As Tom has pointed out, November is NaBloPoMo. I am planning on participating, but do not worry! I plan on generating no more content than I do any month, I will just post more random drivel that no one cares about.
Now, given that I am such a poor blogger, one might ask, why am I doing this. It is simple. I hope to win an “I Fuck Like a Girl” t-shirt. I will wear this shirt proudly to public functions. When my wife gets irritated with it (i.e. immediately) I will point our that “I got it from MightyGirl!”
I have just gotten done making my first YouTube video. It is of Stuart making cute little noises to try and convince me not to feed him to the wolves. It worked.
I just rediscovered my favorite place to watch election polling data. This guy, while leaning left, is a scientist first. He gives you all the data he uses to draw his conclusions, and all of the algorithms. Check him out!
We managed to find the costume again. The store Costume Craze had it in stock and in the right size! w007! I waited to tell you all till we got the shipping notification.
So, there is a new company on my list of “people who need a good smacking.” The previously mentioned costume was ordered from Halloween Costumes 4 U, may the lord smite them and remove them from the earth. This company waited for a week and a half to tell us this:
From: customerservice@wildsyde.com
Subject: Order#760616 cancelled NORTON
Date: October 17, 2006 6:16:34 PM PDT
To: us
Dear Johanna E Norton,
We thank you for ordering from our site, however, the merchandise that you ordered is not available at this time. Therefore, we have cancelled your order with no charges having been made to your credit card.
The merchandise was not available in our warehouse in the size requested, so we tried to order it from the manufacturer for you. Upon arrival of a shipment today we were informed that the item is on backorder with no firm date of availability. If you'd still like to purchase the item please place a new order for it at a later date.
We are sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused you. We regret that we were not able to fill your order at this time and hope we can be of service to you in the future.
Great. Joh and I now have a week and a half to find a costume for Tory that she likes and that won’t put us into hock. So, for all you spammers, please deluge customerservice@wildsyde.com.
A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.
The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the “dork.” No-longer. Being smart isn’t as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.
Congratulations!
Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you’re interested in any of the following:
Once again, Washington is in the news because they can’t figure out how to make a primary that doesn’t suck. This puts them significantly closer to the truth of the matter than other states. The truth is:
Primaries Suck!
You heard it here first, folks. Now, the next question: Why do they suck? They are an “election” where parties pick a candidate who best represents them to run in the election. It is a democratic election, but without all the democracy and electing. So then, why do we have them? Because we are stuck in a country where plurality elections are the norm. Folks, plurality is the best possible voting system, excepting all others (Apologies to Mr. Churchill).
Now, this is not news. The romans knew it. They used Borda counts in the senate around 105 AD. And it does not really make a difference what method we do use. Pick something better than plurality, then dump the primaries. “How will we pick a candidate?” whine the parties. I. Do. Not. Care. Pick whomever you want. Hell, run them all, as far as I care. But I will tell you this: I am sick and tired of America paying for their parties to pick hacks who do not represent America.
