Thursday, September 9, 2010
People Vance Lauderdale - Young Scholar
Posted by Vance Lauderdale on Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- Vance Lauderdale, B.A., M.A.
If the person is a subscriber to Memphis magazine, I will usually take the time to reply, the best I can. If they are not a subscriber, then I knock them aside with my cane and storm out of the store. It's bad enough that you are reading this highly entertaining blog for FREE; must you pick my brain like a pickpocket, too?
But the general answer is that I was considered a boy genius, knowledgeable in any and all fields, collecting diplomas from schools around the globe. In later life I just decided to focus on the more arcane subjects of the city that I have decided to call home (after being exiled from so many others by the police, Boy Scouts, and 4-H clubs).
In fact, here's a charming photo of me at the tender age of 6, just after I had earned my degree in geography (with a minor in cartography) from Case Western Reserve University — a school that I chose merely because I found the name amusing. I still have the old globe, a graduation gift from President Grover Cleveland.
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I am sure such stunts as this are the reason why nowadays the globe probably has a warning, "This is a desktop globe. Do not stand on a desktop to use it, or death, dismemberment, and loss of memory may result."
Anyway, I thought the earth was considered flat back then?
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I will be content just to bask in the awesomeness of your genius. Oh, and by the way, the bruises are healing nicely from the caning I received at Schnucks.
