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Notes from the Bored Reader

Posted in Fun Things to Waste Time, Update on September 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I know I still need to write up a post with my thoughts on Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment; it’ll come when I have the motivation. I originally planned to read through all the major works by Dostoevsky (C&P, Notes from Underground, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamozov), but I think I might be dropping those plans. I keep [...]

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Which Fantasy Writer are You?

Posted in Fun Things to Waste Time on July 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Your result for Which fantasy writer are you?…

Philip Pullman (b.1946)
21 High-Brow, -9 Violent, 9 Experimental and 7 Cynical!

Congratulations! You are High-Brow, Peaceful, Experimental and Cynical! These concepts are defined below.
Philip Pullman was already a prominent author [...]

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“Who Really Wrote Othello?” link roundup

Posted in Fun Things to Waste Time, Literature and Theory, Politics, Religion, archaeology on April 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I’ve been busy finishing up the semester . So for the enjoyment of my readers here is a link round-up until I can get back to our regularly scheduled program:
Supreme Court officially declares Shakespeare many not have written his own works after all. Or at least a single justice is making the argument anyway. This is an old scholarly debate with little merit [...]

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Harry Potter in the Hood yo!

Posted in Fun Things to Waste Time, Harry Potter on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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Mad Scientist!

Posted in Fun Things to Waste Time on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Your Score: Egon Spengler

126 Heart, 163 Genius, 115 Cool, 135 Excitability

Dr. Egon Spengler – (Harold Ramis)Ghostbusters (1984)
The scientist’s scientist’s scientist. You don’t have time for frivolous pursuits or the attentions of the opposite sex. There’s nothing wrong with being perfectly rational, and if people can’t realize that, well, that’s their problem. You’re the one who [...]

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My Science Fiction Writer is…

Posted in Fun Things to Waste Time on January 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I am:
William Gibson
The chief instigator of the “cyberpunk” wave of the 1980s, his razzle-dazzle futuristic intrigues were, for a while, the most imitated work in science fiction.

Which science fiction writer are you?
Cyberpunk. Who woulda thunk it? Maybe I’ve been writing the wrong type of Sci-fi.

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My Battlestar Galactica Character

Posted in Fun Things to Waste Time on October 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

You scored as Capt. Lee Adama (Apollo). You have spent your life trying to life up to and impress your Dad, shame he never seemed to notice. You are a stickler for the rules. But in matters of loyalty and honour you know when they have to be broken.

Capt. Lee [...]

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