European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Columns another writer succumbs to cursor madness by Dave Barry l in stirs Rimi i i k who have no Ose in life and Are devoid of Iny useful skill .1111 win old Thurva tire like to brimm1 writers. I have a lot l intr ii flu St people always Siviy but i can never seem in fit l anything Down on is their first . We Modem writers never use paper for any purpose except to fill out loan applications. We do All our writing on electronic computers which we like because they have a Little Light on the screen called a cursor invented by nazis which goes blink blink All Day tour serving As a helpful reminder that Lime is passing and you Are nol producing squat. We professional writers take a great Deal of pleasure in sitting in front of our computer screens Houf after hour trying to think of something professional to write and watching our cursors go blink blink blink. Allaire Yeeee what we Are experiencing Here is cursor madness a problem has afflicted great writers among them Fyodor do Slonevsky who was driven insane by his word processor and in a famous lip hire anecdote Cul off Vincent Van Gogh s ear. needless tragedy could have been averted if 0�sfr Nevsky had owned flight simulator a computer
