vorg's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=vorg2002-07-13T11:37:49Zpooka (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/vorg/writeups/pookavorghttp://m.everything2.com/user/vorg2002-07-13T11:37:49Z2002-07-13T11:37:49Zmany things:<p>
(1) an irish <a href="/title/hobgoblin">hobgoblin</a>. <p>
(2) the supernatual species containing, <a href="/title/Harvey">Harvey</a>, the seven foot tall invisible <a href="/title/rabbit">rabbit</a>, who appeared in the play and movie of the same name. <p>
(3) the single word into which my vocabulary imploded after spending 2 solid days in bed with <a href="/title/my+ex">my ex</a>.
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(4) according to <a href="/title/Hexter">Hexter</a>, also a <a href="/title/kith">kith</a> in <a href="/title/Changeling%253A+the+Dreaming">Changeling: the Dreaming</a>.
<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Why every girl on the entire planet has a boyfriend (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/vorg/writeups/Why+every+girl+on+the+entire+planet+has+a+boyfriendvorghttp://m.everything2.com/user/vorg2002-07-13T11:05:44Z2002-07-13T11:05:44ZMost of the responses to <a href="/title/TheBooBooKitty">TheBooBooKitty</a>'s writeup wouldnt have been out of place in an article in <a href="/title/Cosmo">Cosmo</a> or <a href="/title/Fair+Lady">Fair Lady</a>. I think there's an opinion less informed by <a href="/title/mass+media+platitudes">mass media platitudes</a> that needs to be voiced.
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Question: In general, what is the key difference between someone you are 'close to' and someone you are 'with' or 'dating'?
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Answer: <a href="/title/Sex">Sex</a>.
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So why is it unreasonable that <a href="/title/sexual+attractiveness">sexual attractiveness</a> be the key factor in making decisions about whom to date? Prole suggested that 'a pretty face' is not that important but I think physical attractiveness is far more than that. Due, perhaps, to the influence of the aforementioned mags, physical beauty has had a bad rap in the past while. It has been strongly suggested that people shouldn't be credited simply because they were <a href="/title/born+beautiful">born beautiful</a>.
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But why not?
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Physical beauty is captivating. It makes life more vivid. It accesses us primally and honestly. It is art in people. Why should someone who was born with the talent of<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…metric space (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/vorg/writeups/metric+spacevorghttp://m.everything2.com/user/vorg2002-04-15T09:11:19Z2002-04-15T09:11:19Z<p>There is a tiny error in the writeup above by <a href="/title/r2001">r2001</a>, and
it presents the occasion for a cute little <a href="/title/proof">proof</a>.
<b>M1</b> follows from <b>M2, M3</b> and <b>M4</b> as follows: <br>
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0 = d(x,x) from <b>M2</b> <br>
d(x,x) < = d(x,y) + d(y,x) from <b>M4</b> <br>
d(x,y) + d(y,x) = d(x,y) + d(x,y) = 2d(x,y) from <b>M3</b> <br>
so... <br>
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0 = d(x,x) < = 2d(x,y) <br>
and thus 0 < = d(x,y). <br>
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So 'd' need only satisfy <b>M2, M3,</b> and <b>M4</b> if it is to be a <a href="/title/metric">metric</a>.<br>
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Of course, only a <a href="/title/mathematician">mathematician</a> would think to take z = y in <b>M4</b>....</p>
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<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Zimbabwe (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/vorg/writeups/Zimbabwevorghttp://m.everything2.com/user/vorg2002-03-20T07:48:42Z2002-03-20T07:48:42ZAs of 20th March 2002 Zimbabwe is a political powderkeg. <br><br>
An <a href="/title/election">election</a> has just taken place. It was won by <a href="/title/Robert+Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a>. He has been in power now for over 20 years, a reign in which he has 'staged' elections at regular intervals. Mugabe is essentially a <a href="/title/dictator">dictator</a>, but there is still a large base of support for him among the Zimbabwean people, especially in the rural areas.<br><br>
Zimbabwe's opposition leader is a man named <a href="/title/Morgan+Tsvangirai">Morgan Tsvangirai</a>. Purportedly he stands for <a href="/title/democracy">democracy</a>, <a href="/title/liberty%252C+equality%252C+fraternity%252C">liberty, equality, fraternity,</a> happy endings, etc but that's the case with most African opposition leaders. They often turn out to be worse than the despots they replace.<br><br>
Today Zimbabwe was suspended from the <a href="/title/Commonwealth">Commonwealth</a>, but the implications of that action are still uncertain. What is certain is that the outcome of the political struggle taking place right now will be pivotal. Western people and leaders tend to lump <a href="/title/African">African</a> countries together in their minds. If another African nation falls…Orion (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/vorg/writeups/Orionvorghttp://m.everything2.com/user/vorg2002-03-17T20:19:44Z2002-03-17T20:19:44ZBack when I was lonely, fiery, <br>
often I would stand <br>
out on my small balcony,<br>
crammed between pot-plants,<br>
and I would question <a href="/title/the+sky">the sky</a>.<br>
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Stars would be there, and among them <a href="/title/Orion">Orion</a>:<br>
unflinching and austere,<br>
the arch archer<br>
meandering in spirals<br>
through his frozen sparkling fields.<br>
<br>
Now my nineteenth year<br>
and I have learned about <a href="/title/things">things</a><br>
and I have learned about <a href="/title/stars">stars</a>:<br>
they die <br>
you know.<br>
<br>
Orion is dying.<br>
It is a death so gradual<br>
that it seems not death at all to us,<br>
but for him, it is, I think, <br>
a far more urgent sensation:<br>
to be pried apart by cosmic tides<br>
to be dissolved into <a href="/title/quietness">quietness</a>.<br>
Built by stars and by accident,<br>
Orion now is made unmade by the same. <br>
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This is sad to know: <br>
that there is something killing in the stars.<br>
And now, my nineteenth year,<br>
I think I must believe <a href="/title/a+better+thing">a better thing</a>:<br>
<br>
that my archer’s being buried<br>
slowly,…