Persons attempting to find a "text" in this [story] will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a "subtext" in it will be banished; persons attempting to explain, interpret, explicate, analyze, deconstruct, or otherwise "understand" it will be exiled to a desert island in the company only of other explainers.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR - Wendell Berry's introduction to Jayber Crow.
This article was posted to Jayber on 11 December 2008 by to the following categories: Residuals.
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Building management just posted a note disallowing the "extended use" of bathrooms on floors other than the one we work on. Discrimination! Exhibit A:
I’m just wondering, what are people doing “camping out” in the restroom anyhow? It really makes the mind wander and starts to freak me out.
I’m not sure what “camping out” actually means…
The particular bathroom where this note is posted is significantly larger and nicer and newer than others in the building and is commonly referred to by people that work here as “The Executive Lounge”.