tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post4478168646474349712..comments2024-02-24T02:38:19.707-06:00Comments on Definitive Jest: Jarett Myskiwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06264907267660417451noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post-5195616901500810562022-07-05T19:03:16.750-05:002022-07-05T19:03:16.750-05:00definition wrong thumb useddefinition wrong thumb usedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post-21387124957066420532022-07-05T19:02:24.456-05:002022-07-05T19:02:24.456-05:00its use and meaning are all the defenitions in the...its use and meaning are all the defenitions in the above comments at the same time. i am sure he was aware of all of them. including the fact that a hexagon is the best use of space. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post-75064077448070708172020-03-19T07:14:03.124-05:002020-03-19T07:14:03.124-05:00As an English major in the early 70s, that the ben...As an English major in the early 70s, that the benzine ring structure was revealed in a dream was often referenced. It was evidence that science needed the arts, in the early days of the defense of the humanities. So I was'nt surprised that Wallace knew of it. While my explanation sheds little light on its use in this context, it need not be considered an obscure reference. I like the above explanations. Maybe it's nothing more than Wallace wanting an adjective that started with K. The words look good together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post-57849802152489191312018-03-29T13:36:41.364-05:002018-03-29T13:36:41.364-05:00I have to say that though I first encountered this...I have to say that though I first encountered this term in the book (as a chemist, it took me about a second to figure out what he meant -- Kekulean = hexagonal), a quick google search reveals that this term has been used in the chemistry literature since at least 1986. Still, the fact that DFW had the balls to use this word immediately made him a fascinating figure, in my mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post-17272586915778033722016-05-05T11:41:46.672-05:002016-05-05T11:41:46.672-05:00These both make sense, one for it's descriptiv...These both make sense, one for it's descriptive, the other because it's funny.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493079603160797659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post-46350076715671287642016-05-05T11:40:55.222-05:002016-05-05T11:40:55.222-05:00I like that observation. Makes sense, haha. From t...I like that observation. Makes sense, haha. From that perspective the description's pretty funny.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493079603160797659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post-1123967454662905642016-04-11T20:23:27.548-05:002016-04-11T20:23:27.548-05:00I think its a little simpler than all that. Just l...I think its a little simpler than all that. Just look up an image of one of Kekule's diagrams of of benzene double bonds. They are shaped like tie knots. The Wineoceroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670398250636936408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post-89834522722885649722016-01-25T01:51:23.496-06:002016-01-25T01:51:23.496-06:00It could be a reference to intoxicating materials ...It could be a reference to intoxicating materials as referenced above: I personally took the whole phrase "Kekulean knot" to be mean that the knot was like a ring tied in a creative fashion, since Kekule was the first one to figure out that Benzene's structure is a ring of six carbons. The legend goes that he was inspired by a dream of an Ouroboros.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post-52184124455557230912014-09-22T19:20:33.970-05:002014-09-22T19:20:33.970-05:00Wallace is telling us that Hal is autistic, high f...Wallace is telling us that Hal is autistic, high functioning. His descriptions are very out of focus. Kekule worked on Benzenes. Both Toluene and Ether are intoxicant Benzenes. The neck tie looks like it was tied by someone who was loaded, a drunk perhaps.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472180327549823678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889484601266351479.post-21714239721393448872013-09-06T07:42:01.865-05:002013-09-06T07:42:01.865-05:00Thank you for that! I came to the same conclusion ...Thank you for that! I came to the same conclusion but was wondering whether as a speaker of English as a second language I was missing some American cultural reference... LifeinTransithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786813163015415863noreply@blogger.com