[lit-ideas] Re: education
- From: Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:39:48 -0600
I thank Ursula for the greatest compliment I've ever been paid: "I'm sure
you're as much of a puzzle to God as he is to you..."
Even as I write it I chuckle. Wouldn't such a notion be great?!!!
Thanks, Ursula. And thanks, too, for the Lazarus Long quote.
Mike Geary
meaningless in Memphis
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Ursula Stange <ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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)
>
>
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