Master of Memory

5 Canons of Rhetoric
inventio~~invention, discovery~~taditionally meaning a systematic search for arguments
dispasitio~~orginization, arrangement~~of an argument
elcocutio~~eloquent speaking, "style", "to speak"
memoria~~memory~~disciplie of memorizing the argument
pronuntiation~~delivary of speech~~voice and gestures, modulations of voice, phrasing, pace, and emphasis of speech,

Green Blood

When Dr. Sexson was describing to us about his "green blood" and how we would use that image to remember the date of his next appointment to get blood drawn (March 17th, St. Patty's Day) I found myself not thinking of the test or the question that will be on the test possible referring to green blood, but rather to my absolute favorite television series ever, The X Files. For those that haven't had the pleasure of enjoying an episode or two of this show there is an alien race that oozes green blood. The only way for them to die is through a sharp puncture to the back of the neck where a boiling stream of hot green alien blood flows down the neck of the victim and proceeds to melt the flesh of the alien from the inside out while the face caves in and the green blood bubbles enthusiastically over the entire body.
So seeing as how I hear "green blood" and I don't see a test question for our test on February 20th, Jon Nay's birthday, but my mind directly focus on a decaying alien on the ground with a puncture wound to the back of the neck with the ever so dreamy Fox Mulder standing over him with a scratch on his face, or a dribble of the green blood on his black three piece government suit.
So now I am forced to either exchange my memory refrence of green blood from aliens to St. Patty's day, or I could just have my alien stay the same, and just remember that St. Patty's day is a day I too could get my blood drawn.

my cabinet of curiosity

the memorable E Squared

What's memorable to me could not be so memorable to you, or can it? "E squared. Squared? OK and then you divide it and the answer is 4?"
Does this have any meaning to me? To the girl sitting at the computer two down from me it means her grade in some sort of math class that probably has to deal with her major that will eventually help her be successful in life making money to support herself and possible a family one day. This memorable thought for her will open the doors to many more math equations, in fact it might just be the basis of all her problems for her entire assignment. This conversation she is having with another mathematician on the phone is extremely memorable, perhaps detrimental to the understanding of many more equations to come. But for me it is a simple blog entry. In all actuality "e squared" is just as important to me as it is to her. Our grades will both be effected by "e squared" but eventually she will have to use this equation again in some other math problem and I will only have to think about the day that over heard a conversation about some mathematical problem that the answer ended up not being 4 but 2, or was it 6? We might never know.


p.s. e squared = 7.3890561

9 Muses

Calliope is the muse of epic poetry
Clio is the muse of history
Erato is the muse of love (erotic) poetry
Euterpe is the muse of lyric poetry
Melpomene is the muse of tragedy
Polyhymnia is the muse of songs of praise to the gods
Terpsichore is the muse of song and dance
Thalia is the muse of comedy
Urania is the muse of astronomy