Some time ago, I was having a discussion with a friend where it came up that I like those nasty, orange candies known as circus peanuts. I don’t really understand why I like them myself; I just do. Since then, I’ve used the term “circus peanuts” in my head as mental shorthand for anything that I like which either isn’t any good and/or which I have no distinct reason for liking. I bring this up because my faithful readers will probably notice I started reading a book which wasn’t on my list of planned books, The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. I will not pretend that this book has the greatest story, characters or writing in the world; however it is a book which I have read multiple times and always enjoyed. I picked it up to read this morning as I looked over my unread book list and nothing on there appealed to me in the slightest. So I went with a “circus peanuts” book to have something to read over my lunch hour at work. Then as I was about to start reading the book, I started to wonder what other people’s circus peanuts might be. What do you think? What is your “circus peanuts”?
Tag: mental
I saw this meme over on Tamara Siler Jones‘s blog. Rules of the game:
- Copy the whole list into your blog.
- Bold the things that are true about you.
- Add something that is true about you.
- Optional: Add a comment after answer in italics
| You scored as Justice (Fairness). Your life is guided by the concept of Fair Justice: Everyone, yourself included, should be rewarded and punished according to the help or harm they cause.
“He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.” “Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.” More info at Arocoun’s Wikipedia User Page…
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What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)
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You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.
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What is Your World View? (updated)
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The virus that have infected you will be show here along with thier cures, if known.
Viruses you suffer from:
Pokemon
Pikachu! Use your hyper-electric-get-a-life move now!
Linux
Install the latest version of Microsoft Windows. Learn to love it.
USA
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves! [repeat]
Junkfood
Eat some real food. Something which you can identify the source of every ingredient, not the point of manufacture.
Sci-fi
Stop wearing the stick-on ears.
Free BSD
The GPL isn’t that bad really. Adopt a penguin at the zoo.
Religion
Read “God’s Debris” by Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert guy)
Japan
Big is good. Small is bad. Giant robots would not make a good last line of defence for Earth.
UNIX
Anything this old must be obselete. Go and install a nice modern operating system. I hear MSDOS has come a long way lately.
Discordia
Buy a suit. Invest your money. Eat hotdog buns on a friday.
Windows
Try MacOS X. It’s based on UNIX, it has a smoother UI than Windows and it doesn’t suck.
As an extra feature the boxes look nice.
Politics
Stop caring!
Brand Names
Having a well-known name doesn’t make it good.
Hippyism
Free love is passe and potentially dangerous, and patchouli smells like cat piss.
Computer Games
Stop staring at the screen and get some fresh air. You should see a doctor about the RSI in your thumbs.
Conspiracy Theory
Face it, the elected government is in control. Actually that’s quite scary.
Ultima
If you find one tell us.
Environmentalism
Consume more stuff! It’s easier to buy new stuff than to recycle.
Macintosh
Use a mouse with more than one button.
Viruses you might suffer from:
Gaming (70%)
Life is not a game. Roll 3D6. On a 4 or more go out and do something with your life.
Industrial (70%)
Everyone likes folk. No, really. Maybe you should listen to the Incredible String Band.
8-Bit (90%)
Polygons, all the polygons you can get are not enough.
X11 (60%)
I hear Mac OS 10 Aqua is nice at this time of year.
Prog Rock (60%)
Long hair looks dumb with a bald spot. Listen to CD’s they don’t crackle.
Football (75%)
Do something unhealthy and indoors, away from the Bears.
If you’re not a regular WP user, then you might not have noticed there’s a large amount of anger and frustration happening in their support forums lately. Basically, some people in the community have spent a great deal of time and effort helping out WP users with layout problems that others ended up with due to quirks in the default layout and in some1 of the designs that were posted over at Alex King’s WordPress Style Competition. But that wasn’t the direct cause of the current mess in the forums; no the blame for that seems to rest with Michael’s announcement that a variation of his Kubrick style would be included with the next release of WordPress. This was the spark to an apparent holy war between WP’s community support leaders2 and WP’s developers, with a bunch of fanboys on the sidelines escalating things.