I'm not twingy for some odd reason about this essay, though. Go. Read. Now. A Defense of the Liberal Arts [edit: fixed the link, it's no longer broke.]
And 'cause it made me feel kinda happy (and I don't think he'd mind), I'm sharing a snippit of our conversation tonight.
* katster reads your latest rant. you forgot me. ;)
<Zibblsnrt> if I'd listed all my renaissance friends I'd still be writing. :)
<katster> yes, but I'm not just your friend. ;)
* Zibblsnrt chose a couple at random, had shitloads written down. %)
<Zibblsnrt> :)
* Zibblsnrt hugs you. :)
* katster hugs you back. You're laughing, right?
<katster> (besides, I fear to think of how you'd have described me...)
<Zibblsnrt> A historian-programmer with impressive backgrounds in politics and psychology, who decided at one point to hop specialties and is doing so with relative ease? :)
<katster> well, there's two adjectives you don't usually find together to begin with. :)
<katster> "I'm a historian" and "I'm a programmer" are usually mutually exclusive. ;)
<Zibblsnrt> See? :)
Love you, dear. :)
And 'cause it made me feel kinda happy (and I don't think he'd mind), I'm sharing a snippit of our conversation tonight.
* katster reads your latest rant. you forgot me. ;)
<Zibblsnrt> if I'd listed all my renaissance friends I'd still be writing. :)
<katster> yes, but I'm not just your friend. ;)
* Zibblsnrt chose a couple at random, had shitloads written down. %)
<Zibblsnrt> :)
* Zibblsnrt hugs you. :)
* katster hugs you back. You're laughing, right?
<katster> (besides, I fear to think of how you'd have described me...)
<Zibblsnrt> A historian-programmer with impressive backgrounds in politics and psychology, who decided at one point to hop specialties and is doing so with relative ease? :)
<katster> well, there's two adjectives you don't usually find together to begin with. :)
<katster> "I'm a historian" and "I'm a programmer" are usually mutually exclusive. ;)
<Zibblsnrt> See? :)
Love you, dear. :)