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Psychology
Before we "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" or perform a "Teenage Lobotomy" like the Ramones keep asking for, let's start with a CAT scan... which stands for this.
What is computerized axial tomography?
Zero helps his friends dig in a dried up lake at a juvenile detention center as the deuteragonist of this YA novel.
What is Holes?
The best tool for dirty vegetables: an onion brush.
Who is Noah Rubinson?
It is the title of Stephen King's novel about a creepy clown and a pretty messed up town in Maine.
What is It?
Falling water, a strap used to control a horse, and/or a royal rule or authority.
What is rain / rein / reign?
Ever a fan of the classics, Colton attests that this 1954 novel about a group of boarding school students stranded on an island "sucks."
What is Lord of the Flies?
This big name is psychology (and founder of dream theory) is exactly what Green Day's asking for in their song "Basket Case"-- "a shrink to analyze my dreams."
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The point at which all molecular motion stops, also known as this.
What is absolute zero?
When you can't take your horse to a haunted house, because it's a gutless bronco.
Who is Colton Burgess?
In 1452, Leonardo di Vinci was born near a small Tuscan hill town called this.
What is Vinci?
What is a carrot / caret / carat?
In a way, this 1818 book (heralded as the first science fiction novel) is Colton's favorite story about bodybuilding.
What is Frankenstein?
The Clash's Joe Strummer sings, "The ice age is coming, the sun's zoomin' in / Meltdown expected, the wheat is growin' thin / Engines stop running, but I have no fear..." maybe because he's engaging in this Freudian defense mechanism?
What is denial?
"Zero" is the fourth track on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, the third studio album from this bad.
Who are the Smashing Pumpkins?
Coffee critters, caffeine creatures... java rodents?
Who is Jordan Vesta?
The major powers of Europe were involved in this war that lasted the 7 years between 1756 & 1763.
What is the Seven Years' War?
A public celebration, the cost of a ride, and/or a lighthouse (en francais)?
What is a fair / fare / phare?
Per Colton, this 1925 novel, despite its self-aggrandizing title, was only "pretty good."
What is The Great Gatsby?
When New Found Glory sang, "I'll write these nerves together / Hoping for a chance to think on time," it seems like a direct reference to this, the brain's ability to change and reorganize based on repeated experiences.
What is neuroplasticity?
In his poem, "The Nightmare Before Christmas," Jack Skellington's dog Zero is described as "a little ghost dog with a faint little bark, and a jack-o-lantern nose that glowed in the dark."
Who is Tim Burton?
Not unpopular, just... lacking parties.
Who is Sean Gilpatrick?
It's the hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is Independence Hall?
A fastening, as in never, and/or nothing.
What is knot / not / nought?
When asked about this 1846 Alexandre Dumas novel, Colton said, "it got boring so I gave up." Imagine if protagonist Edmond Dantès felt that way...
What is The Count of Monte Cristo?
In "Nervous Breakdown" by Black Flag, lead singer Henry Rollins is having a bad time... and also listing some symptoms straight out of this giant purple book that we looked through in class.
What is the DSM-5?
He was the author of the novel Less Than Zero (and also American Psycho a little bit later).
Who is Bret Easton Ellis?
The question a farmer with too many less-than-scholarly animals might often ask: need a moronic goat?
Who is Eden Notargiacomo?
Hofstadter's Law is formulated as "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account..." this.
What is Hofstadter's Law?
Reasons, having good judgment, and/or triangles of railroad track.
What is whys / wise / wyes?
This 1974 Joe Haldeman novel might not be Colton's favorite, but it's definitely the one he's read the most.
What is The Forever War?