We now know that our group presentations are the week of April 13-17, and that we go in reverse alphabetical order for our individual presentations, which will take two forms: the oral form in which we speak of our topic in a demonstrative way and the print form which will adhere at least in part to the restrictions of grammer nazis(which Christine of the Laughing Rats admits to being). Grammer nazis do have a foothold in the literary tradition, since as Ong points out on page 128, print reinforces an urge for "correctness" of language.

But even within the literary tradition, correctness of language usage and organization doesn't necessarily win out all the time. Finnegans Wake is a whopping example of why, as is Tristram Shandy(from which we get the phrase 'cock-and-bull' story) in a slightly different vein.

And then there was discussion of Bruno's insanely complicated and vast memory system, which as Yates says on page 124, would require if not yield, the memory of a magus with divine powers. This is really the assertion that Bruno's memory system carried; that human beings don't reicieve messages from the Divine, they in fact become or are Divine. Which was considered heresy and resulted in Bruno being burned at the stake. There is apparently an interesting children's fantasy inspired by Bruno's memory system called Little Big by John Crowley. Yet another thing I'll have to read.