This is harder to understand than a John le Carre spy novel. Is MZ, then, no more than a hapless tool in the hands of the Higher Powers that you are in league with and perhaps even control?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > I don't understand, MZ. Only a week or so ago you wrote a > > long post practically deifying Barry and excoriating Judy, > > but now you seem to have returned to your former position. > > You are making me dizzy, MZ. > > Shhh, don't embarrass him. He flew the coop for a brief > excursion, but we brought him back for a little reeducation. > Worked pretty well, don't you think? Did some extra "refining" > with him, a bit of, er, advanced training, and it shows. His > excoriation of Barry today was a significant improvement > over his excoriation of moi a couple weeks back, not just in > content but in style and tone. Much more elegant and to the > point. > > It's all a matter of *motivation*. We gave him the incentive > to improve, et voilĂ , you see the result. Just ignore that > unfortunate excursion and focus on the New Robin. A word or > two of approbation wouldn't go badly by way of encouragement. >