There is no 'N' in strumpet, you Diplodocus.

July 25, 2007

Bring on the Guinness!

You're Ireland!

Mystical and rain-soaked, you remain mysterious to many people, and this makes you intriguing. You also like a good night at the pub, though many are just as worried that you will blow up the pub as drink your beverage of choice. You're good with words, remarkably lucky, and know and enjoy at least fifteen ways of eating a potato. You really don't like snakes.

Take the Country Quiz at the Blue Pyramid

Yep, that's about right!

h/t Lebanon

Posted by: caltechgirl at 03:25 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
Post contains 86 words, total size 1 kb.

July 23, 2007

This is funny

From the Bookworm Geek:

What Kind of Geek Are You?

You're a movie geek! You're the type who camps out in lines to score opening-night tickets to Star Wars and Charlie's Angels sequels and probably have stalked more than one celebrity for their autograph. Your home movie collection is to be envied - only some of it pirated, honest!
Take this quiz!

As of my taking this, I was only the 6th person to get this result!

Posted by: caltechgirl at 10:54 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
Post contains 81 words, total size 2 kb.

July 12, 2007

Haven't done one of these in a while!

Care to play along? As always, my answers in the extended...

1. Happen ::

2. Terribly ::

3. History ::

4. Master ::

5. Petrified ::

6. Moan ::

7. Attack ::

8. Picture ::

9. Students ::

10. Potter ::

More weekly mutterings here.
h/t Quicksilver Jenna more...

Posted by: caltechgirl at 12:07 PM | Comments (8) | Add Comment
Post contains 114 words, total size 1 kb.

1 Mine: 1. Happen :: Stance 2. Terribly :: Rotten 3. History :: Matters 4. Master :: Mistress 5. Petrified :: Rock 6. Moan :: Myrtle 7. Attack :: Counter-attack 8. Picture :: Perfect 9. Students :: Books 10. Potter :: MANIA!!!! (Yeah, I'm a little excited)

Posted by: Phoenix at July 12, 2007 12:56 PM (4N2f4)

2 1. Happen :: Stance 2. Terribly :: Excited 3. History :: Book 4. Master :: Mind 5. Petrified :: Wood 6. Moan :: Wail 7. Attack :: Dog 8. Picture :: Perfect 9. Students :: Teachers 10. Potter :: Clay

Posted by: beth at July 12, 2007 01:03 PM (mL6ts)

3 1. Happen :: stance 2. Terribly :: strong 3. History :: repeats itself 4. Master :: mind 5. Petrified :: forest 6. Moan :: groan 7. Attack :: dog 8. Picture :: perfect 9. Students :: teachers 10. Potter :: mania

Posted by: pam at July 12, 2007 01:26 PM (l6NIn)

4 . Happen :: lately 2. Terribly :: early 3. History :: makers 4. Master :: and commander 5. Petrified ::BOO! 6. Moan :: whine 7. Attack :: Dragon 8. Picture :: book 9. Students :: read 10. Potter :: meddle

Posted by: nulaanne at July 12, 2007 06:38 PM (rUXwd)

5 1. Happen :: what will 2. Terribly :: anxious 3. History :: Binns 4. Master :: house elf 5. Petrified :: Neville 6. Moan :: Myrtle 7. Attack :: Voldemort 8. Picture :: Fat Lady 9. Students :: Dumbledore's Army 10. Potter :: Ginny's man

Posted by: sarahk at July 12, 2007 09:48 PM (QLpkT)

6 1. Happen :: Upon 2. Terribly :: Sorry 3. History :: Major 4. Master :: Baiter 5. Petrified :: Wood 6. Moan :: Groan 7. Attack :: Weasel 8. Picture :: Box 9. Students :: Classes 10. Potter :: Harry

Posted by: Jay at July 13, 2007 12:03 PM (WszIH)

7 Interesting what everyone comes up with... posted mine...

Posted by: vw bug at July 13, 2007 12:25 PM (FPOeI)

8 1. Happen::stance 2. Terribly::pock-marked 3. History::teacher 4. Master::carpenter 5. Petrified::fossil 6. Moan::groan 7. Attack::dog 8. Picture::perfect 9. Students::aaahhh! (I'm not ready to go back to teaching yet! 10. Potter::Harry

Posted by: Mrs. Who at July 13, 2007 01:55 PM (9FXen)

Hide Comments | Add Comment

July 09, 2007

Another 10 minute quiz

Name all 43 Presidents. It took me less than 5 minutes, but I would have been done in under 3 if I had remembered who was before old Abe sooner.

It's not super hard, as Presidents with the same last name are entered together when you type in the name. The timer starts when you click the link.

h/t El Capitan

Posted by: caltechgirl at 03:32 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
Post contains 69 words, total size 1 kb.

Don't f*cking ask

Profanity alert!

