Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Interesting article that defines the ten points of a creative personality, and bashes the traditional I.Q. test (under point 2).
1. Creative people have a great deal of physical energy, but they’re also often quiet and at rest.
2. Creative people tend to be smart yet naive at the same time.
3. Creative people combine playfulness and discipline, or responsibility and irresponsibility.
4. Creative people alternate between imagination and fantasy, and a rooted sense of reality.
5. Creative people trend to be both extroverted and introverted.
6. Creative people are humble and proud at the same time.
7. Creative people, to an extent, escape rigid gender role stereotyping.
8. Creative people are both rebellious and conservative.
9. Most creative people are very passionate about their work, yet they can be extremely objective about it as well.
10. Creative people’s openness and sensitivity often exposes them to suffering and pain, yet also to a great deal of enjoyment.
These things are always interesting and somewhat problematic; people, reading them and evaluating them, tend to talk up the parts that make ’em look good and look down with disdain on the parts that make ’em look bad. Me, I’m not sure what to think. Looks like I come in very strong on points #8, 9 and 10, and weak on #3. But my I.Q. has always been tested on the high end, well above the 120 that this article says is the point of diminishing returns. So I dunno. If it makes me smart, it must be true, but if it doesn’t it must be full of malarkey. I’ll read on it and think on it some more later.
Anyway. Another interesting nugget to file away. H/T: Dr. Helen.
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* Creative people look for creative ways to make themselves sound like some sort of über class
- philmon | 09/21/2008 @ 19:41* Creative people can be creative, and yet not creative — at the same time!!!
* Creative people think that saying that something is one thing AND its logical opposite reflexively means that you are “deep”
* Creative people always say “creative people” in a tone of voice which sounds like they mean that “creative people” are better than everyone else (including being “better” by being “more humble”)
* Only creative people know who the real creative people are
Couldn’t agree more, philmon:
“* Creative people look for creative ways to make themselves sound like some sort of über class”
Like, I dunno, by writing big articles that say things like “sometimes creative people are one thing, and sometimes they are another. Sometimes.”
- Andy | 09/22/2008 @ 09:38