March 30, 2006

Weird Quiz

Somewhat accurate, but definitely weird.
Found here.


the Questioner
you chose CY - your Enneagram type is SIX.

"I am affectionate and skeptical"



Questioners are responsible, trustworthy, and value loyalty to family,
friends, groups, and causes. Their personalities range broadly from reserved
and timid to outspoken and confrontative.

How to Get Along with Me


  • Be direct and clear.
  • Listen to me carefully.
  • Don't judge me for my anxiety.
  • Work things through with me.
  • Reassure me that everything is OK between us.
  • Laugh and make jokes with me.
  • Gently push me toward new experiences.
  • Try not to overreact to my overreacting.

What I Like About Being a Six


  • being committed and faithful to family and friends
  • being responsible and hardworking
  • being compassionate toward others
  • having intellect and wit
  • being a nonconformist
  • confronting danger bravely
  • being direct and assertive

What's Hard About Being a Six


  • the constant push and pull involved in trying to make up my mind
  • procrastinating because of fear of failure; having little confidence
    in myself
  • fearing being abandoned or taken advantage of
  • exhausting myself by worrying and scanning for danger
  • wishing I had a rule book at work so I could do everything right
  • being too critical of myself when I haven't lived up to my expectations

Sixes as Children Often

  • are friendly, likable, and dependable, and/or sarcastic, bossy, and
    stubborn
  • are anxious and hypervigilant; anticipate danger
  • form a team of "us against them" with a best friend or parent
  • look to groups or authorities to protect them and/or question authority
    and rebel
  • are neglected or abused, come from unpredictable or alcoholic families,
    and/or take on the fearfulness of an overly anxious parent

Sixes as Parents


  • are often loving, nurturing, and have a strong sense of duty
  • are sometimes reluctant to give their children independence
  • worry more than most that their children will get hurt
  • sometimes have trouble saying no and setting boundaries



Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy

Discover the 9 Types of People

HarperSanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages



You are not completely happy with the result?

You chose CY


Would you rather have chosen:

  • AY (EIGHT)
  • BY (FOUR)
  • CX (TWO)
  • CZ (ONE)
  • Link: The Quick and Painless ENNEAGRAM Test written by felk on OkCupid

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    March 29, 2006

    Ha Ha, Fooled You!



    Your Quirk Factor: 52%



    You're a pretty quirky person, but you're just normal enough to hide it.

    Congratulations - you've fooled other people into thinking you're just like them!



    from SF, 68% quirky

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    March 27, 2006

    Blogburst for Guillermo Fariñas Hernandez

    Senor Fariñas has rejected food and water for 57 days to protest the lack of freely available, uncensored internet access to the people of Cuba.

    57 days.  The latest updates indicate that he will die soon.

    Join the Blogburst.  Spread the word.  Read More.  Speak Out.  Sign the Petition.

    You can.  You're reading this now, after all.

    (technorati tag , , )

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    March 24, 2006

    Two things

    I haven't spoken about this yet, but my own thoughts and prayers are with Abdul Rahman, the Christian scheduled to be executed in Afghanistan simply because he is not a Muslim.  Efforts from the United States and others may keep this man from from being killed, but that isn't yet certain.

    Also (and more this weekend) Guillermo Farinas is past day 50 of a hunger strike protesting the lack of something you're using right now (internet access) for Cubans under the regime of fidel castro

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    Help a Sister Out

    Dana of The Origin of Soul has been fighting her own personal war with Dell since THEY ruined her still-under-warranty computer.

    She's tried just about everything to get this resolved.  Methinks she needs a lawyer to call them up and threaten.

    Anybody got some advice for her?  Drop by here.  (Come on you BFLers.  I know we have a ton of lawyers, somebody should be able to give her some good advice!)

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    March 23, 2006

    More Amusement



    You Are Cindy Brady


    Warm hearted and sweet, you have a childlike innocence that lets you see the good in everyone.

    But you're also a bit of a baby. You stick your nose where it doesn't belong... and cry when you get caught!



    From big sis Jan Brady

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    March 22, 2006

    Your Government at Work

    Duck and Cover!

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    Ok, something interesting to post about

    Prof. Reynolds laments a fellow law professor who is getting grief for banning laptops from his class.

