tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210826519167298291.post1744671955713517464..comments2023-10-30T06:58:38.782-04:00Comments on X-Ray Blues: Why I WriteMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990813323629462601noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210826519167298291.post-45592068156211198812010-09-09T08:01:15.989-04:002010-09-09T08:01:15.989-04:00It would now be appropriate to quote me on a blog ...It would now be appropriate to quote me on a blog or Facebook page or signature or back cover of a soon-to-be-published future Hugo Award-winner.<br /><br />("You write the same reason ... the solution. The Humanist Inheritance fucking rocks. Read it. Read it now. -Neal Coleman")Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431420715969751323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210826519167298291.post-48317022778899547192010-09-08T13:07:50.600-04:002010-09-08T13:07:50.600-04:00Wow, that's way better than anything I could h...Wow, that's way better than anything I could have come up with.<br /><br />Dogged hounding IS probably redundant (DOGGED hounding IS probably REDUNDANT), but there's a poetry to it.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990813323629462601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210826519167298291.post-38342680876353551062010-09-06T07:26:38.312-04:002010-09-06T07:26:38.312-04:00You write the same reason I do math and other peop...You write the same reason I do math and other people do philosophy and physics and carpentry and any damned profession that requires thought: the tantalizing pursuit of a problem, the dogged hounding until it is solved, the transient ecstasy of the solution, and the perpetual satisfaction of retrospective contemplation of the solution.<br /><br />(Is "dogged hounding" redundant?)Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431420715969751323noreply@blogger.com