BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
Like me, whether trabeated, arcuated, or suspended, a structure seeks stasis by balancing forces in tension and compression.
Sunday, January 30, 2005
BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
Like me, whether trabeated, arcuated, or suspended, a structure seeks stasis by balancing forces in tension and compression.
Like me, whether trabeated, arcuated, or suspended, a structure seeks stasis by balancing forces in tension and compression.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
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%
Intrapersonal 92%
Interpersonal 89%
Bodily/Kinesthetic 79%
Visual/Spatial 64%
Logical/Mathematical 64%
Musical/Rhythmic 14%
You scored as Verbal/Linguistic. The Rogers Indicator of Multiple Intelligencescreated with QuizFarm.com";
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%
Intrapersonal 92%
Interpersonal 89%
Bodily/Kinesthetic 79%
Visual/Spatial 64%
Logical/Mathematical 64%
Musical/Rhythmic 14%
You scored as Verbal/Linguistic. The Rogers Indicator of Multiple Intelligencescreated with QuizFarm.com";
BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
"I would have liked to have been a man with with three shadows..."
"He may not be a good man. But at least he knows bad from good, and he knows we haven't much choice. "
Amos Oz, A Tale of Love and Darkness
"I would have liked to have been a man with with three shadows..."
"He may not be a good man. But at least he knows bad from good, and he knows we haven't much choice. "
Amos Oz, A Tale of Love and Darkness
Thursday, January 20, 2005
BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
if the person taking the test had a brain tumor or stroke that allowed him to see to his left only (a right homonymous hemianopsia) he might start on the right and read to the left. since he can't see to the right he might move vertically in an attempt to find a starting point within the blind area. by the way, he should not drive.....its a complicated subject...call later i'll try for a better explanation.....bob
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if the person taking the test had a brain tumor or stroke that allowed him to see to his left only (a right homonymous hemianopsia) he might start on the right and read to the left. since he can't see to the right he might move vertically in an attempt to find a starting point within the blind area. by the way, he should not drive.....its a complicated subject...call later i'll try for a better explanation.....bob
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BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
From "an interesting blog"
Listen, Buster (which I couln't resist)-I don't know how old you think I am, but I'm no spring chicken myself. I am 45 if I'm a day, and well versed in maskery. I think other people force me into masks, and I am too polite to climb out of them or point out that they actually aren't there. Perhaps masks work like snake skins- as soon as you're aware of your mask you shed it. So many questions, so few typewriter keys.
16:30
From "an interesting blog"
Listen, Buster (which I couln't resist)-I don't know how old you think I am, but I'm no spring chicken myself. I am 45 if I'm a day, and well versed in maskery. I think other people force me into masks, and I am too polite to climb out of them or point out that they actually aren't there. Perhaps masks work like snake skins- as soon as you're aware of your mask you shed it. So many questions, so few typewriter keys.
16:30
BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
Sunday, December 26, 2004
My Dear Stephen,
I received your New Year’s missive this morning. I recognized your firm, manly hand immediately, and avidly opened its envelope eagerly expecting a jolly note, and I wasn’t disappointed.
But, dear Stephen, an assertion that a check is enclosed is not the same as actually enclosing one. Perhaps it has something to do with appearance and reality. This is usually discussed in Philosophy 101. There are people who think that saying something makes it true. I believe that it was Kant who wrote several volumes discussing this problem—or it may have been my mother.
Search as I may, even after carefully inspecting every corner of the envelope, even calling Sam the Bloodhound, Mrs. Garamond’s affable pet, and even after resurrecting Sherlock Holmes and putting him on the case—no check was found.
Sherlock mentioned the ideograms at the bottom right-side of your letter. Watson has been unable to find a dictionary in any language with which to decipher them. Any clues that you might share will be appreciated.
Another mystery to be solved is the regular alternation of lines in bold with lines in regular font in my letters. Please take no ill meaning, friend, in fact, take no meaning at all. My printer is out of control, mischievous, and needs a good thrashing—or, perhaps, defenestration.
I remain your devoted servant, sir,
Sunday, December 26, 2004
My Dear Stephen,
I received your New Year’s missive this morning. I recognized your firm, manly hand immediately, and avidly opened its envelope eagerly expecting a jolly note, and I wasn’t disappointed.
But, dear Stephen, an assertion that a check is enclosed is not the same as actually enclosing one. Perhaps it has something to do with appearance and reality. This is usually discussed in Philosophy 101. There are people who think that saying something makes it true. I believe that it was Kant who wrote several volumes discussing this problem—or it may have been my mother.
Search as I may, even after carefully inspecting every corner of the envelope, even calling Sam the Bloodhound, Mrs. Garamond’s affable pet, and even after resurrecting Sherlock Holmes and putting him on the case—no check was found.
Sherlock mentioned the ideograms at the bottom right-side of your letter. Watson has been unable to find a dictionary in any language with which to decipher them. Any clues that you might share will be appreciated.
Another mystery to be solved is the regular alternation of lines in bold with lines in regular font in my letters. Please take no ill meaning, friend, in fact, take no meaning at all. My printer is out of control, mischievous, and needs a good thrashing—or, perhaps, defenestration.
I remain your devoted servant, sir,
BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
Note to Bob-
Bob:
I had to go the motor vehicle bureau in order to make a change on my license.
