If anyone wants one, let me know via tedraosell AT yahoo DOT com.

this is an absolutely brilliant article about residential segregation and integration, from seattle's stranger. charles mudede is usually fairly interesting, but this is definitely the best thing i've seen by him. the book he's talking about, sheryll cashin's failures of integration, sounds like a must-read ( Read more... )

1. Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly?
2. The Great Gatsby or The Sun Also Rises? (I despise Fitzgerald and love Hemingway. I don't care what you say.)
3. Count Basie or Duke Ellington?
4. Cats or dogs?
5. Matisse or Picasso? (I hestated and almost chose Matisse. But Guernica is one of the most magnificent paintings ever, and if that were all Picasso ( Read more... )

here's an idea--why not volunteer to work at the polls? especially useful if you speak something besides english.

but the picture is pretty:


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for culludgal: mad libs spike fanfic

this quiz has been making the rounds. i think i missed one on the warm-up round, and two on the difficult round, but bombed badly when it came to the user-submitted round. try it and see how you do--it's surprisingly difficult!

fun quizzery here (results below are for personality quiz)

You are an SEDF--Sober Emotional Destructive Follower. This makes you an evil genius. You are extremely focused and difficult to distract from your tasks. With luck, you have learned to channel your energies into improving your intellect, rather than destroying the weak and unsuspecting ( Read more... )

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still on vacation, still not really reading or posting, but i had to take a second to bookmark this link which is extremely apropos and hi-fucking-larious. i thought a few of you might also get a laugh out of it.

dysfunctional family letter generatoractually, this trip has been REMARKABLE w/r/t the whole dysfunctional family thing. collectively ( Read more... )