Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Problem and Solution
Problems
1. Fifteen sources jamming into a ten-page essay draft. +Eight pages
in. -I've ref'ed three.
2. Examination upcoming Monday. In comes an email: You'll want to
read this and this and this. Oh, and this. And this. And this.
[It keeps going.] Plus review your notes and the fifteen books and
fourteen articles we read this semester. Two hours? Insufficient
time for the test. Let's go with 2.5 hours. Note: This is *not*
excerpted from the actual email, but I've done my best to capture the gist of
the message. Have I ever confessed how much I love exams?
3. Eighth grade is really a pain in the ass.
4. Another birthday fast-approaching.
5. Back pain.
6. A Bush'it administration and I scored a -20% on the
Republicant
quiz.
7. Gas prices. Oh wait, I walk.
8. B'day card from my dad showed up early (everything okay?!), and
inside--"Happy Belated." Maybe it's for last year. Or maybe I wasn't
supposed to open it. ; )
Solutions (in no particular order):
A. Blog it; B. Ah yes, youth; C. Taxation; D. Kick where it hurts; E.
Three pages of notes (weee!); F. Lunch, get out and walk around; G. Continue to
write; H. Holarchy; I. Cake.
Wow, a -20%! Cool. I got a -14%, and I thought I was hot snot on a silver platter, but compared to you I'm just a cold booger on a paper plate.
Posted by: Clancy at May 4, 2005 7:21 PM27% for me :) I guess the older you get, the more conservative you get.
Did I send you a birthday card?
I just got a Christmas card in April. I'm not sure what year it was for.
Does conservative thinking cause senility? Or does senility cause conservative thinking?
Posted by: pops at May 4, 2005 8:43 PMI scored -20%, too. This was a fine quiz--fast, fun, and instantly gratifying. My only hesitation was on that last question on Reagan. I couldn't decide whether he was a senile puppet or the cause of the upcoming worker revolution. You can probably guess by my score which option I finally decided on.
Posted by: Liz at May 5, 2005 1:36 AMThe score probably (and just slightly) over-represents my leftist convictions; would've probably been just a bit more moderate (something like -10 or -5) if I could qualify the options. A few of the listings were less nuanced than I'd like, but hey, it's a 'net quiz.
Heh, Clancy, nobody's ever said "booger" on my blog before. Which question tipped you moderate?
Damn...27%? Conservativism and senility--what would one be without the other?
And Liz, I was split on answers to a couple of questions, too. Figured why not go with the polemic choice.
Posted by: Derek at May 5, 2005 8:11 AMHAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!!!!!
Posted by: denise valdes at May 5, 2005 11:48 AMThanks, Denise. Another year older, wiser...did I mention older?
Posted by: Derek at May 6, 2005 7:46 AMThere's a first time for everything.
I guess it might have been the Israel question and/or the taxes question...not sure.
Posted by: Clancy at May 6, 2005 6:12 PMWell, if I keep at this business for long enough, it's bound to happen again. And now other folks should be at greater liberty to say whatever they want to on the subject. ;)
Posted by: Derek at May 7, 2005 9:56 PMHey! you even beat ME!! :o)
Posted by: alice at May 12, 2005 10:02 PMYeah, I gathered from your blog that you were more conservative than me, Alice. ;)
Posted by: Derek at May 13, 2005 8:21 AM