> I spent most of yesterday with my grandson who just turned > four-years-old. > He loves me and, on such a rainy day, I received the bruises to prove it.
beautiful image. this sums up my day... golden hours we lie side by side, the cat and I weightless and drifting with the dust. I stir, she stirs. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MarshaV > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MD] The Intellectual Gauntlet > > > > Margaret, > > > Marsha > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margaret Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:02 AM > Subject: Re: [MD] The Intellectual Gauntlet > > > > don't get too excited - I just thought the expression itself struck me > > as funny - and one that I thought Marsha in particular, but > also Ron, gav > > AND Ian...et.al.might see the humor in as well. > > > > though it really didn't have much to do with the manhood or any of those > > other > > expressions Ron mentioned OR bathroom humor - > > > > but 'grasping for concrete meaning'... > > > > [grasping in general - it's like the very word itself is at the > > root of all of the 7 deadly sins] > > just seems like such a waste of time > > when one can be painting or dancing or kissing a lover or > > tending a garden or working on a > > motorcycle and taking a drive or just breathing... > > > > this insistence on trying to 'rigourously' define...ugh - how > exhausting. > > > > 'concrete meaning' - now isn't this an oxymoron? > > > > What might be fun would be to see what we all come up > > with from a zen koan - I'll dig out one of my zen books and post one up > > shortly. Anyone game? > > > >> > > >> >> Ian: > >> >> Whoa ... Marsha, Margaret ... Ron et al > >> >> > >> >> Ian is very "impressed" with Nagarjuna, Ian does indeed have > >> >> "middle-way" tattoo'ed on his buttocks, and "excluded-middle" > >> >> imprinted any-which-way you slice me ..... > >> >> > >> >> I used that phrase - quoting Ron's words - AGAINST those who see all > >> >> this rational objective rigour as the goal of our critical > analysis - > >> >> was using it to contrast DMB's claims for rigour againts my (sic) > >> >> "drivel" in this case. It's the meme I have been railing > against since > >> >> long before I even read ZMM, or anything remotely philosophical. > >> >> > >> >> Ron: > >> >> Ian, Marsha, > >> >> I think Margaret was making a funny. Grasping for concrete meaning > >> >> and objective rigor, I think (because I have a penchant for bathroom > >> >> humor) > >> >> she was alluding to us males "wrestling with our manhood" > >> >> you know "roughing up the suspect" "flaying the fox" "punching the > >> >> clown" > >> >> > >> >> Lighten up people! > >> >> > >> >> -Ron > >> >> > >> > > >> > Ron, > >> > > >> > Sorry, but I've never been privy to such humor. I am > embarrassed, but > >> > there's no way I could have gotten the joke. > >> > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
