Mike, I hope this is the core of a longer piece...which we will get to see someday. I'm sure you're as much of a puzzle to God as he is to you... But Lazarus Long would understand you: A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. Ursula Stange Driven (or did she take a cab? So much for MY memory...) to drink in North Bay Sent from my kitchen... On 2011-11-10, at 3:21 PM, Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Very interstink discussion. I hate educated people as much as I hate redneck > Southern bigots. > In fact I hate everyone, everyone but meself, of course. And sometimes I > even hate meself. English major, > Philosophy major, Business major, what the hell? Do you know how to pick > cotton, milk cows, > butcher a hog, tan a hide, hammer a nail, cook a can of Cambell's soup > without burning it, or even just how > to wipe your ass so that it don't stink so? Trust me, "how" is more critical > to existence than "why". And I know > as God knows that God don't care nothing about no goddamn theory of literary > criticism, or investment > banking or epistemology. All God wants is a hearty laugh, some anodyne > against the horrendous monotony > of omniscience. I'm sure God would surrender his kingdom for a surprise > punch line -- one he had not written > an eternity ago. Some quirky response to life that catches him off guard. > That's why we exist -- we're God's > jesters. We were created to stave off God's boredom so that he doesn't turn > all sour-mouthed and do what > Mexican drug cartels do.. And even if you don't believe in God, even if you > wake up every morning and shake > your fist at heaven and shout in defiance: "I don't believe in you, > goddamnit!" Still there's the day to be got > through. And god knows, it ain't easy getting through a day being merely > human. Always > trying to be the apple of someone's eye -- and you know where apples got us. > But imagine if you were > God and been hanging around since before there was a "since". Imagine the > boredom! So, here's my > suggestion for living a long and meaningful life: forget it. > > > Mike Geary > losing my memory more rapidly than I had anticipated in Memphis > (if only I could forget that I live in Memphis) > > > >