http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2008/09/23/india-and-the-tome/ Searching for the Meaning of the Word Civilization Thu, 9 Sep 2010 13:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2008/09/23/india-and-the-tome/#comment-10876 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:31:09 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2008/09/23/india-and-the-tome/#comment-10876 I always felt that that Navy photo was a fake--it's just a bit "too" Pynchonian, especially with its "hat at jaunty angle" and "smart-ass grin" elements. But it does give me pride that he and I were fellow enlisted sailors. Think about it: the greatest American genius of the twentieth century scrubbing toilets aboard whatever rust bucket he was sentenced to! Certainly underlines the Pig-Bodine and Toilet-Ship-John-E-Badass sequences from his work. I always felt that that Navy photo was a fake–it’s just a bit “too” Pynchonian, especially with its “hat at jaunty angle” and “smart-ass grin” elements. But it does give me pride that he and I were fellow enlisted sailors. Think about it: the greatest American genius of the twentieth century scrubbing toilets aboard whatever rust bucket he was sentenced to! Certainly underlines the Pig-Bodine and Toilet-Ship-John-E-Badass sequences from his work.

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