[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-10 Thread emilymae.reyn
Rory, after your jellyfish series so long ago now, during which I rediscovered 
my sense of humor and started a laugh which went on for months (thank god), 
even though I couldn't understand a thing you wrote, I looked you up and read 
your autobiography in full.  It did me a world of good and I liked the 
experience you put forth on your interaction with RC from way back when, as it 
was devoid of attack and read like a true experience.  

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote:


 Thank you! What book was that? You mean my online autobiography? I removed it 
 both because it was obsolete, no longer even remotely reflecting my current 
 views on reality, and also because several passages apparently hurt the 
 feelings of two people I love very much.
  




[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-10 Thread RoryGoff
Emily, it is such a pleasure to speak with you at last, after my long 
self-imposed silence! I am so happy to meet you, and to know you appreciated 
all that GRLJ stuff -- I had a lot of fun writing it! -- and that you got a 
chance to read the autobiography before I took it offline. Thank you so much 
for your kind feedback. Yes, I feel a got a world of good (literally) out of 
meeting RC; no complaints here! 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymae.reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote:

 Rory, after your jellyfish series so long ago now, during which I 
 rediscovered my sense of humor and started a laugh which went on for months 
 (thank god), even though I couldn't understand a thing you wrote, I looked 
 you up and read your autobiography in full.  It did me a world of good and I 
 liked the experience you put forth on your interaction with RC from way back 
 when, as it was devoid of attack and read like a true experience.  
 





[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-10 Thread Ann


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote:

 Emily, it is such a pleasure to speak with you at last, after my long 
 self-imposed silence! I am so happy to meet you, and to know you 
 appreciated all that GRLJ stuff -- I had a lot of fun writing it! -- and that 
 you got a chance to read the autobiography before I took it offline. Thank 
 you so much for your kind feedback. Yes, I feel a got a world of good 
 (literally) out of meeting RC; no complaints here! 

This is interesting. I think you may have written about this somewhere else 
here but since I have not read it would you care to direct me to the post(s)? 
What aspect of your confrontation or interactions with RC did you a world of 
good? I would be interested to compare notes on that.
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymae.reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote:
 
  Rory, after your jellyfish series so long ago now, during which I 
  rediscovered my sense of humor and started a laugh which went on for months 
  (thank god), even though I couldn't understand a thing you wrote, I looked 
  you up and read your autobiography in full.  It did me a world of good and 
  I liked the experience you put forth on your interaction with RC from way 
  back when, as it was devoid of attack and read like a true experience.  
  
 





[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-10 Thread RoryGoff


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote:

 
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@ wrote:
 
  Emily, it is such a pleasure to speak with you at last, after my long 
  self-imposed silence! I am so happy to meet you, and to know you 
  appreciated all that GRLJ stuff -- I had a lot of fun writing it! -- and 
  that you got a chance to read the autobiography before I took it offline. 
  Thank you so much for your kind feedback. Yes, I feel a got a world of good 
  (literally) out of meeting RC; no complaints here! 
 
 This is interesting. I think you may have written about this somewhere else 
 here but since I have not read it would you care to direct me to the post(s)? 
 What aspect of your confrontation or interactions with RC did you a world of 
 good? I would be interested to compare notes on that.
 
Hi, Ann! Yes, I wrote about it in my spiritual autobiography, which was 
online from 1997 until a year or two ago. I would say the whole confrontation 
experience, while excruciatingly painful at the time, was incredibly helpful. 
Almost immediately I saw his consciousness and mine like two bright lights 
looking into what I had up until then been identifying with; it was shocked at 
being discovered and tried to hide again, not too unlike a little cockroach... 
I remember blue-grey fields of light roiling out of me. I went home afterward 
and vomited psychically and emotionally for several hours, and went back the 
next day and thanked him. I wasn't done -- the clouds were still roiling out 
-- but it was a considerable part of a whole process, including a final 
intellectual self-inquiry process that resulted in a most profound death or 
dissolution of individuality into permanent Awakening of perfect, paradoxical 
Wholeness to itSelf within a week or so.



[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-09 Thread Alex Stanley


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote:

 
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@ 
 wrote:
 
  
  
  Uh, oh - now I've pushed Rory's smut defense 
  button. They don't call this forum the 'Funny 
  Farm' for nothing, Rory! Why do you think Alex
  called you on it? Go figure.
 
