(half shark/alligator, half man)

surfacing momentarily to announce...

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:25:47 GMT

LJ no longer interesting to me.

Must have BLOG now.

is http://www.pjkillian.com/blog/

I am Lugash!

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:41:28 GMT

The Everything Test

There are many different types of tests on the internet today. Personality tests, purity tests, stereotype tests, political tests. But now, there is one test to rule them all.

Traditionally, online tests would ask certain questions about your musical tastes or clothing for a stereotype, your experiences for a purity test, or deep questions for a personality test.We're turning that upside down - all the questions affect all the results, and we've got some innovative results too! Enjoy :-)

Personality

You are more emotional than logical, more concerned about others than concerned about self, more atheist than religious, more dependent than loner, more lazy than workaholic, more rebel than traditional, more artistic mind than engineering mind, more cynical than idealist, more leader than follower, and more introverted than extroverted.

As for specific personality traits, you are innovative (93%), intellectual (93%), romantic (86%), adventurous (75%).

Stereotypes
Emo Kid	89%
Old Geezer	83%
Punk Rock	80%

Life Experience
Sex	35%
Substances	19%
Travel	41%

Politics
Your political views would best be described as Liberal, whom you agree with around 79% of the time.

Socioeconomic
Your attitude toward life best associates you with Working Class. You make more than 56% of those who have taken this test, and 56% less than the U.S. average.

If your life was a movie, it would be rated PG-13.
By the way, your hottness rank is 48%, hotter than 12% of other test takers.

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Thu, 10 May 2007 15:09:50 GMT

Those of you whose Monday commutes on the Dan Ryan were interrupted by the aftereffects of some light Ragnarok near 34th Street, you now have your answer...

(That's me. Really.)

chicago bound

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:53:24 GMT

i will be in chicago from sunday the 6th to tuesday the 8th, so if any friends list denizens want to get together for some good fellowship, drop me a line.

repent, bitches.

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:52:18 GMT

You know the Bible 97%!

Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic!

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one two three four FIF

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:24:57 GMT

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:22:48 GMT

one MEELION dollars

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:31:45 GMT

Look for my new book this fall:

The Eight Spiritual Secrets of AWESOMENESS "French Women" Don't Want You To Know About

when pc's collide

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:45:19 GMT

A question for the panel:

If someone wishes his generalized non-sectarian audience a "Blessed Eid" as part of the litany of greetings offered this time of year, is this More Sensitive and therefore good because it is inclusive of Muslims or Less Sensative and therefore bad because Eid was like two months ago this year and has no connection to the various solstice holidays?

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:40:06 GMT

Apparently everyone's heard of this except me. Well, it's good.

also: a date with your family.

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:23:31 GMT

johnny at the fair

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:10:40 GMT

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:23:58 GMT

w00t.

for those who don't read my flist...

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:24:28 GMT

You NEED this.

That is all.

two questions that occured to me upon strolling through lechmere mall, 11 nov 2006.

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:48:20 GMT

1) When did we, as a culture, decide that the only appropriate vehicle for transporting babies was a stroller roughly the size and weight of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle?

(Upon hearing, for the second time in a single expedition, Rod Stewart's worse-than-it-sounds-on-paper cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Have You Ever Seen The Rain"): 2) Who greenlighted this shit?

and now my final thought:

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:28:24 GMT

(Thank you and good night.)

upon wandering through cnn results:

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:16:55 GMT

Holy shit, is a gay-marriage ban losing in Arizona of all places?

confidental to sn:

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:13:55 GMT

+21? Sucker.

insomniac poli-junkie reporting for duty.

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:09:42 GMT

As of right now, the Dems have gained 20 seats. (Technically 21, but the 21st is Bernie Sanders' seat, and he caucused with the Ds, so it's not much of a win.)

To get to 30, they need ten more pickups. Looking over CNN:

McNerney might just squeak one out over the odious Pombo in CA-11.
Someone named Perlmutter is winning big early in CO-07.
CT-02 is a nailbiter.
Depending on the demos of the counties not yet counted, Shays might not be out of the woods yet in CT-04.
I think Duckworth might yet pull it out in IL-06 -- she's behind, but they've counted a lot more DuPage precincts than Cook precincts, and Cook County is where the magic happens for the Blue Team.
An incumbent R appears to be losing in MN-01 -- only 70% in so far, though.
Madrid and Wilson are neck and neck in NM-01.
Wulsin has suddenly gotten close in OH-02, which would be sweet -- Jean Schmidt is a piece of shit.
Lampson looks like winning DeLay's old district but CNN ain't calling it for some reason.
And the good guys appear to be winning WYOMING, of all places.

