tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post7582094668773484504..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: DorkFest FridayMichael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-32285600027646394512008-10-24T08:05:00.000-07:002008-10-24T08:05:00.000-07:00@dan: Dorky! Don't despair; you've got a whole ye...<B>@dan: Dorky! Don't despair; you've got a whole year to get your resume together for DF2009.</B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-72985974224533815702008-10-21T16:25:00.000-07:002008-10-21T16:25:00.000-07:00I'm submitting my lament on this post, so as not t...I'm submitting my lament on this post, so as not to impinge upon the glory of the winners in your most recent post. My tardiness has rightly disqualified me from consideration in this contest. If only for my own sanity, please allow me to inform you of what my submission would have been, were I to have submitted on time: my father and I do dueling Henri Toulousse Latrec jokes. His is a two liner: <I>Latrec was at the dinner table as a little boy, tugging at the collar of his shirt. His mom asked him "what's wrong? Too tight, Toulousse?"</I> Mine is an impression in which I simply drop to my knees and say nothing. The father-son, one-two punch kills at parties. I mean, it really kills a party.<BR/><BR/>sigh. Well, it may not have even placed in this impressive fest, but you'd have to admit: it's dorky.Dan Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981886295607717368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-23935682067792554862008-10-21T16:11:00.000-07:002008-10-21T16:11:00.000-07:00oh. my. fucking. god. I cannot belIEVE I misse...oh. my. fucking. god. I cannot belIEVE I missed Dorkfest. What the fuck is wrong with me. My obsession with the polls is taking over my life and seriously screwing up my priorities. I check into dailykos about 20 times a day (not joking). The dork post you linked to was in fact unintentional and fortuitously named. If only I wasn't so busy dorking out on my blog, I could have been dorking out in the company of fellow dorks on your blog in an actual celebration of dorkiness. sigh.Dan Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981886295607717368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-21411835252950866912008-10-20T09:56:00.000-07:002008-10-20T09:56:00.000-07:00So... as a married man, you'd rather run your hand...So... as a married man, you'd rather run your hands all over "Bruno"?Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-63417488587442031322008-10-20T09:48:00.000-07:002008-10-20T09:48:00.000-07:00Hurray! I was going to vote for "Bruno," too. Sa...Hurray! I was going to vote for "Bruno," too. <BR/><BR/>Sadly, I wasn't quite feeling dorky enough to really officially enter Dorkfest '08, but now I think I may need to start gathering fodder for next year . . . I'm beginning to think perhaps I really am enough of a dork, I just need time to really gather up the evidence. . .Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274259856710507938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-83701980884095552008-10-19T11:41:00.000-07:002008-10-19T11:41:00.000-07:00Thanks one and all for the name suggestions. I wa...<B>Thanks one and all for the name suggestions. I was particularly moved by the advocates for Wulfram and Thecla, and actually was wavering on the brink of going with Teresa -- but then, after reading Fingers' description of her vision, I had to reject it. That saint is waaaaay too sexy. I have to run my hands over this machine, and me a married man! We're going with "Bruno."<BR/><BR/>I like Nichim's practice of naming computers after world cities, though, so I'm borrowing it for my (now usable) flash drives, "Lubumbashi" and "Luanda." </B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-77676259712174662072008-10-19T03:28:00.000-07:002008-10-19T03:28:00.000-07:00You don't?I named mine Sophia... for wisdom. Alth...You don't?<BR/><BR/>I named mine Sophia... for wisdom. Although to be honest, she's been used far less for gaining wisdom and far more dorkin' around on the interwebs.Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-81035121465790295602008-10-18T23:31:00.000-07:002008-10-18T23:31:00.000-07:00you name your laptops?you name your laptops?Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678914679733770434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-19502531738031879712008-10-18T18:46:00.000-07:002008-10-18T18:46:00.000-07:00my new laptop is named link, as in the legend of z...my new laptop is named link, as in the legend of zelda. can't go wrong with old school NES. if only i could figure out how to use <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59KRH8vJeqs" REL="nofollow">this</A>this instead of my start up chime.blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847339484292778234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-84692830555916805262008-10-18T15:06:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:06:00.000-07:00OK, it seems perhaps that you had to post an offic...OK, it seems perhaps that you had to post an official DorkPost at your own blog to qualify for this thing??? If that's so, then I submit my 2 blogs in their entirety. Writing about crosswords every day, and writing about my thousands of (meticulously labeled, bagged, tagged) vintage paperbacks three times a week should be worth something.