[lit-ideas] Re: education
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:44:30 +0900
Reminds me of Robert Frost
"Dear Lord, forgive my little jokes on thee
And I'll forgive your great big one on me."
John
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Mike Geary
<jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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
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> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Ursula Stange <ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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.*
>>
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>> Ursula Stange
>> Driven (or did she take a cab? So much for MY memory...) to drink
>> in North Bay
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>> Sent from my kitchen...
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>> 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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John McCreery
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