While I was there I saw a man taking an eye test using an optical device that looked like a long pair of binoculars.
I assume that there is an eye-chart within the device.
Apparently he misunderstood the instructions and he read the eye-chart vertically. Has this ever happened in your office? Is this very rare?
When the examiner asked him to read horizontally he read from right to left. No, he was neither Chinese nor Hebrew.
Does this happen in your office?
mek
Note to Bob-
Bob:
I had to go the motor vehicle bureau in order to make a change on my license.
While I was there I saw a man taking an eye test using an optical device that looked like a long pair of binoculars.
I assume that there is an eye-chart within the device.
Apparently he misunderstood the instructions and he read the eye-chart vertically. Has this ever happened in your office? Is this very rare?
When the examiner asked him to read horizontally he read from right to left. No, he was neither Chinese nor Hebrew.
Does this happen in your office?
mek
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
Masks, roles: we never get rid of them. Maybe years of meditation, or of analysis would strip them away. Right now the Guggenheim Museum in NYC has an exhibit of Aztec art and one of the pieces shows a face being un-wrapped from two other faces that cover the orginal face. I think it is on the Guggenheim website--better if you are in NYC go to see the exhibit before it leaves town.
I am an old man--at least much older than you. I am lucky enough to have retained many friends from my high school days. When we get together all masks that life has painted upon us are stripped away. We know each other as the real boys we once were. We can breathe again, without restriction, and laugh, and find our essential honest selves again.
Masks, roles: we never get rid of them. Maybe years of meditation, or of analysis would strip them away. Right now the Guggenheim Museum in NYC has an exhibit of Aztec art and one of the pieces shows a face being un-wrapped from two other faces that cover the orginal face. I think it is on the Guggenheim website--better if you are in NYC go to see the exhibit before it leaves town.
I am an old man--at least much older than you. I am lucky enough to have retained many friends from my high school days. When we get together all masks that life has painted upon us are stripped away. We know each other as the real boys we once were. We can breathe again, without restriction, and laugh, and find our essential honest selves again.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
Often
I awaken to an eldritch sunrise at my window,
And black clouds floating east towards me,
Their furthest eastern edges gilded in a pinkish gold,
And a narrow beam of the bright light seemingly aimed right for my eye.
Often
I awaken to an eldritch sunrise at my window,
And black clouds floating east towards me,
Their furthest eastern edges gilded in a pinkish gold,
And a narrow beam of the bright light seemingly aimed right for my eye.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Monday, January 03, 2005
BusterStronghart@Gmail.com
New Year's Resolution.
Well, here's a few things that I already do. No resolutions needed here--except to try harder to live up to them. And then, the resolutions:
Punctuality. My score is close to perfect.
Truth: My word is my bond. My score is close to perfect.
Justice: personally I try to be just. My score, however, could be improved.
Getting things done quickly. The sooner I get things done, the sooner I can get to something else. I believe in this, but my score is close to Failure.
Routine: Someone pointed out to me that having a routine helps to get things done, while hardly noticing that I am doing them. My score? Failure.
Do the hard things first. This came from a woman with three names who was editor of a woman's magazine for several years, decades ago. She was incredibly efficient, and handled many jobs simultaneously. Her husband's name was Brown and he, too, was a man with his own successes. I would add remembering names to my list, but one one of my resolutions is to not worry about my memory. O, it comes to me. Like magic: her name was Helen Gurly Brown.
MORE: More exercise. More water. More Sleep. These three imperatives could be from Ben Franklin. Every one has had them on their resolution list at one time or another, or every time. I won't give myself a grade, a another resolution is not to criticise myself.
LESS: Less food. Gloria Vanderbilt reminds us that even a leaf of lettuce has calories.
Do not worry about Memory: It's there or it isn't.
Criticism. Most criticism, though it may seem objective is actually self-criticism. I must boost myself -- and others too. I give myself an A+ for boosting others; but a D for boosting myself. Instead of boosting myself I boot myself.
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New Year's Resolution.
Well, here's a few things that I already do. No resolutions needed here--except to try harder to live up to them. And then, the resolutions:
Punctuality. My score is close to perfect.
Truth: My word is my bond. My score is close to perfect.
Justice: personally I try to be just. My score, however, could be improved.
Getting things done quickly. The sooner I get things done, the sooner I can get to something else. I believe in this, but my score is close to Failure.
Routine: Someone pointed out to me that having a routine helps to get things done, while hardly noticing that I am doing them. My score? Failure.
Do the hard things first. This came from a woman with three names who was editor of a woman's magazine for several years, decades ago. She was incredibly efficient, and handled many jobs simultaneously. Her husband's name was Brown and he, too, was a man with his own successes. I would add remembering names to my list, but one one of my resolutions is to not worry about my memory. O, it comes to me. Like magic: her name was Helen Gurly Brown.
MORE: More exercise. More water. More Sleep. These three imperatives could be from Ben Franklin. Every one has had them on their resolution list at one time or another, or every time. I won't give myself a grade, a another resolution is not to criticise myself.
LESS: Less food. Gloria Vanderbilt reminds us that even a leaf of lettuce has calories.
Do not worry about Memory: It's there or it isn't.
Criticism. Most criticism, though it may seem objective is actually self-criticism. I must boost myself -- and others too. I give myself an A+ for boosting others; but a D for boosting myself. Instead of boosting myself I boot myself.
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