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-7217137878927047642008-10-18T14:51:00.000-07:002008-10-18T14:51:00.000-07:00That's fantastic! Just imagining your scene makes ...That's fantastic! Just imagining <I>your</I> scene makes me smile pretty hard.<BR/><BR/>As for the Henry 6s, I love 'em! I teach them about every other year, and while they are not universally adored, I always get some strong converts who are surprised that history plays are the ones that so successfully combine elements from all the other different genres--even romance. (I love the scene when Margaret and Suffolk say goodbye in Part 2.)<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, I love to talk Shakespeare teaching--I may pester you more in a couple weeks (big deadline coming up in the short term).Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09075041892999096779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-64238345792445200752008-10-18T14:32:00.000-07:002008-10-18T14:32:00.000-07:00H6? H6? I've never seen H6, any part of it, on any...H6? H6? I've never seen H6, any part of it, on any Sh syllabus, ever, in my life (was that emphatic enough?).<BR/><BR/>Had to take off H4 because cramming in that many plays proved impossible (they could have done the reading, as they are voracious that way, but they really really Really want to understand the plays as completely as possible, so we pared down the primary reading - and upped the secondary) <BR/><BR/>They read out loud last night the part of 12th Night where Malvolio finds the forged letter, and I swear to God they were laughing the whole way through. They kept stopping to revel in what was happening, translating the play into modern idiom, etc. One guy was wiping tears out of his eyes he was laughing so hard. This is a room full of (once) violent criminals I'm talking about. It was So Awesome.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-54996860386036460902008-10-18T14:00:00.000-07:002008-10-18T14:00:00.000-07:00As somebody who spends a lot of time with Shakespe...As somebody who spends a lot of time with Shakespeare, I would like to point out that, when faced with his brilliant writing, I like to count words. In fact, I'm kind of addicted. The best diet for me is to give me English Drama database and say, "Have you ever wondered whether Shakespeare is more likely to use 'betwixt' or 'between'? And how did that usage match up against that of his contemporaries?" I often literally forget to eat when doing such research.<BR/><BR/>Also, when I had the opportunity to spend some quality time with the second quarto of <I>Hamlet</I> in the Trinity College library at Cambridge, you know what I did with it? I examined each printed letter with a hand lens to see what kind of damage had been done to the type, drew little pictures of the letters in a notebook and recorded where I saw them, and got to know the individual pieces of type by their dings and dents. Even the librarian was confused.<BR/><BR/>@rex parker--by the way, I'm dying to know <I>how</I> the plays fought it out in your brackets. How did you make your choices? (And, not that it's an unreasonable choice, but why no 2 & 3H6?)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09075041892999096779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-67321995322581722052008-10-18T11:45:00.000-07:002008-10-18T11:45:00.000-07:00I'm very, very partial to Wulfram.I'm very, very partial to Wulfram.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-82331391180211651862008-10-18T10:14:00.000-07:002008-10-18T10:14:00.000-07:00I am against brown-nosing on principle. That said,...I am against brown-nosing on principle. That said, I have been "Following" g's blog since well before this damned contest ever started ("Following" being a technical Blogger thing where you get all updates of whatever blogs you choose). Further, I think she's so awesomely creative that I actually *commissioned* her to design the banner for my vintage paperback site. "Commissioned" as in "paid her money." Lastly, I was the only one with balls enough to taunt "g" constantly and mercilessly during last year's battle for dorkness - a sign of my deep respect for her overwhelming dorkitude. So if I don't win this thing, really, I'm not sure what else I could have done (while still maintainnig the slightest semblance of dignity).<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-14133676050850354662008-10-18T03:24:00.000-07:002008-10-18T03:24:00.000-07:00You're looking mighty dorky tonight g. =)You're looking mighty dorky tonight g. =)Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-76338506266389667032008-10-17T21:01:00.000-07:002008-10-17T21:01:00.000-07:00I sincerely feel that not enough brown-nosing of t...<I>I sincerely feel that not enough brown-nosing of the '07 Dork (and '08 JUDGE, might I remind you) has taken place.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh my goodness, what an oversight!