[lit-ideas] Killer, Diller, Chiller, Thriller
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:08:30 EDT
Service Professions
I think Geary over-reacted to the service-profession thing, but hey I
enjoyed that.
Of course we can consider
Geary = Geary
Geary = 'the air-conditioning man'
Surely a 'profession', however serviceable, cannot define the Man.
Ditto for Walter, Swimming-Pool Librarians, etc.
I doubt W. O. will go all the hog with me and grant that philosophy is
_not_ serviceable. He, after all, is in a stricter institution than the
Swimming-Pool Library.
Socrates was _killed_ because he was anti-serviceable. That silly stuff
about corrupting youths was _not_ there!
You know what song I've been playing all day on the piano?
On Cm
Thriller!
They're out to get you
there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you
unless you change that number on your dial
Change to F major
Now is the time, for you and I to cuddle close together
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see
that this is thriller thriller night
'cause i can thrill you more than any ghost woul dever dare try
Thriller thriller night
so leet me hold you tight and shaare
a kiler diller chiller thriller here tonight.
I still have to figure out some chords for the chorus:
There is a passage from Fmaj to Fminor with base in Gflat I can gather
but the end of the chorus is a trick to me.
What a man!
J. L.
In a message dated 6/26/2009 3:15:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Yeah, well so is Air Conditioning, Heating, Ventilation, Refrigeration and
Commercial Cooking Equipment repair a 'service profession' like nursing,
dentistry, medicine, dog grooming, septic tanker cleaning, manicuring,
waiting tables, waiting buffets ("they also wait who only stand and
serve" -- I think Jesus said that), etc.
Are you or is Walter saying that philosophy is not a service profession?
If
so, then what the hell good is it? Must you teach philosophy to justify
your philosopherness? Or is the fact of asking after the meaning of
things
a service to humanity in and of itself? I dunno. (JL would probably say
the "I" is otiose, but if you knew me, you'd say that the "dunno" is
otiose.) I'm not a philosopher. I sometimes wonder why heat seeks out
cold, but I soon get bored and start whittling. No service to mankind
there. I'm a firm believer that we do what we do because that's what we
ended up doing given the visissitudes and exigencies of getting through
the
wrangle of days. Nothing very noble about the vast majority of us, I'm
afraid. But then, there are a lot of good laughs out there as well as the
tears -- gotta figure that into your philosophy too. As Eve said to Adam:
"Swallow the apple, damn you!" But no, he still holds it in his throat, a
frightened little boy, making her take full responsibility for humanity's
woes.
Such is life. Gotta get back to work. We're in the midst of a heat
wave.
ACs are a-poppin'. Ka-ching!
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