My dear friend wRitErsbLock wrote something this morning that struck a nerve with me. She writes:

Do not ask people "when are you going to start having children?"
It might just be a very, very sore subject for the couple.
Maybe one wants children while the other does not. Maybe you asking that question will cause the couple to have yet another fight about it later on.
Maybe the couple is unable to conceive and has been trying without success for quite some time. If so, you just helped plunge them back into despair.
Maybe the couple hates children and never plan to have any.
No matter where the couple is at, you are stepping into dangerous water when you ask the question. It's none of your business. And you are running a risk of either angering the couple or upsetting them. So just don't ask.

Very succinct. About the only thing she didn't mention is maybe the couple has medical issues that must be resolved first.....

People really fuck me off when they ask this kind of shit. It may take a village to raise a child, but does the entire village need to know the details of the conception and whether or not the child was wanted, planned, or a complete surprise? Does the whole village need to know why?

It's amazing to me how the most private and significant moments in our lives, and their accordant choices seem to be public fodder: who we marry (or not, as the case may be), whether we parent, and how we parent. People pop out of the woodwork with advice and questions better for weddings and babies than any other event I've ever seen. Every new mom or mom-to-be that I know has been made to feel pathetic for one choice or another with regard to her baby.

And you know what else fucks me over? A lot of these nosy nellies are the same bitches who go around screaming, 'My Body, My Choice" but then they want to censor your right to do the SAME FUCKING THING if your choices don't agree with their holy-anointed-best-for-the-child-best-for-the-world-happy-shiny BS.

AUUUGH. Get over yourselves, people

With regard to WB's post, the real answer is this: You shouldn't have to ask. If you know me well enough to PRESUME to ask such questions, you should already know the answer. So if you're even considering asking those kinds of questions, that should serve as your notice that I don't want you to know.

Posted by: caltechgirl at 01:12 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
Post contains 424 words, total size 3 kb.

1 hugs to you, my dear

Posted by: wRitErsbLock at July 09, 2007 01:17 PM (+MvHD)

2 YES! And even if they already have kids, STILL don't ask. When my son was 18 months, we started on trying to have another (It ended up taking over a year....) Anyway, everyone started asking when we were going to have another RIGHT after I had a miscarriage when we finally got pregnant after 8 months of trying. While we were on vacation. For our anniversary. Let's just say it did NOT HELP AT ALL. Blah. People ask too many personal questions.

Posted by: silvermine at July 09, 2007 02:58 PM (hn7Rm)

3 It may take a village to raise a child, but does the entire village need to know the details of the conception and whether or not the child was wanted, planned, or a complete surprise? No, but I'm sure if you name the kid "Oops" they'll figure it out.

Posted by: Xrlq at July 09, 2007 04:09 PM (JROsA)

4 How true... and since it's been a sore subject for what seems like my entire life I never, ever ask anyone else that sort of question, no matter how well I know them. Unfortunately, many people aren't as sensitive. Or maybe they're just rude. :/

Posted by: pam at July 09, 2007 06:07 PM (l6NIn)

5 I, too, have been harangued quite a bit with these inappropriate you-don't-know-me-well-enough-to-ask sorts of questions. I have always tried to answer them with the non-answer: the shrug, wink, nod. It means nothing, they get nothing from it, and I get to avoid calling them pushy or nosy or things of that sort. No sooner had Bunny Boop arrived than people starting asking about the next one. Now, it is one thing for my OB/GYN and I to discuss it. I'll even allow it as a topic from my mother, albeit grudgingly. But my boss? I don't think so. You are correct that it is a can of worms. It is far better to just be a good friend, polite, and be happy for the couple whatever choices they make or situations that are forced upon them. For the record, I am firmly of the opinion that it damn well doesn't "take a village" to raise a child. It only "takes a village" if you suck as a parent and are abdicating your responsibilities and "the village" has to take up the slack. But that's a whole other angry screed and this is neither the time nor the place.

Posted by: Phoenix at July 10, 2007 06:59 AM (4N2f4)

6 Medical - I'm allergic to children.

Posted by: DirtCrashr at July 10, 2007 02:27 PM (VNM5w)

7 Oh, amen to all of that. Two thoughts: 1. I've been accused of "not caring" just because I didn't care to join in on the speculation or drumbeat of "when are you going to have kids" to couples I know. No, I DO care, but I figure that if they want to tell me, they will. Don't try to goad me into being a blasted gossip or a nosy Nellie. 2. I've threatened in the past to begin asking married couples, "So...you two still having sex?" when people asked me when I was going to "settle down" and get married. Hey - you ask an intrusive question, I get to ask one. Isn't that how the game goes? (People have stopped asking. I don't know whether to take that as a relief, or as an ominous sign.) 3. I wonder how much of the "celebutante" culture (where every hangover, every bad haircut is shown all over the media) is contributing to people getting the idea that no one's private life is really private any more.

Posted by: ricki at July 17, 2007 10:59 AM (O5SYw)

Hide Comments | Add Comment