From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Sun May 19 2002 - 19:02:44 MDT
From: "jeff davis" <jrd1415@yahoo.com>
> A somewhat more current commentary relating to the
> ancient tension between the Puritan and the Dionysian
> is to be found in John Steinbeck's "About Ed
> Ricketts", a preface to Log From the Sea of Cortez.
> "We must remember three things. Number one and first
> in importance, we must have as much fun as we can with
> what we have. Number two, we must eat as well as we
> can, because if we don't, we won't have the health and
> strength to have as much fun as we might. Number
> three, and third and last in importance, we must keep
> the house reasonably in order, wash the dishes and
> such things. But we will not let the last interfere
> with the other two."
>
> In short, housekeeping has its place, but we must be
> ever vigilant. There are those who would turn the
> most pedestrian affairs of everyday life into an
> excuse for oppressive authoritarianism.
I like the late QC's (albeit hyperbolic) quote on the subject matter:
There was no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.---Quentin Crisp
Olga
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