Questions Meme from doctor_nine, preceded by a brief insight

Today I realized I must really be turning into a grownup- I looked in the refrigerator, saw a big container of brussels sprouts, and got excited. On the other hand, I saw a bunch of yoghurts Dad had gotten with a bucnh of different grains in them, and got all freaked out- maybe the two balance somehow?

1. Describe the natural habitat/home planet of the Purple Rhinoceros.
Purple Rhinoceri live in small, warm wildernesses, ranging from grasslands to swamps. They particularly prefer to avoid the company of striped giraffes, but are rather fond of two-headed hippos. (Yes, I'm now shamelessly stealing from a short story from a volume called something like the Science Fiction Bestiary, but oh well- I Like that story). Miniature Purple Rhinoceri, a related breed, are very fond of large and crowded desk-tops or bureau-tops, where they can lean against piles of paper or stuff, or even computers, and watch the world around them. They are generally fond of relatively enclosed spaces, but they realize that pocketbooks are not the best home for them, as they tend to be quite heavy for their size, as properly befits a rhinocerus.

2. What's the worst butchering of your name that you can recall?
Worst? I don't know- my first name doesn't get too much butchering, but the last name- well, there was Doctor Graham who once, probably unthinkingly, wrote it on a hall-pass as Kosokosow, and the more usual Kaslewski. Or the time someone tried to put an F at the beginning.

3. Is the Guide for the Perplexed really effective as such, or is it more perplexing?
Far more perplexing, even when I can figure out what Maimonides/Rambam/Maimuni was trying to talk about in the first place, which isn't always. I'm also rather ticked at the translations of biblical quotes given in the text I used- often I've checked them with JPS to find almost completely different meanings for the verses- that alone is enough to confuse one, and that isn't just verses used out of context. The Guide seems to be a good way to focus one's frustrations with one's confusions onto a text rather than onto the world, but that's about all the use I see in it for the truly Perplexed.

4. Of the various sci-fi/fantasy realms you've enjoyed and thought a lot about, which would you most like to live in or see for yourself?
I seem to be drawn to interesting mixtures of SF and F, as it were, and my fantasy-world preferences seem to be primarily feudal: Darkover has a lot of appeal to me, or perhaps the world that Margaret Weis created with her rightful king struggling to restore the just monarchy against the corrupt democracy. They're both structured very much in family molds, which probably helps their appeal. Dune had an original appeal when I started thinking about this, but much as I love those books, it strikes me as a rather unhappy and unhealthy universe. Asimov's worlds seem too lonely. I very much like worlds where there's a feeling of collectivity. Communal structures seem to be my thing, in this regard.

5. Why do we always walk in circles when we're together?
I think it's simply that we tend to follow each other, and no-one walks in a straight line all the time- so someone will walk closer to the curb, and so the other will start turning- and if either of us displays a repetitive curb-hugging or curb-avoiding tendency, it'll send us in circles for a while. Perhaps also because on some level we know we're not really trying to get anywhere in particular- I don't know, honestly. Just that I habitually just follow where you're walking, and that tends to lead us around in circles- possibly because I've a bit overly zealous in my subconcious interpretation of your walking patterns.

Once again, if you want 5 questiosn from me, comment away.

Questions Meme from doctor_nine, preceded by a brief insight

Today I realized I must really be turning into a grownup- I looked in the refrigerator, saw a big container of brussels sprouts, and got excited. On the other hand, I saw a bunch of yoghurts Dad had gotten with a bucnh of different grains in them, and got all freaked out- maybe the two balance somehow?

1. Describe the natural habitat/home planet of the Purple Rhinoceros.
Purple Rhinoceri live in small, warm wildernesses, ranging from grasslands to swamps. They particularly prefer to avoid the company of striped giraffes, but are rather fond of two-headed hippos. (Yes, I'm now shamelessly stealing from a short story from a volume called something like the Science Fiction Bestiary, but oh well- I Like that story). Miniature Purple Rhinoceri, a related breed, are very fond of large and crowded desk-tops or bureau-tops, where they can lean against piles of paper or stuff, or even computers, and watch the world around them. They are generally fond of relatively enclosed spaces, but they realize that pocketbooks are not the best home for them, as they tend to be quite heavy for their size, as properly befits a rhinocerus.

2. What's the worst butchering of your name that you can recall?
Worst? I don't know- my first name doesn't get too much butchering, but the last name- well, there was Doctor Graham who once, probably unthinkingly, wrote it on a hall-pass as Kosokosow, and the more usual Kaslewski. Or the time someone tried to put an F at the beginning.

3. Is the Guide for the Perplexed really effective as such, or is it more perplexing?
Far more perplexing, even when I can figure out what Maimonides/Rambam/Maimuni was trying to talk about in the first place, which isn't always. I'm also rather ticked at the translations of biblical quotes given in the text I used- often I've checked them with JPS to find almost completely different meanings for the verses- that alone is enough to confuse one, and that isn't just verses used out of context. The Guide seems to be a good way to focus one's frustrations with one's confusions onto a text rather than onto the world, but that's about all the use I see in it for the truly Perplexed.

4. Of the various sci-fi/fantasy realms you've enjoyed and thought a lot about, which would you most like to live in or see for yourself?
I seem to be drawn to interesting mixtures of SF and F, as it were, and my fantasy-world preferences seem to be primarily feudal: Darkover has a lot of appeal to me, or perhaps the world that Margaret Weis created with her rightful king struggling to restore the just monarchy against the corrupt democracy. They're both structured very much in family molds, which probably helps their appeal. Dune had an original appeal when I started thinking about this, but much as I love those books, it strikes me as a rather unhappy and unhealthy universe. Asimov's worlds seem too lonely. I very much like worlds where there's a feeling of collectivity. Communal structures seem to be my thing, in this regard.

5. Why do we always walk in circles when we're together?
I think it's simply that we tend to follow each other, and no-one walks in a straight line all the time- so someone will walk closer to the curb, and so the other will start turning- and if either of us displays a repetitive curb-hugging or curb-avoiding tendency, it'll send us in circles for a while. Perhaps also because on some level we know we're not really trying to get anywhere in particular- I don't know, honestly. Just that I habitually just follow where you're walking, and that tends to lead us around in circles- possibly because I've a bit overly zealous in my subconcious interpretation of your walking patterns.

Once again, if you want 5 questiosn from me, comment away.