There's more, too -- it's going to take some good luck and good vibes, but I expect that we'll get damn close to making me look like a prophet. Looks like Webb may just hang on in VA, too. If they're serious about most of the remaining votes in MO being in Kansas City and St. Louis -- well, I don't want to count chickens, but I think we're looking at a minimum 5 seat gain in the Upper House, possibly 6.

Bottom line: this is a fuckin' massacre. The Republicans could have done a bit worse, but not much. Upstate NY, rural CT, New Hampshire, suburban and rural PA are all turning against the Republicans. There's been some good luck -- various Republican worthies slapping/choking/threatening wives, mistresses, and libertarians in wheelchairs, not to mention the honorable Mr. Foley -- but the Red Team had some good luck too -- some serious coin-flip elections that bounced the Way Of The Elephant. A war waged as an election backdrop and botched at nearly every step of the way has finally and definitively bit its engineers on the ass. Pity, to say the least, that thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis had to die along the way to this point, and thousands more to come, no doubt, but the first step to fixing your fuckups is, always, to stop fucking up.

That's what tonight means, in the grand scheme of things.

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:48:10 GMT

Yeesh, if both New Hampshire House seats flip to the Blue Team, my prediction of a 30-seat pickup is going to start looking really good...

super karate monkey death car.

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:33:44 GMT

election predictions.

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:05:59 GMT

For ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY -- the proprietors of this blog do not condone gambling.

I think that PA and, increasingly, OH seem to be in the bag. RI is trickier because the Dems are trying to unseat a well-liked incumbent with a not-undeserved rep for moderation, but I think that in the end they will decide that Whitehouse is OK and take one last opportunity to shiv George W. Bush, who is, how you say, not popular up here in New England.

So there's three.

The other close races?

VA has been too slippery to pin down in the polls, but I think that Allen has made himself to look like enough of an idiot, and Webb has appeared competent enough, that there's going to be some serious anti-Republican electoral Ragnarok in the DC suburbs, plus a fair percentage of military types in the Norfolk region. Decent turnout in the black community could push this over the top.

MO is just too close to call and has been pretty much since the jump. In close races of late, my hypothesis is Tie Goes To The Republicans (better get-out-the-vote people, and better dirty tricks), but this one's really a coin flip.

MT is being hyped as another close one, but I ain't buying it. In Montana, the Democrat has consistently led the incumbent Republican in every poll. In, as I said, Montana. I think the D's pull this one out with a couple percentage points to spare.

TN is the mirror image of MT -- Ford's kept it close but never really looked like winning the damn thing. I think that the effect of the racist appeal in the much-discussed TV ads are going to be wildly overstated (how many lizard-brain racists were planning to vote for Democrats before these ads?) -- in truth, what has kept this race close, in large part, is an inordinate degree of media attention on Ford because he's an appealing subject for journalists. (He's black! But he's a conservative! But he's a Democrat! Also, young, handsomeish by politician standards, etc.)

NJ is supposed to be in play, but I remember it supposedly being razor-thin two years ago only to end up being a solid win for Kerry. I think the D's hold it in the end.

MD is closer than it should be, with a singularly unelectrifying Democrat against a surprisingly fiesty Republican, but I do think that the blue team will pull it out.

So you have a Senate that's 50R-48D-2I with both independents supposedly caucusing with the Dems. I'd like to see more, but that's a pretty good result. I'd love to see that last win for the Dems. Maybe Missouri falls our way, but I wouldn't bet on it.

In the house, my semi-educated guess is a pickup of 30 seats for the Dems, which would be a result that makes me unambiguously happy.

just asking.

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:00:15 GMT

So, how long before we start getting URGENT MESSAGE THE COURTESY OF A REPLY IS REQUESTED messages from the widow of Saddam Hussein?

dear valparaiso university law school:

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:29:44 GMT

You might consider, the next time you create a brochure, putting the pretty building on the cover. The building that you put there looks like a Senior Recreation Center in Downers Grove, and although I like duplicate bridge far more than most of my peers, I have to say that it doesn't really scream "where I want to be for the next three years."

Unless that is the pretty building, in which case I would strongly advise you to rent one. (Or put a gauzy picture of an implausibly multi-racial group of people in sweatshirts pointing at a Civ Pro book, or something.)

further pythonblogging

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:32:13 GMT