 Wow. Maybe you're right, Richard. I am so sorry for offending
 your delicate eyes.
 
 Alex, do please let me know if I have transgressed, and I will
 gladly make amends.

It is the opinion of this court that one would have to be completely daft to 
think the moderator was truly calling you out for posting playful double 
entendres. Richard should feel free to stick a corncob up his ass and stream a 
video to his tablet while unsubscribing.



[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-09 Thread RoryGoff
Many thanks, Alex. For an endless moment I was just now weaving myself into a 
nightmarishly prudish bizarro universe where multilingual wordplay involving 
Latin and alluding to ecstatic Tantric Oneness is branded illiterate, smutty 
and childish, while insulting posters by saying they have a corncob up their 
ass is evidently considered the height of propriety and sophisticated wit yet 
still suitable for children. Thank you for awakening me, Laddie ... It is good 
to come Home.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... 
wrote:

 
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@ wrote:
 
  
  
  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@ 
  wrote:
  
   
   
   Uh, oh - now I've pushed Rory's smut defense 
   button. They don't call this forum the 'Funny 
   Farm' for nothing, Rory! Why do you think Alex
   called you on it? Go figure.
  
  Wow. Maybe you're right, Richard. I am so sorry for offending
  your delicate eyes.
  
  Alex, do please let me know if I have transgressed, and I will
  gladly make amends.
 
 It is the opinion of this court that one would have to be completely daft to 
 think the moderator was truly calling you out for posting playful double 
 entendres. Richard should feel free to stick a corncob up his ass and stream 
 a video to his tablet while unsubscribing.





[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-09 Thread Richard J. Williams


   Well, I'm with Buck on this one - it is kinda sad to
   see the forum go down to such a low vibe. 
  
Rory:
 I have been called a lot of things in my life, but low 
 vibe is a definite first! Thanks for the new offering, 
 Richard! I will enjoy it...
 
Try to get a grip, Rory - your name is already mud all over
Fairfield: your teacher is a purported profligate womanizer, 
fake guru, and a con man. I've tried to take up for Mr.
Varma for over ten years, but you're not helping much. 

Go figure.

Why make things look worse by posting smutty messages on a 
public forum? Is that what passes for entertainment up 
there? I can imagine what you guys talk about at the Rev. 

I'm beginning to understand why you guys up there have a 
separate dome for the women! LoL! 

prof·li·gate  

Adjective
1. Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of 
resources.

Noun
1. A licentious, dissolute person.

Synonyms
dissolute - rakish - wasteful - licentious - prodigal
libertine - debauchee - spendthrift - rake - roue - rip



[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Rory:
 Yeah, Richard, I still don't see this as adult material,
 any more than your corncob up your ass posting...

Oh shit, now I'm being attacked for posting a funny!

Sign on outhouse:

All human excrement flows downstream.

Use the yellow corn cob in the morning; brown cob at lunch.
Use the white cob only on Sunday.

LoL!

Let's see: so far this year you guys have slandered gays,
lesbians, cross-dressers, straights, dads, moms, sisters
and brothers; the Jews, the Christians, the Mormons, the
Arabs, the Hindus, the Buddhists, Asians, and Texans; you
guys have outed at least five residents of Fairfield as
swingers,  adulterers, and wife-stealers; and a fink wrote
a book claiming she screwed MMY on a deer skin rug at
the India ashram underneath a painting of SBS.

You've got to admit, Rory, this is some rich stuff!



[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-09 Thread RoryGoff

Ah, I believe I see now, Richard; thank you for clarifying. I had wondered if 
perhaps you were attempting to be a troll and maybe trying to push my – what 
was it you called it? -- smut button?  But if I understand you correctly, you 
are not a troll, but rather you are telling me you are still disturbed by my 
belief that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi probably did indeed have sexual relations 
with some member(s) of his student-body at some point(s), as Judith Bourque so 
beautifully described in her heartfelt Robes of Silk, Feet of Clay. 

Yes, it is true; I still believe it is most likely that he did. And as I've 
often mentioned, even as long ago as in my spiritual autobiography, sexual 
activity in and of itself I do not consider to be at all low-vibe, though 
Maharishi may well have thought so; he and I apparently disagree on a great 
many points. I have many times found sexual congress personally to be an 
utterly lovely way to transcend and merge into full-bodied celestial ecstasy, 
and even to heal long-standing issues. This congress and culmination does not 
have to always be physical, or even between physically-embodied humans, the 
operative fields being the various energy-bodies and the divine flow of 
kundalini. From one point of view, everything that IS, is eternal celestial 
congress.

