Archive for February, 2005

bleh

Saturday, February 12th, 2005

Okay, stupid quiz time:

You scored as Verbal/Linguistic. You have highly developed auditory skills, enjoy reading and writing and telling stories, and are good at getting your point across. You learn best by saying and hearing words. People like you include poets, authors, speakers, attorneys, politicians, lecturers and teachers.

Verbal/Linguistic

100%

Interpersonal

86%

Visual/Spatial

86%

Intrapersonal

86%

Musical/Rhythmic

68%

Logical/Mathematical

68%

Bodily/Kinesthetic

64%

The Rogers Indicator of Multiple Intelligences
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must-read books by living poets

Wednesday, February 9th, 2005

Please add to the list:

  1. Tony Hoagland, Donkey Gospel
  2. Li-Young Lee, Rose
  3. Forrest Gander, Science and the Steepleflower
  4. Eric Pankey, Cenotaph
  5. Molly Peacock, Original Love: Poems
  6. Louise Erdrich, Jacklight
  7. Donald Hall, Without
  8. Marilyn Hacker, Desesperanto
  9. Marie Howe, What The Living Do

And uh, once upon a time, you went to a bar and you told the bartender your life story. Is it just me, or does everyone get the bartender's life story now? He was a charming older Irishman, and we talked about politics and Ireland and the rest of it. He owned a bar in Ireland, and I found it surprising that some bars in Ireland are also gas stations. Seems like a bad combination to me, but what do I know.



dream reading

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

In my dream this evening, the magazine article I was reading contained the passage, "People don't covet animals who are too stupid or too kind."