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(Or, A Memoir in Ten Little Pieces) 1. When I was a young boy, some people thought I looked like Opie from "The Andy Griffith Show."  
The red hair, probably, but it made me feel different, which led me to Derrida's famous essay Differance. (The French, they are so different.) It made me re-read everything I had ever read. 2.  The "red" motif continued throughout childhood. Consider this image of a red haired boy who played outfield for the Reds* who has read everything twice and remained unsure of its meaning. It was at this stage of life that I began lying to my parents. We children were to hurry home to dinner from our scattered playing places whenever we saw my father's car parked in the driveway. Head in the clouds, I never managed to see that car until well after he had arrived, and so I started making up excuses - stories - as to why I was late. For some reason, they never seemed to believe the ones about being chased by wild animals.*The sponsor, I believe, was the local branch of the International Workers of the World. Or perhaps, everyone on the team was required to have red hair. Click here to continue |
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