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Quiz--What Kind of Reader Are You?

What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Literate Good Citizen You read to inform or entertain yourself, but you're not nerdy about it. You've read most major classics (in school) and you have a favorite genre or two.
Dedicated Reader
Book Snob
Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm
Fad Reader
Non-Reader
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10 Worst Americans

Following the BBC's 10 Worst Historical Britons poll, the blogosphere in the US has been peppered with similar 10 Worst Americans lists most noteable for the disparity of chosen figures according to the nominator's political persuasion. Wingnuts routinely pick Jimmy Carter and Dan Rather, progressives single out McCarthy and Nixon. For what it's worth, here's my list.

1. G. W. Bush
2. Nixon
3. Pat Robertson/Jerry Fallwell
4. J. Edgar Hoover
5. Henry Kissinger
6. Rush Limbaugh
7. Joseph McCarthy
8. Ronald Reagan/Oliver North
9. tba
10. tba 

Indictment Bingo

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Donate a Dollar

This site claims to donate a dollar to Katrina victims if you click a  box and submit. Meanwhile you get to look at an ad for Clorox.  But, it's fast and easy. Who knows?  A dollar here, a dollar there might add up to something worthwhile. Link

Hidden Bias & Prejudice

The Implicit Association Tests were designed at Harvard and the Universities of Virgina and Washington to reveal the hidden bias in attitude toward key social concepts like religion, sexual preference, ageism, politics, weight and disability.  In the presidential test I'm told I prefer Reagan to Bush II.  Not by much I'd say.

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Now For Something Completely Stupid

Trust me. It's interesting, but stupid.

Friday Fun

This is fun.  I guess the late 80s & 90s was the time for "J" names for boys: Justin, Jared, Jeremy,  etc.

I once asked a Brit how he tied his shoes, because it was different and nice and I wanted to learn how to do it.  He was agog that I asked the question wondering " is there any other way?"  Check it out.

Have a listen to this Portugues singer. She's new to me. 

I got taken to brunch once by the former president of  CBS sports.  He asked me to a place on the Upper East Side, his favorite restaurant  for his favorite Sunday midday meal, Eggs Benedict.  They were wonderful and I've seldom had them since.  Maybe it's time.

In case you're planning on heading to the loony bin or psychiatrist's office anytime soon, this crib sheet for the Rorschach test might come in handy.

This is the blot that supposedly can determine sexual preference. Most people see the two human figures. Both figures have prominent "breasts" and an equally prominent "penis." If you don't volunteer the gender of the figures, you'll be asked to specify it. By the traditional interpretation, seeing the figures as male is a heterosexual response (for test subjects of both sexes). Describing the figures as female or acknowledging the androgynous nature of the blot is supposed to be a homosexual response. Does it work? Not really--many straights describe the figures as women, and not all gays give a gay response. A 1971 study at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York showed the traditionally heterosexual response (two male figures) to be declining in popularity.
The splotches of red ink are usually perceived separately. Common responses are "bow-tie" or "ribbon" (inner red area) and a stomach and esophagus (outer red areas).

I'll bet it tastes like chicken.

 

Earth Light

Can you see me there?  I'm the one waving.  More here

Happy Merry !

Election Day Quiz

The Guardian today has a quiz about the US election. Show me yours (score) and I'll show you mine.

The Quiz