Month: March 2009

  • What type are you?

    According to Typealyzer (which Albert linked me to): The analysis indicates that the author of http://kristanhoffman.com/blog/ is of the type: ESTP – The Doers The active and playful type. They are especially attuned to people and things around them and often full of energy, talking, joking and engaging in physical out-door activities. The Doers are…

  • Get out of jail "free"

    Been sitting on this one for a while, but I was fascinated by this New York Times article about a reading-as-rehabilitation program: In a scuffed-up college classroom in Dartmouth, Mass., 14 people page through a short story by T. C. Boyle. They debate the date at which the action is set: when was the Chevy…

  • The only thing missing

    “I don’t think I’ve ever said it before, but I always wanted to be proud of you. I guess I always felt that was the only thing missing.” – Caprica to Gaius, in the series finale of Battlestar Galactica

  • The best writing

    From the essay “How to write your second novel or, if you want to make God laugh, show Him your outline” by Stephanie Kallos: … the best writing comes not from the part of you that writes an outline. The best writing comes from the part of you that feels, grieves, fails, flails, yearns, despairs,…

  • Technology overload

    But there comes a point where I ask myself, in my personal life, do I need this? How much value does it have to me? How much value does it have to my readers? Am I overloading us both? Am being redundant? Am I just saying whats already said to several mediums just to stay…