Now we can test our socioeconomic class by describing the things we had in high school and college (if in fact we attended these). You bold on this list the things you had, and you get a point for each bolded thing. I got 24 points out of a possible 37, almost two thirds of … More Social Class Experiment
I scored 100% intoxication, 75% hotness, 50% complexity, and 50% craziness! “You are Ginger! You’re sweet and spicy. You’ve got an exotic flair, sexy even. People sometimes use you for interesting purposes. Once you let your guard down, you’re quite juicy and very good for people. Some claim that you’re medicinal. Break me off a … More In Which I Am Ginger
My favorite ancient deity is the Anatolian creator goddess Kybele. She is also said to have been the spouse of the Titan Chronos and progenitress of the Olympian gods. Her celebrants are the Korybantes. Her crown has the form of a wall, and she is accompanied by lions. Here is Kybele in her fountain in … More Cibeles
1. Play this vocabulary game and in the process, donate rice at no cost other than the time you spend playing. Via the Redstar Perspective. You can tell I am grading, because I am looking for games to play. This is the best game yet, and it is virtuous besides. The highest I could score … More Two Games from Redstar
This is an October 26, 2007 NYT Op-Ed piece by David Brooks. One has every reason to dislike the author, but I do like this piece. The gurus seek bliss amidst mountaintop solitude and serenity in the meditative trance, but I, grasshopper, have achieved the oneness with the universe that is known as pure externalization. … More The Outsourced Brain
Mes chers lecteurs et lectrices, this quiz is not a game. It is the best quiz ever, a Sustainability Quiz. My responses indicate that if every member of this planet lived as I do, we would need an additional 4.9 planets to sustain us. I must tone things down instantly. I will walk to work … More Sustainability Quiz
This is an interesting personality test and it is not a blog game, it is serious. I took it and it had some suggestions as to why I did not fit in with Reeducation. I am very intellectually oriented and very unconventional. I have a high level of access to feelings and a low level … More De la Psychologie
I discovered my favorite intellectual question at age three: is language necessary to thought, that is, must one have language in order to have thought, or can thought precede language? I wanted to believe that thought came first, but my observations indicated that language so strongly informed thought, that what preceded language might not be … More Self-Tagging “Your Ideal Field” Meme
I I have lately been impressed because it has been in the high sixties at night and the high seventies to high eighties during the day. This is lovely, cool, October weather here, and civilized weather for me. But this evening it is raining and downright cold, certainly weather for long sleeves. It has not … More François Villon
In the Gematriculator this site is 63% good and 37% evil. Axé.
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