southmorehouse - Phillip Bergman in the Gallery
They can't seem to spell his first name right, but this is what my boyfriend does -- he's an artist, and this was a show he had at a gallery here in Houston.
Of course, at the moment, my dining room looks much like these pictures, as he works on more paintings, but then again, my office is stacked to the rafters with books while I'm working on grad school. ;-)
19 January 2006
Blogthings - What Should You Major In?
Blogthings - What Should You Major In?
Just a giggle:
Just a giggle:
| Your Scholastic Strength Is Developing Ideas |
 You can take a spark of inspiration and turn it into a full fledged concept. You are talented at brainstorming, visualizing, organizing, and independent thinking. You should major in: Natural sciences Computer science Creative writing Math Architecture Journalism |
Maud Newton: Blog
Maud Newton: Blog
In this entry, Maud and her readers talk about their first literary crushes - thanks to a related Slate article -- maybe books they fell in love with or that changed the way they looked at books.
Do you have one?
I started with my literary crushes early and can still, quite clearly, remember the action and feel of reading Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, Stuart Little (all by E. B. White), and The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (by Margaret Sydney) in oh, about maybe 2nd grade. And then, in about 4th grade, I graduated to the big time: Tolkien's Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, which I've read every summer since then.
I loved how the books transported me to a different place, let me see how other people lived and thought, and then quite clearly showed me how little difference there is between those people and me, when you got right down to it.
Those were probably my first crushes, but by no means my last.
In this entry, Maud and her readers talk about their first literary crushes - thanks to a related Slate article -- maybe books they fell in love with or that changed the way they looked at books.
Do you have one?
I started with my literary crushes early and can still, quite clearly, remember the action and feel of reading Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, Stuart Little (all by E. B. White), and The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (by Margaret Sydney) in oh, about maybe 2nd grade. And then, in about 4th grade, I graduated to the big time: Tolkien's Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, which I've read every summer since then.
I loved how the books transported me to a different place, let me see how other people lived and thought, and then quite clearly showed me how little difference there is between those people and me, when you got right down to it.
Those were probably my first crushes, but by no means my last.
Fort Art Month: Girl Writing a Letter by William Carpenter
Fort Art Month: Girl Writing a Letter by William Carpenter
Like art? Like a giggle? Via profgrrrl, this is it. :-)
Like art? Like a giggle? Via profgrrrl, this is it. :-)
The Mechanical Contrivium: Trivia about Notesgirl
The Mechanical Contrivium: Trivia about Notesgirl
Via profgrrrrl, this made me giggle:
Via profgrrrrl, this made me giggle:
Ten Top Trivia Tips about Notesgirl!
- There are now more than 4000 satellites orbiting notesgirl.
- Notesgirl can sleep with one eye open.
- The National Heart Foundation recommends eating notesgirl at least three times a week.
- Notesgirl can give birth ten days after being born, and is born pregnant.
- Only one person in two billion will live to be notesgirl.
- Notesgirl can be very poisonous if injected intravenously!
- In a pinch, the skin from a shark can be used as notesgirl.
- Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are notesgirl.
- About 100 people choke to death on notesgirl each year.
- Koalas sleep for 22 hours a day, two hours more than notesgirl.
18 January 2006
A BLOGGER IS JUST A WRITER WITH A COOLER NAME
A BLOGGER IS JUST A WRITER WITH A COOLER NAME
How true is this? And additionally, I'd say that there are many of us who are trying to keep up our "write something every day" lesson for whom blogging makes that a bit easier in some ways -- it's always easier to write something when you have an audience (or at least a potential audience) waiting.
How true is this? And additionally, I'd say that there are many of us who are trying to keep up our "write something every day" lesson for whom blogging makes that a bit easier in some ways -- it's always easier to write something when you have an audience (or at least a potential audience) waiting.
11 January 2006
04 January 2006
Chron.com | Honors College tackles the daunting classics
Chron.com | Honors College tackles the daunting classics
Human Sit was one of my favorite classes and the fact that my grad school program at Rice began with a similar type of course was inspiring. When I think of what education should include, a Human Sit style course that includes a wide-range of "great works" (literature) integrated with science, mathematics, history, philosophy, religion, and other topics, feels like a great beginning.
Human Sit was one of my favorite classes and the fact that my grad school program at Rice began with a similar type of course was inspiring. When I think of what education should include, a Human Sit style course that includes a wide-range of "great works" (literature) integrated with science, mathematics, history, philosophy, religion, and other topics, feels like a great beginning.
ReadingGroupGuides.com
ReadingGroupGuides.com
May be a way to enhance our book club -- with contests, reading guides, suggestions, etc.
May be a way to enhance our book club -- with contests, reading guides, suggestions, etc.
03 January 2006
vowe dot net :: url(x)
vowe dot net :: url(x)
Seriously neat -- useful tool and clearly good response from the builder -- thanks for pointing it out, Volker.
Seriously neat -- useful tool and clearly good response from the builder -- thanks for pointing it out, Volker.
02 January 2006
Bergman Family Christmas
Skip, Mary Ann, Paul, Margo and Rhys, 
David, and Philip in their family Christmas
card picture.
David, and Philip in their family Christmas
card picture.
Matching Santa Hats
Hannah and I were wearing matching Santa hats when she and her mommy and daddy came over for Christmas brunch. Cute!
More Christmas Tree
Actual presents underneath this time. They didn't last long because the kitties were a bit confused by having stuff on the floor -- they couldn't quite tell the different types of boxes apart...
Flying Fish Sailors at Hickory Hollow
We went to see the Flying Fish Sailors at Hickory Hollow for their Dec 23rd concert.
I've known the Fish since I used to work at Texas Ren. Fest - I used to know Greg and Jay (left to right, in front) pretty well, but that was almost a decade ago! Still, awesome concert -- some of my favorites are Mary Mac, Poke You in the Eye, Loch Ness Monster, and Irish Rover. They were on a Beatles-esque kick lately, though...
I've known the Fish since I used to work at Texas Ren. Fest - I used to know Greg and Jay (left to right, in front) pretty well, but that was almost a decade ago! Still, awesome concert -- some of my favorites are Mary Mac, Poke You in the Eye, Loch Ness Monster, and Irish Rover. They were on a Beatles-esque kick lately, though...
ENFP Profile
ENFP Profile
Took a Myers-Briggs type quiz today, via It's All One Thing and came up with a very different result than the last few times I've taken a Myers-Briggs. Of course, it's been a while and this was a much shorter quiz, so I'm not sure that it necessarily means anything, but it was interesting.
What is even more interesting to me is that I used to read the descriptions for the "positive" parts -- that was what I wanted to identify with to see if it had me pegged. Not sure if I've grown or gotten more cynical about myself (or both) but now I look much more at the negative bits, although I don't discount the more positive elements. This one mostly has me pegged, although I think I overcome (or at least am working on) some of the negative aspects of this personality type.
Took a Myers-Briggs type quiz today, via It's All One Thing and came up with a very different result than the last few times I've taken a Myers-Briggs. Of course, it's been a while and this was a much shorter quiz, so I'm not sure that it necessarily means anything, but it was interesting.
What is even more interesting to me is that I used to read the descriptions for the "positive" parts -- that was what I wanted to identify with to see if it had me pegged. Not sure if I've grown or gotten more cynical about myself (or both) but now I look much more at the negative bits, although I don't discount the more positive elements. This one mostly has me pegged, although I think I overcome (or at least am working on) some of the negative aspects of this personality type.
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