This doesn't surprise me at all. The only one I'm a bit unsure of is the claim that I'm moderately violent. That's what I get for playing video games...

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to the First Level of Hell - Limbo!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)Very LowLevel 1 - Limbo ( ( Read more... )

Today I drove two hours down to the campus of Colorado State University Pueblo to attend an annual conference devoted entirely writing tutoring. There were representatives from the writing centers of different universities around the state, and different presentations dealing with aspects of writing tutoring ( Read more... )

The fate_envies_us procrastination committee ( strikes again! )

( Question game )

Your results:
You are Dr. Doom
Dr. Doom
40%
Mr. Freeze
36%
Riddler
32%
Magneto
30%
The Joker
29%
Apocalypse
29%
Lex Luthor
27%
Poison Ivy
27%
Dark Phoenix
25%
Green Goblin
20%
Mystique
20%
Catwoman
15%
Juggernaut
12%
Venom
12%
Kingpin
11%
Two-Face
4%

Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity.


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Every year, you can count on folks like newspaper columnists and TV broadcasters to point out the many instances of goodwill and human compassion that the Thanksgiving holiday generates, but what they fail to consider is that the events of Friday after will more than erase whatever good karma is generated on Thursday ( Read more... )

Between my two jobs, preparing my grad school apps (which still aren't done yet- uh oh), and actually trying to have a social life (with a moderate degree of success), I've not had much in the way of time or inclination to share the happenings of my oh so exciting life of the last couple weeks, but I'm feeling the urge to gush about some recent ( Read more... )

Well, this has been quite a mess of an election day. While I personally was able to vote in less than five minutes over at the neighborhood elementary school, there are have been massive problems all over Denver, with waits of over two hours reported at many different voting centers ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago I received a piece of junk mail encouraging me to test drive a new Mercedes SUV. Of course, any dealership would only need one look at me to realize that I'm not capable of actually purchasing a $40,000 vehicle, so it seemed like that much more junk. Thankfully I took a closer look at it, because on top of simple encouragement, it ( Read more... )

I was really hoping that the snow they were predicting for this week would hit the state yesterday, so that I could use my day off today to head up to the mountains for a day of skiing. What did I get instead? The first blizzard of the year, making a mess of the roads and forcing me to postpone my ski trip for another day ( Read more... )