Global Voices Advocacy...

Having been tagged by Geoffrey....

I vote for Global Voices Advocacy because free speech is essential if we are to have true global community. The idea of a public space, shared across the world, in which we can talk about what matters to us, think in public, and have our thoughts understood and answered, is precious. If we are not simply to survive, but as William Faulkner hoped, to prevail, we need that very much. Our nation, as Derek Walcott punned, is the imagination.

Drink me!

The Recipe For Fragano

3 parts Giddiness2 parts Naughtiness1 part Flair Splash of Glamour Finish off with an olive

What's" the Recipe for Your Personality?

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Which Discworld Character are you like (with pics) created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as The Librarian You’re the Librarian! Once a wizard, now an Orang-utan (due to an unfortunate magical accident), you refuse to be turned back for a few reasons: In this form, it’s easier to reach the shelves and hold more books; having the strength of five men makes people return their books on time; life’s great philosophical questions boil down to “when do I get my next banana?‿ You say “ook‿ but are usually understood well enough. The Librarian 63% Carrot Ironfounderson 56% Gytha (Nanny) Ogg 56% Rincewind 50% Esmerelda (Granny) Weatherwax 50% Death 38% Lord Havelock Vetinari 38% Commander Samuel Vimes 25% Greebo 19% Cohen The Barbarian 19%

Which Historical Lunatic am I?

Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey.

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My Liberal Identity:

You are a Peace Patroller, also known as an anti-war liberal or neo-hippie. You believe in putting an end to American imperial conquest, stopping wars that have already been lost, and supporting our troops by bringing them home.

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What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm You're probably in the final stages of a Ph.D. or otherwise finding a way to make your living out of reading. You are one of the literati. Other people's grammatical mistakes make you insane.
Dedicated Reader
Book Snob
Literate Good Citizen
Non-Reader
Fad Reader
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What ancient language am I?

Your Score: Akkadian

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Harry Potter spoiler meme, ei-ei-o

My Harry Potter Spoiler of Doom is: James Bond discovers Jesus and becomes a Bishop in a scene written in the style of Samuel Beckett Get your Harry Potter Spoiler of Doom

My library

What is your worldview?

You scored as Existentialist. Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility. Existentialist 100% Materialist 94% Modernist 88% Postmodernist 81% Cultural Creative 44% Romanticist 19% Fundamentalist 13% Idealist 0% What is Your World View? created with QuizFarm.com

Random books from my library

My Serenity Character

Your results:
You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)

Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 80% Wash (Ship Pilot) 80% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 65% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 55% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 50% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 35% Inara Serra (Companion) 30% River (Stowaway) 30% A Reaver (Cannibal) 25% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 20% Alliance 10%

Honest and a defender of the innocent. You sometimes make mistakes in judgment but you are generally good and would protect your crew from harm.

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I am a monster... or am I?

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I am Magneto?

our results:
You are Magneto

Magneto 69% The Joker 53% Apocalypse 51% Dr. Doom 43% Mr. Freeze 42% Riddler 42% Green Goblin 40% Mystique 40% Dark Phoenix 34% Lex Luthor 33% Poison Ivy 29% Venom 24% Two-Face 24% Catwoman 22% Juggernaut 16% Kingpin 11%

You fear the persecution of those that are different or underprivileged so much that you are willing to fight and hurt others for your cause.

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What would I have been in 1400

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The Cardinal You scored 57% Cardinal, 33% Monk, 23% Lady, and 35% Knight!

You are the real power behind the throne. No one dares dispute or refuse you. Which is good because that's how you get things done. You are also, however, completely corrupt and highly immoral. This doesn't bother you in the least as you lounge around your rich comfortable surroundings, reveling in wealth and authority.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on Cardinal You scored higher than 99% on Monk You scored higher than 99% on Lady You scored higher than 99% on Knight

Link: The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test written by KnightlyKnave on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Five little known things about me

Abi has tagged me with the meme: Tell five little-known things about you.

I really don't have anyone to tag, and don't want to (that's why I just rejected the same meme, in another place, when my younger son tried it on me). Nevertheless, here goes:


(1) I was on my school's quiz team for four years in a row (1969-1973). As a result, when I last had my passport renewed, I was able to point out to the person who was certifying the veracity of my existence that he had known me for 28 years.

(2) The only musical instrument I've ever played was the triangle. I was terrible at it.

(3) I once stood beside Tuli Kupferberg at a urinal.

(4) I have a niece and a nephew who are Scots. (This number will change shortly.)

(5) I know two women who have been kissed by Fidel Castro.

Meme of evil

You paid attention during 97% of high school!

85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old chap!

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Ten Questions

Geoffrey Philp has tagged me with a meme. So I'll play along. Perhaps I'll even learn something.


Question one: Why do you write poetry (or literature) at all?

Why does one breathe, or walk, or eat? When I write, writing is an necessary as air or food, or sex, or sunlight. What surprises me are the long years when I didn't. I write because I feel the need so to do.

Question two:

What is your favourite poem? You know, the one you'd have loved to have written, the one by whose standard you base all other works of art. If your life depended on answering this question, what poem would you suggest to the person holding the knife to your throat?

That's a question with no fixed answer. There is a universe of poetry that I love. But of the subset that I wish I'd written, Shakespeare's Sonnet XCIV ranks high. If I could write a long poem, I'd want it to be something like Walcott's 'The Schooner Flight' (as I write those words I think of Rachel Mordecai and I chanting together 'I'm just a red nigger that love the sea,/I have a sound colonial education,/I have Dutch, nigger and English in me/and either I'm nobody or I'm a nation'). Yeats's later poems also speak powerfully to me.

Question three: According to you, what is the state of poetry today? Is poetry flourishing or dying?

Both. Poetry takes a variety of forms. Some of them are constantly dying. Others constantly being born.

Question four: What kind of poetry (or literature) do you dislike, and would not consider buying?

Anything by Rod McKuen. Anything by some half-arsed 'celebrity' who thinks that a slim volume of poetry will give them credibility. Anything that's badly written.

Question five: Between the styles of Come (by Makhosana Xaba) and word speaks (by Kojo Baffoe) which do you prefer? Care to tell us why? Obviously, Makhosana and Kojo aren't required to answer this question.

I find the flow of 'word speaks' much more appealing, and much more like my own work, than 'Come'.

When the Muse deigned to visit me again, I found myself drawn to formal modes rather than free ones. I've written a lot of sonnets over the past year, and quite a few villanelles, a few haiku, and some ballades.

Question six: What was the last poetry book you bought?

The Penguin Book of the Sonnet by Phillis Levin.

Question seven: Where do you go for poetry on the web?

Nowhere. I don't look for poetry on the web.

Question eight: Do you talk poetry (or literature) with friends and family? "Hi honey -- Hey, I read this incredible poem today.

In a word: no.

Question nine: What one piece of advice would you give to a beginning poet (or writer in general)? What would you tell them to do or not to do?

I'd suggest they go to what set me to writing back in my teens: The Faber Book of Modern Verse.

Question ten: What line comes to you after the following two verses (in other words, please write the third verse -- these are spontaneous lines from me and are no part of any poem I'm writing or will be writing).

When the light from the lantern
beamed and fell upon the child,
I smiled and shut the bedroom door

My peculiar aristocratic title

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: The Right Reverend Fragano the Abstemious of Mousehole by Sea Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

No meme left unturned

What Is Your Battle Cry?

Lo! Who is that, rampaging out of the steppes! It is Fledgist, hands clutching a vorpal blade! And with a booming cry, his voice cometh: "For the love of carnage and discord, I destroy all in my path like a four-year-old on a sugar rampage!!"

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