Fooling around with the IQ test at Tickle says the following about me:
Congratulations, Porter!
Your IQ score is 133
This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.
Your Intellectual Type is Visionary Philosopher. This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others — and at anticipating and predicting patterns.
69%
Some Photos I took Spring '08:In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
- Douglas Adams
It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.
- Arthur C. Clarke
I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.
- Carl Sagan
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
- Issac Asimov
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.
- Richard Feynman
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
- E.W. Dijkstra
You might however consider whether you should not unfold as a background the great privilege of habeas corpus and trial by jury, which are the supreme protection invented by the English people for ordinary individuals against the state. The power of the Executive to cast a man in prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government, whether Nazi or Communist.
- Winston Churchill
He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.
- Friedrich Nietze
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.
- Thomas Jefferson
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
- Benjamin Fanklin
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Life's too short to drink bad beer. Oh yeah, it's also too short to eat bad food.
Booze List - Tequila - Sauza, El Tesoro (for Margs) Cabo Wabo (for drinkin). Just say no to Jose. Vodka - Belvedere for pretty much anything. Level, 3 Olives, and Gray Goose are all good too.
Beer List - Stout - Murphy's, Beamish or Guinness; although when I have a couple extra Sam Smith's. Ale - Newcastle or Bass; again Sam Smith's when I can afford it. Porter - Anchor, or Sam Smith's.
Others - Harpoon and Dogfish Head IPAs, Brooklyn and Tremont Ales, Chimay Grand Reserve, and anything from Thomas Hooker
Wine Rack - Woodward Canyon (Cab), Hartford Court (Pino), Clicquot, Tattinger, and I'm out of Port!
Food List - Abe and Louie's, Grill 23, Icarus, The Palm, Brasserie Jo, The Fedralist, Parish Cafe, Union Oyster House, Jasper White's Summer Shack,
Red Bones, Anna's Taqueria, Jacob Wirth's, Brown Sugar Cafe, Looks like a lot, but it's far from exhaustive!
What can I say? Me likey my food and beverages. So - a "Panini Bar" turns out to be an amazing idea for Super Bowl Sunday. I cooked up some chicken, pork, and turkey - and picked up some fresh bread from the bakery - and prepped a bunch of other ingredients. That way people could pick and choose and make their own. In spite of being a bit of a nerd - the whole computer guru thing for a living, I can cook.