--- David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Deborah Harrell wrote:
> > > > Lo, these many years ago, in college Organic > > > > Chemistry, I and a friend created the 'O-chem > > >>Personality Wheel,' with categories from > > Ortho-normal...on to Para-normal...and Epi-normal; > > > > Abi-normals were of course those too weird to > > > relate even to D&Ders or SCAers! ;D > > > > Debbi > > > > Meta-normal Herself Maru :) > > > I give, what does meta-normal mean then? > > <LOL> > > Well, as my friends and I didn't want to consider > > ourselves 'normal' 'weird' *or* 'sedate,' > Meta-normals > > were of course practically perfect in every way... > So "ortho" means "close", "meta" >means "medium" and "para" means "as far away as >possible"? Note that Chemists > can not be perfectly normal, as two groups have to > attach to different carbons in the ring... Close enough, and Yep. :) Although "Paras" are still *on* the 'ring of normality,' whereas Epis and Abis are completely *off* (in several senses, potentially :} ). > I like "abi", which is probably not actually Greek. Latin, I think - merely a play on 'abnormality.' :) Debbi who did other silly things in college like *singing* one of the Milton pieces we had to study (an Elegy? something about a 'lost lamb,' anyway) -- no alcohol involved, just tremendous sleep deprivation! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
