tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post6145949754415277455..comments2023-11-02T10:13:59.621-03:00Comments on Life on earth and other accidents: Hobbies that can kill youLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-80866591634924519082007-04-04T06:53:00.000-03:002007-04-04T06:53:00.000-03:00This is very much like my theory after 15 years of...This is very much like my theory after 15 years of being owned by a Jack Russell Terrier-- I have come to believe that the really smart dogs are the ones who are not trainable - who show occasional insights that they understand what is expected of them, and then they go on and do what they want to anyway. Cats have got it right, actually - they have trained us to let them shit in the house.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-4411354436074208092007-04-04T06:51:00.000-03:002007-04-04T06:51:00.000-03:00I believe that for people like us, our creativity ...I believe that for people like us, our creativity is a manifestation of how we sort out the universal twisty-drainpipe issues. We're not taking the road more-traveled, and we're working it out in our own way. And something so staid and dull as an IQ test can't be a measure of the gorgeous conduit you are for universal creative energy. Fuck the asshats who can't find a different way to measure IQ for people who daily reinvent the universe entirely by themselves - if we wanted to play by their rules, anyway, we'd be denying who we are and not realizing our own potential. I see true brilliance in you.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-1535733976122013592007-03-25T13:27:00.000-03:002007-03-25T13:27:00.000-03:00HQ - Bead Brain. EXACTLY. But we can thread a size...HQ - Bead Brain. EXACTLY. But we can thread a size 15 on a piece of softflex, can't we? HA! Take that 1910-white-men!<BR/>Ariel...I am not bitter, either. Nope, not me. But if anyone asks, I'm telling them 135. Grin.LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-72873102016275235792007-03-24T10:36:00.000-03:002007-03-24T10:36:00.000-03:00Erm, you may suffer from the grasshopper mind synd...Erm, you may suffer from the grasshopper mind syndrome whereby your brain is so mighty that it processes all kinds of info at any one time in its own special way... I have a theory that those people who design those tests are sadistic saddos who desperately need to validate their existence... Better be a confused genius any time! Sod the tests. Of course, not saying that because I always come out bottom of the pile in them you know, am not bitter, oh no!Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930556198513652624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-61340842039104895032007-03-23T21:45:00.000-03:002007-03-23T21:45:00.000-03:00LJ demonstrates the condition known as "Bead Brain...LJ demonstrates the condition known as "Bead Brain."<BR/><BR/>-HQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-63986046466780864092007-03-23T17:21:00.000-03:002007-03-23T17:21:00.000-03:00Or "switch" ...ratherOr "switch" ...ratherLJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-46459606898776361272007-03-23T17:18:00.000-03:002007-03-23T17:18:00.000-03:00Hi Joeinvegas. I'd think the question would be: Wh...Hi Joeinvegas. I'd think the question would be: Where is the stitch for the tracks? Don't you? GrinningLJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-90947088369232909602007-03-23T13:30:00.000-03:002007-03-23T13:30:00.000-03:00But if two trains are approaching each other, one ...But if two trains are approaching each other, one at 40mph and one at 23 don't you need to know when they will meet?JoeinVegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613274657685121948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-10126683958569021272007-03-22T14:49:00.000-03:002007-03-22T14:49:00.000-03:00you will always be the square peg in the round hol...you will always be the square peg in the round hole of life. you cannot help it...you were born that way and i think it's karmic. how wonderfully amazing that you are not like everyone else. <BR/><BR/>i watched some of 'test the nation' the other night, a live national iq test, and i was blown away by how many people had trouble with easy questions...interestingly, they announced halfway through the show that the redheads were in the lead, as far as intelligence goes...HandyGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18050996733123674296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-21002277742079822942007-03-22T11:16:00.000-03:002007-03-22T11:16:00.000-03:00Pink coat? Oh no. I never got into it again. With ...Pink coat? Oh no. I never got into it again. With or without it's real owner!<BR/>Are you suggesting something there, dear one? ;)Mr. Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15229885814696986417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-46653268591041452052007-03-22T10:12:00.000-03:002007-03-22T10:12:00.000-03:00The curtains were wide open at 6.30am....I din't c...The curtains were wide open at 6.30am....I din't care who saw the coffee fountain! I didn't have an opportunity to care! It did wake the hound up though ( the Bear slept on!)herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-59128963497101230132007-03-22T06:07:00.000-03:002007-03-22T06:07:00.000-03:00I figure it should be doing something up there in ...I figure it should be doing something up there in the grey matter when I follow a 68 step diagram to make a three-dimensional bead that ends up being a 1/2 inch in diameter...but maybe I should be expanding the torture!