List of the top 110 banned books. Bold the ones you've read. Italicize the ones you've read part of. Underline the ones you specifically want to read (at least some of). Read more. Convince others to read some.

#1 The Bible
#2 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
#3 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
#4 The Koran
#5 Arabian Nights
#6 Tom Sawyer by Mark ( Read more... )

As a linguist I'm not so sure I agree with these distinctions (or how they differentiated between them), but here goes nothing:
Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern 0% Yankee
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

If you're really interested in variants of American ( Read more... )

Hey, Champaigners and Urbanites! I'll be down in Chambana Friday through Sunday. Want to watch the game with me and Esther on Saturday? Give a shout out.

I am worth $1,647,060.00 on HumanForSale.com

We all know how much I love taking quizzes, so when I saw this quiz on lespetitspois's  page I just had to take it.  Plus, I'm bored at work, and what better way to waste time than taking a quiz?

eXpressive: 8/10
Practical: 4/10
Physical: 4/10
Giver: 4/10 < BR>

You are a XSIT--Expressive Sentimental Intellectual Taker. This makes you a Hellcat.

Yowza, you are ( Read more... )

1.What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Tried Ethiopian, Danish and Nigerian food; voted Libertarian; was truly depressed for a few months in the spring.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any last year, but this year I've resolved to:
~get a real job
~get my future in ( Read more... )

Several weeks ago I was the only shiksa goddess at a Hannukah party thrown by all the young Jewish clubs in Chicago. Yes, I'm in tune with my Jewish side! Whatever the hell that means.


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Oh, that sexy picture--if only hipsters were like that in real life. Went to the infamous Rainbo Club last week, that mecca of hipster-dom, that den of hipster infamy. Meat market it might have been, were I not with a gorgeous head-to-toe-Arden-B-clad friend and me without my black hipster glasses. And Amelie-style bob. And vintage clothes. ( Read more... )

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