Category: Miscellaneous

You speak eloquently and have seemingly read every book ever published. You are a fountain of endless (sometimes useless) knowledge, and never fail to impress at a party. What people love: You can answer almost any question people ask, and have thus been nicknamed Jeeves. What people hate: You constantly correct their grammar and insult… Continue reading What Kind of Elitist Are You?

You are a PROGRESSIVE Muslim. You could be from any sect, religious or not, and may have leftist/activist tendencies. Anything goes with you. Everyone else is some sort of fanatic. What Muslim stereotype are you? brought to you by Quizilla Via Sister Soljah, whom we had the pleasure to meet last weekend. The quiz was… Continue reading What Muslim Stereotype Are You?

Fafnir comes up with a list of things he will not do the next time he lives through 2004. Here are a few choice ones: Things I will not do the next time I live through 2004 vote for a constitutional amendment before I know whose rights it strips away forget whether torture is “good”… Continue reading Fafblog is the King!

Happy new year, everyone. Hope next year is better than this one. See you in 2005.

Via Asma Mirza.

I thought I lived in Atlanta, but it turns out I do not. I was under the impression that this area of DeKalb county was part of the city of Atlanta. But according to this map of Atlanta neighborhoods, I am outside the municipal boundaries of Atlanta. The Census Bureau lists the “Place” we live… Continue reading Atlantan Not!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Enjoy your turkey! Last year, I had to fly home to spend thanksgiving with Amber. This year not only are we together, we have got Michelle with us. That reminds me, Michelle was conceived last year over the thanksgiving weekend. UPDATE: Congratulations to my brother-in-law and his wife on the birth of… Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving

Via Political Animal, here are a few tests to check whether you are left-handed or not. I got the following expected results on the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. Using the rating method of Oldfield, Laterality quotients range from 100 (right handed) to -100 (left handed) This subject’s laterality quotient is: -50.0 Placing this subject in the… Continue reading Handedness and More

Does anyone know what all is involved in being self-employed? I am particularly interested in the tax aspects. It seems that a self-employed person has to send checks to the IRS multiple times in a year. Is that true? Another important issue is health insurance. How can one get individual health insurance? Are there many… Continue reading Self Employment Help Needed

Here are my results for the 20 Questions to a Better Personality Quiz. I think it’s all wrong, but it’s fun. Wackiness: 24/100 Rationality: 58/100 Constructiveness: 66/100 Leadership: 38/100 You are an SRCF—Sober Rational Constructive Follower. This makes you a White House staffer. You are a tremendous asset to any employer, cool under pressure, productive,… Continue reading Personality Quiz