Hi John, > Didya check out that link to Pirsig's book review and commentary on > Texas > Girls and their insistence upon the courage of one's conviction? > > Pretty timely coincidence I'd say. > [Mary Replies] I did. The one reviewed wasn't an archetypal "Texas hard-ass woman" though. She was a Methodist, which is akin to a flaming bleeding-heart liberal in this state - and a "New York City ballet dancer" to boot? What's up with that? She's a real softie. Went off to "find herself" right? No self-respecting nails for breakfast, tacks for lunch, black-Irish immigrant Southern Baptist Texas woman would need to "find herself". She'd kick butt until somebody brought it to her with a bow on top, then she'd put that bow in her great big hair and sit in the pew in front of you at church so you couldn't see anything. ;)
The anti-litter campaign here is "Don't mess with Texas". I want a bumper sticker. It would say. "Don't mess with Texas, you might confuse them". Best, Mary > "In fact, if there's one thing the traditional Texas Protestant knows > how to > do better than anything else, it's how to make up his *own* ornery mind > about what is right and what is wrong, and *keeps* it made up, come > hell or > high water, or anything else you might want to run in front of him. > Texas > girls see this in their fathers and grow up unconsciously expecting to > find > it in every man." > > > > > > > Pretty damning condemnation of Pirsig, huh? Well, though I just said > it, I > > don't even believe it myself. He's a very smart man and I don't for > a > > minute believe he's overlooked this. And I don't think I give him > this out > > based on the dazzle of celebrity in my eyes either. > > > > > > Good for you Mary. I'm sure Bob would approve. And obviously, > understand > completely. > > John > 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/md/archives.html 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/md/archives.html
