GR translation: habitual morning cup

[cfabel]

Perhaps facing the attempts of those in the workplace to gain a temporary
diversion from the monotony, incoherence, and pain of "productivity?. Much
like the drunkard who is able to forget and enjoy himself only "in his
cups?"

C. F. Abel
Chair
Department of Government
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas 75962
(936) 468-3903



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Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:26 AM
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Subject: Re: GR translation: habitual morning cup

Metaphorical. A still youthful Mr. Pynchon exhibits his insightful readings
of office, lab, routine, or the political and personality conflicts of the
jobplace. And, of course, here, the idea of the opposite, men whose ideas
make them anti-men, foils, or antagonists, or in the Anatomy or M-Satire
reading, cranks and professionals who not only represent a profession or
idea, in this case Pavlovian, Statictician, but are invested, ironically,
with literary tradtion, so Pointman is a Knight and Shakespearean Prince.
The Sciences are mock-Religions or Cults; these men are priests.

All in a cup of coffee?

There is more in that cup than good to the last drop fill it to the brim
with....one more cup of coffeee for I go....

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 3:41 AM, Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com> wrote:
> P56.24-25  But he must go in, must face the habitual morning cup.
>
> What exactly is the "habitual morning cup"?  Is it a real cup of 
> tea/coffee?  Metaphorical?  Or something completely different?
>