The villain is the hero of his own story.

Intelligence Test

Not really a test, more like a fun quiz! I was handed this little assessment by Craig Ehlert in the College of Business and I wanted to share it with you. You must work quickly to answer all 12 questions in only 2 minutes!

Question 1: Is there a 4 th of July in England? Yes or No?
Question 2: How many birthdays does the average man have?
Question 3: Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
Question 4: How many out are in an inning?
Question 5: Can a man in California marry his widow's sister?
Question 6: Take the number 30, divide it by 1/2, and then add 10. What do you get?
Question 7: There are 3 apples and you take two away. How many apples are you left with?
Question 8: A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour. How long will the pills last?
Question 9: A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 of them die. How many sheep are left?
Question 10: How many animals of each sex did Moses bring with him on the ark?
Question 11: A butcher in the market is 5' 10" tall. What does he weigh?
Question 12: How many 2 cent stamps are there in a dozen?

Answer 1: Yes, they just don't celebrate it like we do.
Answer 2: 1, most people only have 1 birthday.
Answer 3: They all do.
Answer 4: 6, 3 for each team.
Answer 5: Maybe in California, but if he has a widow, that means he's dead. So no.
Answer 6: 70 (30/ 1/2 = 60 + 10 = 70)
Answer 7: You took two apples therefore you have 2.
Answer 8: 1 hour; 1st when he tells you, 2nd half an hour later, 3rd half an hour after that
(0, 30, 60)
Answer 9: 9, the rest have died.
Answer 10: The reason to post this Intelligence Test is revealed. I have attended every class session of this Literature class and I still missed this question! I don't blame my lack of attention on The Bible, so much as the question. (I only had two minutes.) Moses did not have an ark. That was Noah. I can't believe I missed this. My only hope at redemption is if someone else got confused like me. So I guess the answer would be none.
Answer 11: A butcher weighs Meat.
Answer 12: There are 12 in a dozen.

I hope you enjoyed this test and learned something in the process, Moses did not build the Ark!!

Paradise Lost?

Dr. Sexson, DO NOT READ THIS until after you have read The House Of M.
This is a spoiler alert!
Anyway, anyone else who was in Emergent Lit last semester will remember that I shared stories from comic books that I have read that related to the five themes of the class. I finally got around to bringing one of them in for Dr. Sexson to enjoy yesterday and handed it to him after class. I thought that if had nothing to do with the Bible.

However, it does touch on the subject brought up in our class discussion. We mentioned the suffering present in this world so that we can have the perfect next world. But is it really worth it?

In the House of M story, the world is recreated; loved ones are "back from the dead" because they were never lost, the outcast class of mutants are no longer suppressed and are instead the majority of the population enjoying freedoms and basic privileges that have otherwise been denied to them, and most of the heroes of the story have perfect little lives that they would be content to live out for the rest of their days. Everyone lives happily ever after... right?
But the heroes realize that this perfect world is not real and reject it for a chance to make the one we have better. This is a grossly compacted summary of the events in the book, but if you want more, you can either find a copy (the authors name is Brian Micheal Bendis, by the way) or come to me with questions.

I assume most of you have not read this because comics are regarded as kids entertainment. But it is a relatively quick read (after all, it has pictures!!) and it should be enjoyable. My goal is to get at least one person to read it, and yes, Professor Sexson counts. As long as that happens, the purpose of this blog entry is complete.