Holes

[Henry M]

What the hell is this? A proctologist's waiting room? People calling 
themselves assholes, people calling other listers assholes, people 
calling whole groups of generally decent, well meaning people (even 
grad students!) assholes! 

Sure. In any group, there'll be a few, but count me out.

Cheers, you assholes <grin>

Henry

On  5 Dec 96 at 12:31, Ted Samsel wrote:

> From:          Ted Samsel <tejas at infi.net>
> Subject:       Re: Grad school (was: prejudices)
> To:            pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date:          Thu, 5 Dec 1996 12:31:02 -0500 (EST)

> Bonnie K writes:> 
> > On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Ted Samsel wrote:
> > 
> > > Anyone who "makes" it through graduate school is probably more
> > > than a bit of an asshole. I (unfortunately) was not up to those
> > > standards.
> > > 
> > Ever hear of considering your audience?  I say this defensively
> > and yet have, throughout the dissertation process, felt such an
> > urge to jump ship I don't believe I'm still doing this.  But, in
> > the end (no pun), I guess this is what I do best (teaching that
> > is, writing is still SO HARD!)  So I guess I'm an asshole.  I'll
> > have to learn to like it.
> 
> I never said I wasn't one. Golly whiz, I've never been adept at
> political backbiting, schmoozing, or other sorts of personal
> aggrandizement. That's a bit hard when you stutter. Now all of you
> glib-tongued sorts may dislike my attitude, but so what?
> 
> Check out CRAB ANTICS, about self-promotion in the Caribbean, while
> fighting your way to the pinnacle of the dung heap.
> 
> tejas at infi.net
>            "Eat some blackeyed peas and fried banana,
>             smoke me a seegar from Havana,
>             I'll be the King of Louisiana"   
>                              (It's gonna be) PAYDAY  Porter Wagoner
> 

Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Aw, what the heck: go bananas. -- HDM

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