Month: February 2004
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Intelligence: Wonderous Diversity of Minds
What is intelligence? It is a subjective concept, but Psychologist Howard Gardner’s Seven Types of Intelligence, as they apply to children, is a good place to start: Linguistic – Children with this kind of intelligence enjoy writing, reading, telling stories or doing crossword puzzles. Logical-Mathematical – Children with lots of logical intelligence are interested in…
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Tattoo Pictures
I’m a tatoo afficionado with about 20 hours of ink set into the left side of my body (I won’t get tattooed on the right side of my body because I believe good art is unbalanced.). I have many plans for future tattoos, but I am waiting for the right artist to come to me.…
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How To Demonstrate in Public
Throughout world history, people have found newer and more effective ways to bring issues out for discussion and debate that would otherwise never see the light of day under the control of an insensitive majority. In American government, politicians have employed the filibuster, the physically and mentally demanding strategy of employing prolonged speechmaking to obstruct…
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Great Books: Kurt Busiek’s “Astro City”
The Marvel Comics revolution, led by Stan Lee, was so immensely successful because it moved the focus of superhero stories from the purely fantastic nature of these beings into the characters behind them. Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman all had alter egos that were difficult for audiences to identify with. They were two-dimensional, cardboard props…
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Science Periodicals
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” – Sir Isaac Newton Closer to Truth A televised talkshow about issues in science. Discover Magazine A monthly popular science periodical. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) From the PNAS Website: “One of…
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Great Films: Frederico Fellini’s “8 1/2”
At one point in Frederico Fellini’s 8 1/2 Guido, an idealistic film Director, sits in his car, staring at the towering skeleton of a set for his now abandoned film. Sitting in the passenger seat is a film critic consultant, telling him this is all for the best, that it was better to let the…