True Fiction
I'm nt sure what the point of this is. I'm guessing (hoping?) that it's not an ironic defense of people who invent parts of their memoirs, whole-cloth.
On the other hand, I'm not sure what other point it could be making.
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Well, I can't speak for Mark, as I haven't seen him in years, but I'd guess his point was to make people laugh. It made me laugh.
Posted by: Richard Grayson | March 18, 2008 at 04:32 AM
Kafka in a mirror, behind the mirror, behind you... Paranoiafsky Prance.
Reality as unreal as fiction is a lie.
LorenzOddicalistic Carapacious, braincream smeared skullcap worn over skin. Pantaloons pumped with corporeal air. Shoeprint evidence of insecticide.
Posted by: Lorenzo Orzari | May 16, 2008 at 06:45 PM