tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post8682943646219371429..comments2023-12-30T01:23:38.125-08:00Comments on Riddled: To wander unchecked through a garden of bright images [1000 Things to Memorise Before You Die]Hamish Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-41843556287173264092016-12-24T15:39:40.385-08:002016-12-24T15:39:40.385-08:00If these loci serve to stimulate the memory, allow...If these loci serve to stimulate the memory, allowing one to recall facts, it stands to reason that they would have a beneficial effect on the intellect, making them- WAIT FOR IT- genius loci.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-40977597409990637132016-12-24T05:55:02.169-08:002016-12-24T05:55:02.169-08:00Reginald Reynolds, in "Beards: Their social s...Reginald Reynolds, in "Beards: Their social standing, religious involvements, decorative possibilities, and value in offence and defence through the ages" cites a clergyperson who would fork his fingers through his prodigious beard while sermonizing and after each bullet point was made, transfer the beard segment to the other side of the finger. Alas, i no longer have the book (or the beard) to hand.H. Rumbold, Master Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584302712998121919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-28574284313966913672016-12-24T02:31:27.820-08:002016-12-24T02:31:27.820-08:00I can only use my powers for good. Well, good and ...I can only use my powers for good. Well, good and incomprehensibility. Mainly the latter.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-15224026739289390282016-12-23T16:17:04.561-08:002016-12-23T16:17:04.561-08:00THE PARTS OF THE POST THAT I UNDERSTAND
I quit wa...<b>THE PARTS OF THE POST THAT I UNDERSTAND</b><br /><br />I quit watching <i>Sherlock</i> during the second season, because it is: 1.) Badly written, 2.) Visually haphazard in ways that are not consonant with the source text, which I actually like, and 3.) Eye-wateringly bigoted. And also I have gotten so tired of almost-gay fanbaiting that I either want to consume gay-only narratives, or stories in which all the characters match up mathematically with members of the opposite sex. Also: Fandom. No.<br /><br /><b>THE PARTS OF THE POST THAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND</b><br /><br />Would it be very racist of me to assume that you are, in fact, Gandalf? Or at least some sort of a wizard? I know you're from New Zealand and everything, but... this must've been written by at least one wizard. How could it not be a wizard's work? Wizard. That's one of those words that loses meaning when you repeat it end-to-end for a surprisingly short interval of time.<br /><br />I did try to make a memory palace when I was learning Japanese, though -- but my brain doesn't work like that. I used to have the same problem with math, in school.<br /><br />I feel like that ought to have been a joke! But it isn't.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771959740072605857noreply@blogger.com