For the record, and so they aren't lost, some samples from the grab-bag of items that have been on my "Think About" list for far too long (more than a couple of years in some cases!):

• WYSIWYG vs. YAFIYGI: "What You See Is What You Get" versus "You Asked For It, You Got It" ...
• Contextualization: how much of a poem's effect is dependent on its context? ... same question for music, literature, ...
• Inflexibility: in people, and how they react to change ... some folks struggle, e.g., with computers ... others adapt, extend their mental models ... unhealthiness of inflexibility ... productivity of seeking alternatives ...
• The Big Hammer Model for government: Thor's hammer (and Odin's missing eye) ...
• The Concierge Concept: a magic helper who can do anything for you ....
• Path integral methods in physics: Feynman, et al. ... relevance to flexibility/inflexibility ...
• Brownian Motion: my typical route when running is not quite Brownian! ... fractals with infinite path length at the tiniest distances ....
• The spiral/shell/conchoidal shapes of some braided hair ...

TopicJournalizing - 2007-01-31

(correlates: BarryLawsAndPrecepts, Purpose of a Poem, Writer's Almanac, ...)