Review Haiku – The Black Adder

Posted on October 31, 2011

The weakling Edgar
Issue of an unknown king
Killer of Richard

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Review Haiku – The Teacher

Posted on October 30, 2011

A sexy teacher
With a Corvette and a boat
Seduces student

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Review Haiku – Pick-Up

Posted on October 29, 2011

Two girls in a field
Hitch ride on a motor home
With cute driver

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Review Haiku – Emmanuelle

Posted on October 28, 2011

A lovely French wife
Joins her husband in Bangkok
And learns about love

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Review Haiku – Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Posted on October 27, 2011

War crippled husband
Lady beds the groundskeeper
Falls in love with him

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Review Haiku – Fanboys

Posted on October 26, 2011

A friend with cancer
Will die before the first film
Lucasfilm break-in

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Review Haiku – The Andomeda Strain

Posted on October 25, 2011

Satellite crashes
Two survivors from whole town
Docs want to know why

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Star Trek Haiku – Turnabout Intruder

Posted on October 24, 2011

Mind and body split
Kirk’s body is invaded
By an ex-girlfriend

Turnabout Intruder at Memory-Alpha

Star Trek Haiku – All Our Yesterdays

Posted on October 23, 2011

Library of time
McCoy and Spock go one place
Kirk goes another

All Our Yesterdays at Memory-Alpha

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

Posted on October 23, 2011

I’ve always considered myself a bit of an introvert. I never felt there was anything wrong with that; it’s just the way I am. Introspective. Contemplative. Quiet. Reading Susan Cain’s book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking gave me an insight into myself.

Many of the chapters in the book present some research, then use the research to help the reader understand some facet of introversion. To help provide some context, the author presents some hypothetical scenarios in which the lessons of research can be used to help introverts, or help people understand introverts. The author also provides some real-life scenarios based upon interviews with people who consider themselves introverted. Considering the nature versus nurture debates, it was interesting to read that genetics plays at least a partial role in introversion. However, the author also makes clear that the role isn’t fully understood yet, and that lots of other things affect our personalities and temperaments.

Towards the end of the book I found myself being torn by some conflicting messages in the book. One of the first messages that comes across is that there’s nothing wrong with being an introvert. It’s as if the book grabs you and says, “Look. Look at this! Research and more research, study after study proves there’s nothing wrong with being an introvert. Some people are destined to be introverts. Introversion is a natural tendency. It has a genetic basis. It’s part of who you are. There’s nothing wrong with you.” Okay, I get it. The conflicting message, however, is a subtle one.

In addition to research, most of the chapters also present coping mechanisms of some sort; tricks introverts use to survive and interact in a world full of extroverts. The idea that introverted people have to find some way to cope; to change some part of who they are and how they act, seems to conflict with the idea that there’s nothing wrong with being an introvert. If there’s nothing wrong with being an introvert, why would they need to change? The answer is perhaps the most subtle part of the book: our society doesn’t value, fully understand, or care about introverts. Maybe that’s something that this book aims to change in the long run.

I found Quiet to be an interesting and informative book, even if I don’t agree with everything it presents.

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