    He points out that several of his colleagues are fed up with them too, mostly because they encourage goofing off and can be a major disruption if the students don't have the volume off.

    Not to mention that a million keys clicking is HIGHLY disconcerting when you're trying to talk.

    Our school has a unique solution to this problem.  We have two classrooms equipped with computer consoles for each student and this technology.

    SMART Board also incorporates a functionality that allows the user at the front of the classroom to LOCK OUT the other consoles, forcing the students to follow along with the lecturer, although it allows them to use the software to make notes, which can be emailed to the user or printed at the end of the class.

    We love our SMART Boards, and we have them in every classroom.

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    March 16, 2006

    Stolen Wholesale

    DRINK WARNING!!

    This was too good not to rip off:

    This comes from a Catholic elementary school test. The kids were asked questions about the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. Here are some of their answers.

    1. IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF.

    2. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH'S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS.

    3. LOTS WIFE WAS A PILLAR OF SALT DURING THE DAY, BUT A BALL OF FIRE DURING THE NIGHT.

    4. THE JEWS WERE A PROUD PEOPLE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH UNSYMPATHETIC GENITALS.

    5. SAMPSON WAS A STRONGMAN WHO LET HIMSELF BE LED ASTRAY BY A JEZEBEL LIKE DELILAH.

    6. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES WITH THE AXE OF THE APOSTLES.

    7. MOSES LED THE JEWS TO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY MADE UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH IS BREAD WITHOUT ANY INGREDIENTS.

    8. THE EGYPTIANS WERE ALL DROWNED IN THE DESSERT. AFTERWARDS, MOSES WENT UP TO MOUNT CYANIDE TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

    9. THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM TO EAT THE APPLE.

    10. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS THOU SHALT NOT ADMIT ADULTERY.

    11. MOSES DIED BEFORE HE EVER REACHED CANADA. THEN JOSHUA LED THE HEBREWS IN THE BATTLE OF GERITOL.

    12. THE GREATEST MIRICLE IN THE BIBLE IS WHEN JOSHUA TOLD HIS SON TO STAND STILL AND HE OBEYED HIM.

    13. DAVID WAS A HEBREW KING WHO WAS SKILLED AT PLAYING THE LIAR. HE FOUGHT THE FINKELSTEINS, A RACE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BIBLICAL TIMES.

    14. SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVIDS SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 PORCUPINES.

    15. WHEN MARY HEARD SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF JESUS, SHE SANG THE MAGNA CARTA.

    16. WHEN THE THREE WISE GUYS FROM THE EAST SIDE ARRIVED THEY FOUND JESUS IN THE MANAGER.

    17. JESUS WAS BORN BECAUSE MARY HAD AN IMMACULATE CONTRAPTION.

    18. ST. JOHN THE BLACKSMITH DUMPED WATER ON HIS HEAD.

    19. JESUS ENUNCIATED THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH SAYS TO DO UNTO OTHERS BEFORE THEY DO ONE TO YOU. HE ALSO EXPLAINED A MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY SWEAT ALONE.

    20. IT WAS A MIRICLE WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND MANAGED TO GET THE TOMBSTONE OFF THE ENTRANCE.

    21. THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THE LORD WERE CALLED THE 12 DECIBELS.

    22. THE EPISTELS WERE THE WIVES OF THE APOSTLES.

    23. ONE OF THE OPPOSSUMS WAS ST. MATTHEW WHO WAS ALSO A TAXIMAN.

    24. ST. PAUL CAVORTED TO CHRISTIANITY, HE PREACHED HOLY ACRIMONY WHICH IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MARRAIGE.

    25. CHRISTIANS HAVE ONLY ONE SPOUSE. THIS IS CALLED MONOTONY.

    stolen from Dash

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    March 13, 2006

    Fisking of the Day

    Dan Riehl takes apart George Clooney:

    "The fear of been (sic) criticized can be paralyzing. Just look at the way so many Democrats caved in the run up to the war. In 2003, a lot of us were saying, where is the link between Saddam and bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do with 9/11? We knew it was bullshit. Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, "We were misled." It makes me want to shout, "Fuck you, you weren't misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic."