<BR/>You're an INFJ, T? Or an INFP?...I forget what the N is for. I like those too. And the results are usually consistant. I also took an emotional "IQ" test and did well. It was fun. And it gave me a great idea for a send-up for the blog.LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-82318772633696570512007-03-22T00:50:00.000-03:002007-03-22T00:50:00.000-03:00The only tests I like are those personality ones w...The only tests I like are those personality ones where I get to check over and over to see if I'm still an introverted intuitive jugemental ...damn- can't remember the last one- better go take the test again!Tracy Hetheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068036345650112703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-28207499313829263482007-03-21T20:58:00.000-03:002007-03-21T20:58:00.000-03:00I used to treat those tests as games, and did wond...I used to treat those tests as games, and did wonderfully at them.<BR/><BR/>I started doing Sudoku to teach myself to see numbers better. Origami is a fun way to work spacial skills. I just like to beef up my weak spots. But I do crosswords, and it's not like I don't have a scary vocab already.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-518675060626180452007-03-21T20:01:00.000-03:002007-03-21T20:01:00.000-03:00I can do a marvelous Scarlet. Really.And the test ...I can do a marvelous Scarlet. Really.<BR/>And the test part comes if you can laugh without drapes! Ha!LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-1773321963652767752007-03-21T19:13:00.001-03:002007-03-21T19:13:00.001-03:00Mirrors? Oh, crap. I'm going to have to work harde...Mirrors? Oh, crap. I'm going to have to work harder at sounding 22.<BR/><BR/>I'll be the one wearing drapes.<BR/><BR/>-HQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-50662544027216904542007-03-21T19:13:00.000-03:002007-03-21T19:13:00.000-03:00Oh lj, you have made me larf and larf! ( coffee sn...Oh lj, you have made me larf and larf! ( coffee snorted up nose is not pleasant)<BR/>Hon. IQ tests = BS.<BR/>Ordinary you are not Scarlett.herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-44290240373677532482007-03-21T19:05:00.000-03:002007-03-21T19:05:00.000-03:00Thanks KD. I really do try for at least a little l...Thanks KD. I really do try for at least a little levity. You know from personal experience what a little gloomy guts I can be. Laughing at my own insanity is what yanks me out.<BR/>And HQ - Naw. You can join me in the Scarlet O'Hara declaration. <BR/>Nobody ordinary in my life or blogsphere! <BR/>A test for funny...hmmm. I think it would have to involve mirrors.LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-43666213901941438062007-03-21T18:50:00.000-03:002007-03-21T18:50:00.000-03:00I turned out average, too. KD is so my hero.Hey, I...I turned out average, too. KD is so my hero.<BR/><BR/>Hey, I just sounded like I'm 22. My day has taken a sudden turn...<BR/><BR/>I tanked on the perception questions, too, and my short-term memory is shot. I blame the 5am start to the previous day, thus sending my sleep cycle to the land of the piffle demons.<BR/><BR/>What would a test for funny look like, I wonder?<BR/><BR/>-HQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-71930951983717313442007-03-21T18:25:00.000-03:002007-03-21T18:25:00.000-03:00Yes, LJ... you were funny. My favorite line was "...Yes, LJ... you were funny. My favorite line was "Just thank the gods I didn't take up driving - or architecture."<BR/><BR/>You, indeed, are not ordinary, LJ. And I do not mean that in the "every child is special" way. <BR/><BR/>I mean that in the "everytime I read your writing I wish I had your gifts of perception and wordsmithing" way. I mean that in a "every time we talk I wish I had your insight" way. <BR/><BR/>You have courage in your day to day life. No test or story problem can measure that. Also, tests can't find funny.Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373851981501693149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-40738291076415330242007-03-21T18:04:00.000-03:002007-03-21T18:04:00.000-03:00Marko. I still remember exactly how you looked the...Marko. I still remember exactly how you looked the first time I saw you at the ripe old age of 22.<BR/>Spikey hair, safety pins, studded stuff, black leather jacket, bicycle chains(?), huge tattoos and the biggest grin and fastest wit in the east. I swear your energy preceded you by 20 feet.I can only imagine what 13 must have been like in that little town.LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-48139304787196404262007-03-21T17:50:00.000-03:002007-03-21T17:50:00.000-03:00I see your point MD. Yes indeed. Perhaps there is ...I see your point MD. Yes indeed. Perhaps there is no measure in the madness of choosing that particular workplace?LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-90529550324426998192007-03-21T16:40:00.000-03:002007-03-21T16:40:00.000-03:00I either come up as average or a genius on those t...I either come up as average or a genius on those things.<BR/><BR/>As can be seen by where I work, neither are terribly accurate. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-8730571741241698992007-03-21T15:02:00.000-03:002007-03-21T15:02:00.000-03:00They used to make us do these Standardized IQ Test...They used to make us do these Standardized IQ Tests in school. There would be the question, or situation, and then you'd fill in the appropriate solution oval with a little magnetic graphite pencil. They'd be marked by computers. In 1989 I was suspended for a week for filling in the ovals on my answer form to spell "These fucking things only test cultural knowledge!"<BR/><BR/>I was thirteen then and my opinions on just about everything have changed since. But not that.<BR/><BR/>-markoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15901777.post-13814280244638697012007-03-21T13:49:00.000-03:002007-03-21T13:49:00.000-03:00piffle. piffle. piffle. twaddle wimple dum.Would t...piffle. piffle. piffle. twaddle wimple dum.<BR/>Would that be your PINK coat, Mr. X???LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238060965921536507noreply@blogger.com