re: #342 Walter L. Newton

He’s got to you, hasn’t he. That one little email, that says NOTHING about anything, and you have built a WHOLE cloth out of a little piece of thread.

You know, we were talking about a similar thing last night, “Foucault’s Pendulum.” You are weaving a whole tale here like Belbo, out of nothing.

True story - I met Umberto Eco in Beantown. Interesting fellow - he was arguing semiotics and the artifact with my professor. Over lunch, he told me two things I hadn’t asked about:

1) He won’t discuss Foucault’s Pendulum, ever;

2) My professor was the inspiration for Giorgi in The Name of the Rose.

(And he loves Orangina and cranberry juice).