Another boring day in the pension mines so...

[chickenfeet]

Gacked from popsock

1. Pick one thing from my interests list that you like, and explain why.

2. Pick one thing from my interests list that you don't like, and explain why.

3. Pick one thing from my interests list that surprises you, and explain why.

4. Pick one thing from my interests list that you don't understand, and I'll tell you about it.

5. Tell me one thing that's not on my interests list that should be.

Comments

[madam-silvertip.livejournal.com]

OK, Frog Bashing is cool. They need a little now and then.

Did you see the public television program about Sparta a while ago? Maybe a year ago. It did do something to correct those "public school" impressions of Sparta in my head, though it still sounds like a horrendous culture IMO, but--the commentator made the point that it was really very much like a culture of predators where the top predators have a pretty good life. The key is to get to the top. If you could live through the first twenty-five years of your life, you were abundantly protected, ate meat every day, lived in a society of equals, apparently very healthy (Spartans who made it to adulthood lived a lot longer than Athenians, and in better shape), and had no real worries. That is, so long as you subscribed to the system. I did find that interesting, to be sure. Maybe it was something like a human wolf pack, for real (I like wolves) and worthy of some admiration if one could stand to get over the lovey peacey gee-I-hope-the-electricity-don't-run-out perspective that I know I am so infected with.

Thanks for the new info, about Burning Man especially. The name sounded familiar but I did not know what it was.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I didn't see the TV programme but I think Paul Cartledge was involved. I have one of his books on order. I don't think I would have liked Sparta very much but it does intrigue me. It had a huge influence on Plato of course.