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Comment on Children from Porlock by Katheryne Boatner

Katheryne Boatner — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:01:37 +0000

I think your life may just be the perect one for a writer. While at this time you may not be able to put it all to paper, the insight and inspiration your family gives you is completely unique and wonderful. Keep your notes safely tucked away for the future, for a reminder of all that is magical today and that will spark your creative mind later.

Comment on Children from Porlock by unreliable narrator

unreliable narrator — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:39:00 +0000

http://www.hedgebrook.org/writers_in_residence.php

I’m just sayin’.

Comment on Amateur Demographers by unreliable narrator

unreliable narrator — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:22:58 +0000

I can’t remember which Jane Austen heroine I am; but as for women of Firefly, of course I am Wash (apparently an honorary female).

And I would totally be the moaning brother. In fact I think I *am* the moaning brother. Moooooanday.

How ARE you???

Comment on Mustering Words by Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:28:43 +0000

I read this when I was still in silence mode from the retreat, but I thought it was so funny that your proposed solution for not being able to bring yourself to write on your blog was to have MORE blogs! ha ha! And what’s even funnier is that it makes perfect sense to me. I’ve had the exact same thought process.

Comment on Amateur Demographers by Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:13:23 +0000

I like your web browser analogy. Finding information on the Web can be a huge pain as your browser may return hundreds of links. Choosing the most relevant Web sites in a search is like the choosing a of a Cat’s name, and no semantics seem to help evaluate the relevance of each hit. Then, once a link is chosen, navigation is not always intuitive. You can get lost easily: you may not find the information you are looking for even if it is right in front of you, or you may return a dozen times to a page already visited. Like personalities, The Web is unstructured, therefore a search engine company adds structure and semantics to provide a mechanism which allows a more precise description of data on the Web. This is called a Conceptual Clustering Algorithm, and it groups objects in concepts according to the properties they have in common. Jock, Hood, Drama Queen, Princess. It is interesting to note the major difference between the human and the machine is the intrinsic desire to put personal values on these categories.

Comment on To Other Little Girls They Are Life-Sized by blue milk

blue milk — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:45:40 +0000

I like your pet theory, very thought-provoking and I really enjoyed Cat’s Eye, thanks for the reminder, I should be about ready to read it again soon.

Comment on Amateur Demographers by Mara Collins

Mara Collins — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:10:37 +0000

Oh, and since I am apparently commenting on my own blog instead of actually blogging today, I have to point out the “model of how we work” thing is so old, and I imagine that shortly after Plato went on the ancient Greek equivalent of Oprah with the Phaedrus people were picking each other up in bars with “You must be the other half of my soul, because my black horse is just going crazy around you.”

Comment on Amateur Demographers by Mara Collins

Mara Collins — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:33:16 +0000

I am trying really hard not to resort to personality typing to explain why one child throws up, then gets up with a lot of energy the next morning and has a great day, while his brother lies in bed moaning for hours. Which reminds me, it’s easy to use birth order to explain everything. And I am all intrigued by enneagrams now. And, oh, let us not forget that the internet has gifted narcissistic us with unending personality quizzes (many of them on Facebook!) from which woman of Firefly are you to which Greek philosopher are you, which Roman emperor are you, which Jane Austen heroine are you… What if it turned out that one of those was the answer to everything?

Comment on Amateur Demographers by unreliable narrator

unreliable narrator — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:14:20 +0000

PS I could never decide if I was the brain or the basket-case….some of both, I guess, though I more arguably resemble Ally Sheedy. I hope.

Oh and then there’s the five Buddha families/wisdom tradition typology! Ratna, padma, vajra, etc. Which are fun. And the three doshas, in ayurvedic medicine? The Jungian in me (or the INTP) adores separating people into little tidy categories, and can remain thus happily absorbed for hours, as with Legos.

May there be a whole hella lot less upchucking in thine household, very soon, dear.

Comment on Amateur Demographers by Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:53:18 +0000

I keep trying to figure out what my model for sizing people up is, but it’s making my brain hurt. I’m sure it relies heavily on what I perceive their emotional IQ to be and my own intuition, but that’s about as far as I can get. Sorting laundry is about as complicated a thought process as I can handle right now. It doesn’t matter what thought I try to hold in my mind, it always turns to “holy crap, I’m about to have a baby”. I’m looking forward to having a little more brain space available!