I am in no position to judge Maharishi's and Judith's vibes, nor even to judge 
the possible abuse of power in such a guru-chela dalliance or dalliances, nor 
even the lying which he would have felt obliged to do, given who Maharishi was, 
and/or who he was claiming to be, and what he was trying to accomplish in the 
world. 

In reality, from one point of view anyhow, I am in no position to judge 
anything whatsoever as low-vibe or high-vibe since in truth everything I 
perceive is all just my-vibe. High Five! 

Virtually everything I have ever judged, I have soon found myself automatically 
acting out. In my universe, apparently, my judgment generally stems from a lack 
of compassionate understanding, and it appears that the best way for me to 
understand someone's behavior is to BE them.

*L*L*L*

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@... 
wrote:

 Try to get a grip, Rory - your name is already mud all over
 Fairfield: your teacher is a purported profligate womanizer, 
 fake guru, and a con man. I've tried to take up for Mr.
 Varma for over ten years, but you're not helping much. 
 
 Go figure.
 
 Why make things look worse by posting smutty messages on a 
 public forum? Is that what passes for entertainment up 
 there? I can imagine what you guys talk about at the Rev. 
 
 I'm beginning to understand why you guys up there have a 
 separate dome for the women! LoL! 
 
 prof·li·gate  
 
 Adjective
 1. Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of 
 resources.
 
 Noun
 1. A licentious, dissolute person.
 
 Synonyms
 dissolute - rakish - wasteful - licentious - prodigal
 libertine - debauchee - spendthrift - rake - roue - rip





[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-08 Thread RoryGoff


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@... 
wrote:

 
 Buck:
  Om, comes The dilution; It is now less than
  24 hours before our civil leadership fails
  and mob rule on FFL.  It is a sad ending.
 
 Alex once said that alt.meditation.transcendental
 over on Usenet was the cesspool of the internet.
 
 He may have to amend that statement after today
 - FFL is already a smut hole. Why do you think
 most of the other respondents don't post here
 anymore? Go figure.
 
 It's sometimes difficult to realize that these
 are actually adults posting here, Buck.
 
 Oh, I know you did, Alex; I was just having fun, too...
 And of course, I meant cum in every sense,
 particularly the Tantric One.


Unless you become as little children, you shall not enter the kingdom of 
heaven

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

The world is as you are

And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your 
own eye





[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-08 Thread Richard J. Williams


That's the ticket, Rory - attack the messenger. How
old are you now - going on thirteen? Why do you think 
most of the other respondents don't post here anymore?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexting

Rory:
 Unless you become as little children, you shall 
 not enter the kingdom of heaven

Buck:
   Om, comes The dilution; It is now less than
   24 hours before our civil leadership fails
   and mob rule on FFL.  It is a sad ending.
  
  Alex once said that alt.meditation.transcendental
  over on Usenet was the cesspool of the internet.
  
  He may have to amend that statement after today
  - FFL is already a smut hole. Why do you think
  most of the other respondents don't post here
  anymore? Go figure.
  
  It's sometimes difficult to realize that these
  are actually adults posting here, Buck.
  
  Oh, I know you did, Alex; I was just having fun, 
  too...And of course, I meant cum in every sense,
  particularly the Tantric One.
 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/352360







[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-08 Thread RoryGoff
I am 57. And I don't know, Richard; could it be most of them leave because they 
get attacked for being smutty and childish when they indulge in a bit of 
harmless wordplay with Tantric overtones? I can only speak for myself, and I 
certainly didn't leave because anyone was innocently exploring the delights of 
sexuality and spirituality here! Far from it. But if such encourages you to 
cease posting, I suspect I will be able to live with it.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@... 
wrote:

 
 
 That's the ticket, Rory - attack the messenger. How
 old are you now - going on thirteen? Why do you think 
 most of the other respondents don't post here anymore?
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexting
 
 Rory:
  Unless you become as little children, you shall 
  not enter the kingdom of heaven
 
 Buck:
Om, comes The dilution; It is now less than
24 hours before our civil leadership fails
and mob rule on FFL.  It is a sad ending.
   
   Alex once said that alt.meditation.transcendental
   over on Usenet was the cesspool of the internet.
   