<BR/><BR/>g -- you are the finest Arch Dork the world has seen, and it will be an honor to follow in your footsteps...fingerstothebonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-52754239908581739882008-10-17T20:49:00.000-07:002008-10-17T20:49:00.000-07:00Bruno! or Severus.Congrats on the new machine. Tha...Bruno! or Severus.<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the new machine. <BR/><BR/>That second flag made me laugh out loud. Interrobangin.<BR/><BR/>I must check out more of these entries. Haven't been able to post much so they are my studies for next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-31124451053412268872008-10-17T20:40:00.000-07:002008-10-17T20:40:00.000-07:00M5K and I agreed last night via top-secret gmail c...M5K and I agreed last night via top-secret gmail chat on our front-runners, but there's still time to sway our minds.<BR/><BR/>I sincerely feel that not enough brown-nosing of the '07 Dork (and '08 JUDGE, might I remind you) has taken place. ...But you know, that might just be me.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08184277343263236877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-10249279261567821862008-10-17T19:45:00.000-07:002008-10-17T19:45:00.000-07:00you can't go wrong with naming anything fortunatus...you can't go wrong with naming anything fortunatus. i mean, c'mon.dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769697352301199658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-91071092163953415652008-10-17T18:59:00.000-07:002008-10-17T18:59:00.000-07:00If I subscribed to your naming scheme, I'd name my...If I subscribed to your naming scheme, I'd name my computer Thecla for the same reasons as MJ (similarity to Spanish tecla), but in our house saints are for naming recipes. Computers are named for cities of great renown; mine is Addis Ababa. I don't think the Michael at my house has named his new laptop yet, though. Any suggestions? <BR/><BR/>For your new blue computer, I do think Bruno seems appropriate.Nichimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359298496725231902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-73965356849754603162008-10-17T13:40:00.000-07:002008-10-17T13:40:00.000-07:00Good Lord! You've won your own contest.Good Lord! You've won your own contest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-28548027415608831962008-10-17T13:30:00.000-07:002008-10-17T13:30:00.000-07:00I've been thinking about the computer name AND the...I've been thinking about the computer name AND the dork flag. I'm giving it lots of thinking, which is why I'm late to the table here.<BR/><BR/>On the name -- I like Teresa, although you've already rejected it, for not a very good reason I think. But St. Teresa of Avila always brings the giggles in me. Here's what she said of her vision (from wiki):<BR/><BR/>I saw in his hand a long spear of gold, and at the iron's point there seemed to be a little fire. He appeared to me to be thrusting it at times into my heart, and to pierce my very entrails; when he drew it out, he seemed to draw them out also, and to leave me all on fire with a great love of God. The pain was so great, that it made me moan; and yet so surpassing was the sweetness of this excessive pain, that I could not wish to be rid of it. The soul is satisfied now with nothing less than God. The pain is not bodily, but spiritual; though the body has its share in it. It is a caressing of love so sweet which now takes place between the soul and God, that I pray God of His goodness to make him experience it who may think that I am lying.<BR/><BR/>Well, ok, now lets have a moment to regain our composure.<BR/><BR/>My Art History professor read this out loud to a hall of 200+ college students. He found it greatly entertaining, I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>Then, the dork flags -- I don't know, the first flag unnecessarily gives dorkhood a male spin, don't you think? And for that reason, I reject it. Of the 2nd flag, well, I'm still thinking.<BR/><BR/>And more about naming of computers -- you got it right, you've got to have a good theme going. Our thing here at the Bones Cave is 'bats.' Anything bat related. We've had guano (a PC, naturally), gotham, vampire, bullet, red, moonlight, and more (I can't remember the older ones now).fingerstothebonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-38162640041923537512008-10-17T12:48:00.000-07:002008-10-17T12:48:00.000-07:00Well, you can't use Aurelia, since that means "gol...Well, you can't use Aurelia, since that means "golden", and your laptop (as you mentioned several times) is blue.<BR/><BR/>Since laptops are ofter referred to as "notebooks" these days, "Bruno the blue notebook" has a nice ring.<BR/><BR/>If you named it "Cannatus", every time it crashed, you could call it "CanNOTus" in derision. Not that your new laptop will EVER crash.<BR/><BR/>Fortunatus--now that's optimistic.<BR/><BR/>Odilo means "he who is fortunate in battle." Might be appropriate if you also use your laptop for Spore.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415787787176723318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-14744347112194068522008-10-17T12:41:00.000-07:002008-10-17T12:41:00.000-07:00Had a laptop and called him Blue...Had a laptop and called him Blue...Chancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226145896576592193noreply@blogger.com