Got this one from james_nicoll.

I thought it was surprisingly accurate -- accurate enough to post here, which I don't for most of this sort of quiz.

( What My Taste in Art Says About Me )

Here's the list of categories only, for those who don't care about the questions. Thanks again to Tom Galloway. I'll put a few as teasers, then cut:

Tiptree Through the Tulips

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Horror Show

Darth Be Not Proud

Anne Rice-A-Roni: The New Orleans Treat

Spider's From a Writer's Family; He has the Robinson Jeanne
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And here is the post for game 2.
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For those of you who like to play along at home, here are the questions, with answers in ROT13. I'll put the categories in here, but for those who just want to read the category titles, I'll do a separate post for those. Thanks to Tom Galloway for writing these.

This is game 1; I'll do a separate post for game 2.
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The other big trivia contest at Denvention was "Trivia for Chocolate". This was run by Mark Olson, Steven Silver, and a third person whose name has fallen out of my head...it was something like Jim Hall. Anyway, this one was rapid-fire one-liner trivia questions, with correct answers rewarded with Andes Mints. (There were also a bunch of Tim ( Read more... )

To paraphrase mangle Cordwainer Smith:

"I was a fannishfan, and he was Tom Whitmore, a Master of Fandom, but I pitted my wits against him and I won."

Some of you may remember the show Win Ben Stein's Money. Well, Tom Galloway did an SF-trivia version called "Win Tom Galloway's Money". He was supposed to do it at ConJosé, but for various reasons ( Read more... )

I wonder if I was the only person at the Worldcon who kept more normal hours than at home ( Read more... )

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want -- good or bad. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people remember about you. Or, if you don't want to post ( Read more... )

Katie has been stressing out for weeks over qualifying exams. I was never sure exactly what they entailed, and I had faith in her ability to pass any given exam, but her worry was contagious ( Read more... )

As of right now, I want everyone to know of my decision not to emulate Jack Benny. I am not 39...I am 40.