   He may have to amend that statement after today
   - FFL is already a smut hole. Why do you think
   most of the other respondents don't post here
   anymore? Go figure.
   
   It's sometimes difficult to realize that these
   are actually adults posting here, Buck.
   
   Oh, I know you did, Alex; I was just having fun, 
   too...And of course, I meant cum in every sense,
   particularly the Tantric One.
  
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/352360





[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-08 Thread seventhray27

Showing some edge.  I like that!


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff wrote:

 I am 57. And I don't know, Richard; could it be most of them leave
because they get attacked for being smutty and childish when they
indulge in a bit of harmless wordplay with Tantric overtones? I can only
speak for myself, and I certainly didn't leave because anyone was
innocently exploring the delights of sexuality and spirituality here!
Far from it. But if such encourages you to cease posting, I suspect I
will be able to live with it.

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams
punditster@ wrote:
 
 
 
  That's the ticket, Rory - attack the messenger. How
  old are you now - going on thirteen? Why do you think
  most of the other respondents don't post here anymore?
 
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexting
 
  Rory:
   Unless you become as little children, you shall
   not enter the kingdom of heaven
  
  Buck:
 Om, comes The dilution; It is now less than
 24 hours before our civil leadership fails
 and mob rule on FFL. It is a sad ending.

Alex once said that alt.meditation.transcendental
over on Usenet was the cesspool of the internet.
   
He may have to amend that statement after today
- FFL is already a smut hole. Why do you think
most of the other respondents don't post here
anymore? Go figure.
   
It's sometimes difficult to realize that these
are actually adults posting here, Buck.
   
Oh, I know you did, Alex; I was just having fun,
too...And of course, I meant cum in every sense,
particularly the Tantric One.
   
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/352360
 





[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-08 Thread Richard J. Williams


Uh, oh - now I've pushed Rory's smut defense 
button. They don't call this forum the 'Funny 
Farm' for nothing, Rory! Why do you think Alex
called you on it? Go figure.

Rory:
 I am 57. And I don't know, Richard; could it be most 
 of them leave because they get attacked for being 
 smutty and childish when they indulge in a bit of 
 harmless wordplay with Tantric overtones? 

 I can only speak for myself, and I certainly didn't 
 leave because anyone was innocently exploring the 
 delights of sexuality and spirituality here! Far 
 from it. But if such encourages you to cease posting, 
 I suspect I will be able to live with it.
 
  That's the ticket, Rory - attack the messenger. How
  old are you now - going on thirteen? Why do you think 
  most of the other respondents don't post here anymore?
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexting
  
  Rory:
   Unless you become as little children, you shall 
   not enter the kingdom of heaven
  
  Buck:
 Om, comes The dilution; It is now less than
 24 hours before our civil leadership fails
 and mob rule on FFL.  It is a sad ending.

Alex once said that alt.meditation.transcendental
over on Usenet was the cesspool of the internet.

He may have to amend that statement after today
- FFL is already a smut hole. Why do you think
most of the other respondents don't post here
anymore? Go figure.

It's sometimes difficult to realize that these
are actually adults posting here, Buck.

Oh, I know you did, Alex; I was just having fun, 
too...And of course, I meant cum in every sense,
particularly the Tantric One.
   
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/352360
 





[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-08 Thread RoryGoff


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@... 
wrote:

 
 
 Uh, oh - now I've pushed Rory's smut defense 
 button. They don't call this forum the 'Funny 
 Farm' for nothing, Rory! Why do you think Alex
 called you on it? Go figure.

Wow. Maybe you're right, Richard. I am so sorry for offending your delicate 
eyes.

Alex, do please let me know if I have transgressed, and I will gladly make 
amends.



[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-08 Thread RoryGoff


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote:

 
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@ 
 wrote:
 
  
  
  Uh, oh - now I've pushed Rory's smut defense 
  button. They don't call this forum the 'Funny 
  Farm' for nothing, Rory! Why do you think Alex
  called you on it? Go figure.
 
 Wow. Maybe you're right, Richard. I am so sorry for offending your delicate 
 eyes.
 
 Alex, do please let me know if I have transgressed, and I will gladly make 
 amends.