    Incorrect. Go back and review the record and speeches, George. We didn't go to war in Iraq as a direct result of 9/11. That's just more of the big lie tactic of the left desperately trying to couch today's political issues in your favor when they are not. We went to war in Iraq to eliminate a growing threat. We accomplished that and are working hard to leave behind a state with some stability and with the adherence to the very values you appear to profess - liberty, freedom and equality. Apparently those values are only good for you and yours, not the Iraqis. Congratulations George, you made it from demagogue to racist in one paragraph."

    Me thinks George should stick to polishing his nobOscar until he gets enough CSF back in his brain to think straight.

    Read it all here.

    Reliapundit also aims to set George straight here.


    "HEY GEORGE (regarding the Civil Rights Movement and Rosa Parks): a higher percentage of GOP members of Congress voted for the US Civil Rights Act then Democrats did - FACT!"

    Now go read the rest, but put down your drink first! (h/t to Vodka Steve for the Reliapundit article)

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    March 11, 2006

    Yum.


    You Are Guinness


    You know beer well, and you'll only drink the best beers in the world.

    Watered down beers disgust you, as do the people who drink them.

    When you drink, you tend to become a bit of a know it all - especially about subjects you don't know well.

    But your friends tolerate your drunken ways, because you introduce them to the best beers around.


    Oh yeah. Seeing as how this is about the ONLY beer I'll drink. And my favorite to cook with, too.

    h/t Heineken Deb

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    Green with....



    You Are Teal Green


    You are a one of a kind, original person. There's no one even close to being like you.

    Expressive and creative, you have a knack for making the impossible possible.

    While you are a bit offbeat, you don't scare people away with your quirks.

    Your warm personality nicely counteracts and strange habits you may have.


    I suppose I woud have preferred Emerald or Forest, but hell, it wasn't Olive, right?

    And interestingly enough, the bridesmaid dresses at my wedding were approximately the darker color in the picture above.  Although that was a combination of price, available sizes and acceptable style more than the color.  Which is a bitch to match shoes to.

    h/t a real Gem

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    March 10, 2006

    Ain't it the truth!



    Your Luck Quotient: 62%


    You have a high luck quotient.
    More often than not, you've felt very lucky in your life.
    You may be randomly lucky, but it's probably more than that.
    Optimistic and open minded, you take advantage of all the luck that comes your way.


    h/t Deb, who is indeed luckier than most, no matter what the quiz says!

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    March 09, 2006

    I'm a Pepper... You're a Pepper....



    You Are Dr. Pepper

    You're very unique and funky, yet you still have a bit of traditionalism to you.

    People who like you think they have great taste... and they usually do.

    Your best soda match: Root Beer

    Stay away from: 7 Up


    Oh yeah. Love me some Dr. P.

    h/t Cokehead Deb

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    March 06, 2006

    I've been Memed!

    Tagged by Oddybobo with this one:

    1) Two favorite colors: Green and Purple

    2) Two least favorite colors: Orange and Olive

    3) Favorite fast food restaurant: In CA:Original Tommy's and In'N'Out; In NC: Chick-Fil-A and Bojangles

    4) Favorite day of the week: Friday

    5) Least favorite day of the week: Sunday

    6) Best thing about your significant other: Hugs and Kisses

    7) Least favorite thing about your significant other: He loses things a lot.

    Your significant others favorite thing about you (without asking them): my chestal area and/or my hair

    9) Your significant others least favorite thing about you (again, without asking them): That I always AM right.

    10) Black or white? Grey

    11) Red or blue? Purple

    12) Day or night? Night

    13) Favorite part of your body: My hair

    14) Least favorite part about your body. My tummy

    15) Do you like walking in the rain at times? Anytime

    16) Do you have a tattoo? Nope. Terrified of needles

    17) “Short and sweet” or “long and hard”. It depends. What are you asking about **wink**

    1 Favorite kind of car: small, sporty, FAST.

    19) Favorite kind of ice cream: B and J Oatmeal Chocolate Cookie.

    20) Trix or Lucky Charms? Neither. Wasn't allowed to have sugar cereal as a kid. Love Bran Flakes, though.

    Tagging Bou, VW, and Amanda, Just for the heck of it

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