Brain Pain discussion

This discussion covers Page 491 – 593


Begins: “WINTER, B.S. 1963, SEPULVEDA CA I remember208 I was eating lunch and reading something dull by Bazin when my father came into the kitchen”

Himself helps his Dad from Glad move the family mattress. Ken E. works on his Boston NA hug technique. Marathe and Steeply, part 58. Tavis keeps the big buddies waiting in the blue room while The Moms runs the monthly diddle-check. Steeply and Marathe seem to be winding down… maybe. Gately tries to get into under Joelle’s pants veil. Randy Lenz sublimates his rage by bagging pussy. Tine and his metric ruler head to metro Boston to substantiate the samizdat situation. Pemulis pops in for a quick word with Mrs. Inc. Lenz does some purposeful Bing to help cut Green loose from the night walks, but becomes a bit more chatty than he planned. Hal photo synthesizes. Lenz continues his monologue with fun facts about the fauna of the Great Concavity. Snippets from Gateley’s log. After getting nada off Helen Steeply, O. has a Swiss Subject for lunch. As poor Booger melts down about temporal-flux, Pemulis helps Idris dispose of a little urine. Orin notices wheelchairs again. Bruce Green follows the sound of Don Ho and espies Randy Lenz sublimating his rage. Mario takes a late-night stroll.

This week’s reading takes us well past the mid-way point of the book. The plot does seem to be thickening a bit. A second Ennet House resident has committed homicide against a Nuck, though this time an innocent dog instead of a cell-leader with a head cold. Methinks there may be trouble dans l’avenir…

This might be a good time for a body count.

Homicides:
Gately kills a Nuck during a burglary
Dr. Wo Kills C with a hot dose
Les frères Antitoi
The many Canadian politicians who “heard the squeak”
Bruce Green’s mom via “snake in the can” prank gone horribly wrong

Domestic faunacides:
Randy Lenz kills rats, cats, and one dog too many
Orin suffocates many Arizonian roaches
President Gentle’s policies kill many creatures in the Great Concavity, though to his credit, some species are thriving.

Suicides:
Himself
Clipperton
The tennis prodigy who offed himself with Nesquik and cyanide, and committed eight counts of accidental manslaughter when his family tried to resuscitate him, but we can’t prosecute a dead prodigy, can we?

Failed Suicides:
Joelle
Kate Gompert

There are probably more than I am remembering here. Feel free to add to the list.


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