(If I have transgressed I will gladly pour ashes on my head while singing Mea 
Culpa in falsetto, poke out my eyes lest they offend God and Richard and lead 
me into temptation and sin, cut off my hands and tongue and lingam for the same 
reason, and maybe even -- the ultimate punishment -- cease posting to FFL, if 
those letters do indeed stand for Frozen Funless Lizardbrains...)



[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-08 Thread Richard J. Williams


  Uh, oh - now I've pushed Rory's smut defense 
  button. They don't call this forum the 'Funny 
  Farm' for nothing, Rory! Why do you think Alex
  called you on it? Go figure.
 
Rory:
 Wow. Maybe you're right, Richard. I am so sorry 
 for offending your delicate eyes.

Well, I'm with Buck on this one - it is kinda sad to
see the forum go down to such a low vibe. Not to
mention the lies that get told every day. I suspect
the reason the others stopped posting here is because
there is not to much to read anymore - I know you can 
do better than this - I've read your book and even
tried to promote it here. What happened?
 
 Alex, do please let me know if I have transgressed, 
 and I will gladly make amends.

If you are 57, Rory, why not learn to read? 

8) Posting of adult material, either text or photos, 
or links to such materials, is prohibited. Violation 
of this guideline may result in expulsion from the 
group. - FairfieldLife Guidelines

  Oh, I know you did, Alex; I was just having fun, 
  too...And of course, I meant cum in every sense,
  particularly the Tantric One.
 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/352360



[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-08 Thread RoryGoff


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@... 
wrote:

 
 
   Uh, oh - now I've pushed Rory's smut defense 
   button. They don't call this forum the 'Funny 
   Farm' for nothing, Rory! Why do you think Alex
   called you on it? Go figure.
  
 Rory:
  Wow. Maybe you're right, Richard. I am so sorry 
  for offending your delicate eyes.
 
 Well, I'm with Buck on this one - it is kinda sad to
 see the forum go down to such a low vibe. Not to
 mention the lies that get told every day. I suspect
 the reason the others stopped posting here is because
 there is not to much to read anymore - I know you can 
 do better than this - I've read your book and even
 tried to promote it here. What happened?
  
  Alex, do please let me know if I have transgressed, 
  and I will gladly make amends.
 
 If you are 57, Rory, why not learn to read? 
 
 8) Posting of adult material, either text or photos, 
 or links to such materials, is prohibited. Violation 
 of this guideline may result in expulsion from the 
 group. - FairfieldLife Guidelines
 
   Oh, I know you did, Alex; I was just having fun, 
   too...And of course, I meant cum in every sense,
   particularly the Tantric One.
  
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/352360

Yeah, Richard, I still don't see this as adult material, any more than your 
corncob up your ass posting... But I will abide by Alex's decision. Though on 
second thought I believe I will forgo the lesser punishments, the various forms 
of self-mutilation, and simply invoke the maximum punishment and revoke my own 
badge instead.



[FairfieldLife] Re: Smut Count Fri 09-Aug-13 00:15:05 UTC

2013-08-08 Thread RoryGoff
 
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@ 
 wrote:

  
  Well, I'm with Buck on this one - it is kinda sad to
  see the forum go down to such a low vibe. 

I have been called a lot of things in my life, but low vibe is a definite 
first! Thanks for the new offering, Richard! I will enjoy it.

Not to
  mention the lies that get told every day. 

Oh, yes, I am definitely a liar; though I do my best to tell the truth, the 
whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God, the paradoxical nature 
of God makes it utterly impossible!

I suspect
  the reason the others stopped posting here is because
  there is not to much to read anymore - 

I suspect you are right about that. Please feel free to introduce various 
subjects you would like to talk about; if I am still here and so moved I will 
gladly join in...

I know you can 
  do better than this - 

Actually, I loved the divine vibe around that whole exchange; I am sorry you 
and Buck apparently didn't

I've read your book and even
  tried to promote it here. What happened?

Thank you! What book was that? You mean my online autobiography? I removed it 
both because it was obsolete, no longer even remotely reflecting my current 
views on reality, and also because several passages apparently hurt the 
feelings of two people I love very much.
 
  
  If you are 57, Rory, why not learn to read? 

Never too late, I suppose. It has, I admit, been immensely difficult writing so 
much over the last 52 years or so, including evidently some book or other of 
mine you once read and tried to promote, without my enjoying the benefit of 
literacy. 

I also find it a lovely paradox that I am apparently both childish and 
publishing adult material! Thanks for that too!