Orson Scott Card [gets it right](http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2005-08-21-1.html) on the Jewish evacuation of Gaza.
Month: August 2005
An Excellent Book I don’t recommend
One of the things I’ve been doing since we moved (other than feverishly trying to cronicle the events of our honeymoon) is catching up on my reading. We have all these bookshelves crammed into our little apartment, stuffed quite full of books. Most of those books are mine, and I must confess that a good number of them I’ve never actually read. I… *acquired* them by various means because they *looked* like they might be good.
Now, before you look at me in horror, please understand that a good deal of my book acquiring has been passive. Other people give me more books than I give myself, usually. Nevertheless, this puts me in the odd situation of having no more room for books, with no knowledge of whether the books I have are any better than the books I don’t have yet.
So, while I wait for school to start, I’ve been reading up. My goal is to read through as many previously unread books as possible, with the intent of determining whether I ought to have ever allowed them on my bookshelf in the first place.
Which brings me to Umberto Eco and *Focault’s Pendulum*. Continue reading “An Excellent Book I don’t recommend”
And the final score is…
| Myrna Loy You scored 9% grit, 9% wit, 33% flair, and 52% class! |
| You are class itself, the calm, confident “perfect woman.” Men turn and look at you admiringly as you walk down the street, and even your rivals have a grudging respect for you. You always know the right thing to say, do and, of course, wear. You can take charge of a situation when things get out of hand, and you’re a great help to your partner even if they don’t immediately see or know it. You are one classy dame. Your screen partners include William Powell and Cary Grant, you little simmerpot, you. Find out what kind of classic leading man you’d make by taking the Classic Leading Man Test. |
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Classic Dames Test written by gidgetgoes on Ok Cupid |
Finally, an Accurate Quiz!
| Cary Grant You scored 14% Tough, 9% Roguish, 23% Friendly, and 52% Charming! |
| You are the epitome of charm and style, the smooth operator who steals the show with your sophisticated wit and quiet confidence. You are able to catch any woman you want just by flashing that disarming smile. When you walk into a room, the women are instantly intrigued and even the men are impressed. When you find yourself in trouble, you are easily able to charm your way out of it, or convince others to help you. You’re seen as dashing, suave and romantic. Your co-stars include Katharine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, and Joan Fontaine, stylish women who know a class act when they see it. Find out what kind of classic dame you’d make by taking the Classic Dames Test. |
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Classic Leading Man Test written by gidgetgoes on OkCupid Free Online Dating |
Honeymoon: the trip
I haeb a coud.
It’s particularly frustrating right now, because I went to bed (like a good boy) at a very decent hour last night, carefully propped up on one side to let all the fluids drain to the other side of my head. I woke up this morning at 4:00 from one of those awful dreams where you discover you have to cram for an exam in a class you didn’t know you were registered for, and which you have skipped for almost an entire semester. (My recurring nightmares are always so much more detailed and resonant than they’re supposed to be. This one was the third or fourth chapter in the same missed class. If I bothered, I could relate to you the entire imaginary school layout, describe the faces and personality of my teacher and fellow students, and the incidents of the *last* time I had to explain to this particular professor why I had missed a complete month of class.) This cold is a particularly nasty cold which has affected not only my ability to maintain good hygiene in public, but has also given me vertigo, queasiness, and a general feeling of unwellness. It has also, no doubt, affected my lucidity, which you can probably clearly see. Just last year, I was well for a full 11 months without interruption. I had a cold sometime in July, and another one the next June. Since then, I think I’ve had three or four colds. As you can see, marriage is already starting to affect my health.
Needless to say, I wasn’t able to go immediately back to sleep, and by the time it occurred to me to take some Nyquil, it was 6:00 in the morning, and I had been catching up on my blog reading for over 2 hours. The sun was on; my cause was hopeless. So now I’m blogging. Continue reading “Honeymoon: the trip”
Pictures: Part One – The House
Here’s your first installment of pictures. These are the ones that I took of the apartment after I got everything set in its place. Can you find the Zipparumpazoo?
Their Logo is… No Logo
I like these shirts. Kinda punchy… make a valid point… good stuff. But they only have one message: “We don’t have logos. ” “My body is not a bilboard. ” “This shirt is not selling anything.” Logos bad. No Logo. The name of the company that makes these shirts? [No Sponsor.](http://www.nosponsor.com/products.php)
Can you feel the irony?
Our pets
I know that I promised to put up some pictures of our new aparpartment and surroundings. I’ve taken some, but I’m not done tweaking them yet. Just so’s you know that I haven’t forgotten, here’s a picture of our pets:
Honore is on the left and Benedict is on the right.
What a Word
> The curriculum of the M.Div. degree, therefore, seeks to **[inculcate](http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2003/06/23.html)** in students knowledge and ability to …
- Inculcate:
- To teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction. Inculcate is from Latin inculcare, “to tread upon, to force upon,” from in-, “in, on” + calcare, “to trample,” from calx, calc-, “heel.”
That is, to inculcate is to grind a concept into somebody, preferably with the heel. Wowsers.
*”Mommy… I don’t wanna be inculcated.”
“Hush child, it’s good for you.”*
Phase III complete
Reading through the last few posts, it looks like Valerie has said, in succession, “We’re getting married”, “We are married”, and “Kyle will say more later.” This gives me the distinct impression that I have the onerous responsibility to relate to you all the goings on of the last few weeks.
I’ll give it my best shot: Phase III is complete. Phase I was the happy “Get married” part, followed quickly by the happy “honeymoon” part of Phase II. Phase III was the unhappy moving part. Phase IV is the happy “sitting around waiting for school to start” part. We’re in phase IV now.
Ok. I’m done. What, you want more? Details?!! How cheeky!
Nevertheless, if it’s details you want, I’ll do my best. Putting everything in one post would be outrageously long though, so I’m going to have to break it down into the above phases, to be published as quickly as my ittle fingers can carry me. So: Continue reading “Phase III complete”
neumatikos 