tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post7015166335963260092..comments2023-11-29T01:47:52.439-07:00Comments on clarity2010: Competent MenRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-9216951294115237252011-08-15T18:56:09.274-06:002011-08-15T18:56:09.274-06:00I was a Heinlein reader, back a ways.
I liked his ...I was a Heinlein reader, back a ways.<br />I liked his style, his worlds, in which there were futures that seemed eminently plausible.<br /><br />Some of his later stuff was a bit loopy, and a bit sinister. Like the darker side of him creeping out.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-71246265156477281832011-08-15T02:32:11.605-06:002011-08-15T02:32:11.605-06:00@Max - Hi Max. Why are you dragging me into this o...@Max - Hi Max. Why are you dragging me into this one? I can do many of the competent things that Lazarus Long thinks important, but so far I haven't tried dying gallantly. I'll have to get back to you on that one.Sheila @ A Postcard a Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140046386364588303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-16397460404194187382011-08-15T00:40:05.017-06:002011-08-15T00:40:05.017-06:00@Shakespeare - Sew a button on the back of his pan...@Shakespeare - Sew a button on the back of his pants? I don't get it. Well, the part about writing a sonnet while changing a diaper made sense.<br /><br />@Addulamite - a philomath is a burner of bagpipes.<br /><br />Wait. That's "pyromath."<br /><br />@Sobriquet - winged helmets is where it's at. I don't know how those didn't make his polylist. Dunno about the baseball bat. I don't think there is such a helmet to protect against baseball bats and chainsaws.<br /><br />@Stephanie Barr - Leonardo Da Vinci was a polymath. I think the word you are looking for is dilettante. :) No, you may well be a polymath, if you have the competence and not just the knowledge. I would never argue with you. You know yourself, like Socrates said. But then, Socrates was no polymath. You conn pretty well, I'll say that. :)<br /><br />@Jeff King - You have such good taste. Polydent will do that. :)<br /><br />@Sue - Why couldn't the Asian dry cleaner get the stain out of the salesman's suit? Polyester. Hahahahaha. Does the pope crap in the woods? Is a bear Catholic? Sigh. I got a million of 'em. I am a polyhumoroid. :)<br /><br />btw, I called PBS and made a pledge and gave them your name and address. In case you get a bill, you'll know. I told them you just loved the 40 year old Masterpiece Theater reruns and just wanted to do your part to keep the excitement coming.<br /><br />Well, I didn't tell them your address because I don't know your address. I just told them "Sue from the Midwest; 500 dollars."<br /><br />@Sheila - Hi Sheila.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-24150797387183933012011-08-14T16:10:31.118-06:002011-08-14T16:10:31.118-06:00I have to go consult my dictionary. Them thar'...I have to go consult my dictionary. Them thar's big words. At least I know what shard means.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10035409330352625930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-4755127888665548662011-08-14T12:13:38.008-06:002011-08-14T12:13:38.008-06:00I love reading your posts... they always enlighten...I love reading your posts... they always enlighten me.Jeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-34876718501598279502011-08-13T09:13:33.284-06:002011-08-13T09:13:33.284-06:00I love Heinlein and his work (at least until his m...I love Heinlein and his work (at least until his mind started to go there toward the end - still great vocabulary and characters but rather obsessed with orgies).<br /><br />I probably qualify as a polymath and there's no shortage of them in my novels either. Not everyone of course, but my own background is very jack-of-all-trades and I find it gives one a different perspective, particularly when faced with the unknown. It's one reason I favor those kinds of characters when I throw them to the wolves.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-1825426111639392302011-08-13T08:33:05.471-06:002011-08-13T08:33:05.471-06:00"Die gallantly"?
Dream on. I intend to ..."Die gallantly"?<br /><br />Dream on. I intend to become a zombie. And I'll wear a baseball bat-proof helmet. Maybe in kevlar, to better resist chainsaws.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-21187457537921029502011-08-13T08:30:27.017-06:002011-08-13T08:30:27.017-06:00I can't even shoot straight enough to hit a wr...I can't even shoot straight enough to hit a wrinkled little walnut-sized heart at 5,000 miles, so don't be accusing me of competence.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-55836713465036724592011-08-13T07:33:51.365-06:002011-08-13T07:33:51.365-06:00You, a philomath?
When I find out what that means ...You, a philomath?<br />When I find out what that means I will disagree.Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-41624537474637695272011-08-13T03:47:03.168-06:002011-08-13T03:47:03.168-06:00A man should also know how to clean up his own mes...A man should also know how to clean up his own messes and sew a button back on his shirt (or pants). <br /><br />And read.Dr. Cheryl Carvajalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.com