Monthly Archives: September 2007

quiz: are you rock, paper, or scissors?

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I’m so paper. You?


You Are Paper


Crafty and creative, you are able to adapt freely to almost any situation.

People tend to underestimate you, unless they’ve truly seen what you are capable of.

Deep down, you’re always scheming and thinking up new plans. Your mind is constantly active.

You are quite capable of anything you dream of. You can always figure out a way to get what you want.You can wrap a rock person up in your sheet of trickery.

A scissor person can sneak up and cut you to pieces.

When you fight: No one can anticipate your next move

If someone makes you mad: You’ll attack them mercilessly when they’re unprepared

Are You Rock, Paper, or Scissors?

the Trouble with Tribbles, by Edward Gorey

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The Gorey Trouble with Tribbles

So, I guess this makes it official: tribbles are a meme. First there was the immortal Star Trek episode (and I’m sorry, but there was only one Star Trek) The Trouble With Tribbles. Then there was the immortal Internet sensation LolTrek. Now, renowned Gothic humourist and illustrator Edward Gorey brings us The Gorey Trouble with Tribbles, as channeled by Shaenon.

Well, they’re a helluva lot more intellectual than lolcats, it must be said.

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Baiji Dolphin: only MOSTLY extinct

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Yes, as with all news coming out of China, it seems that the news the baiji, or Yangtze River, dolphin was extinct is highly unreliable. Yes, these rumours of its death are greatly exaggerated.

…a local businessman in Tongling City in east China’s Anhui Province filmed “a big white animal” with his digital camera on August 19. The footage was later confirmed to be the Baiji by Prof. Wang Ding, a leading scientist in Baiji study at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Still, as the YouTube commenter says, I’ll bet five bucks it’ll be on a restaurant platter in Beijing two weeks.

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quiz: what drug are you?

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I’m kind of disappointed I’m not acid. After explaining some of the things I think and see to some of my druggier friends, I was quite firmly told that I didn’t need to try acid: there was nothing it could show me that I wasn’t already seeing.

You mean you don’t see that?


Your Personality Is Like Heroin


You’re capable of the highest highs and the lowest lows.

Addicted to feeling good, you’ll do almost anything to avoid pain.

People seek you out, even though you can be quite moody. They’re hooked on you!

What Drug Is Your Personality Like?

quiz: Poe or Noe?

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Poe, yoThe latest in our series of interactive, quizzy-type activities is this little gem, which tests your knowledge of one of the most overwriterly of all overwriters, Edgar Alan Poe. Can you guess which is Poe and which is a nobody? Let me just say that apparently I need to lay off the Cthulhu and review the House of Usher.

Poe or Noe?