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Jul. 23rd, 2014 09:02 am
he was terrible at that
From the Wikipedia entry on Jeremiah Dixon (the Dixon in Mason-Dixon; and also, sadly, given his personal beliefs, the Dix in Dixie):
"Although he was recognized as a Quaker, he was not a very good one, dressing in a long red coat and occasionally drinking to excess."
Fun fact about me: I kind of love Mark Knopfler, and he has a whole song about Mason & Dixon inspired by the Thomas Pynchon book of that name. Knopfler's song inspired me to look them up on Wikipedia, which, in turn, inspired me to write this entry. So now you can say you have a writer friend who's very similar to Thomas Pynchon.
"Although he was recognized as a Quaker, he was not a very good one, dressing in a long red coat and occasionally drinking to excess."
Fun fact about me: I kind of love Mark Knopfler, and he has a whole song about Mason & Dixon inspired by the Thomas Pynchon book of that name. Knopfler's song inspired me to look them up on Wikipedia, which, in turn, inspired me to write this entry. So now you can say you have a writer friend who's very similar to Thomas Pynchon.