
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> This list has been around for almost 15 years with almost no moderation,
>>>> and
>>>> this has almost always worked out just fine.  Sometimes bickering has
>>>> broken
>>>> out, and some valuable members have left because of the noise.  I'd
>>>> prefer
>>>> to keep that to a minimum.
>>>>
>>>> If you have any complaints or comments about this decree, email me
>>>> directly.  Note that I wasn't calling YOU a jerk-- I was talking about
>>>> that
>>>> other guy.
>>>> - Ranjit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes