I’m sure I’m the last person on the internet to take this test, but here it goes:

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

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Click here. You know you want to.

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It seems that claims of being “allergic” or overly-sensitive to electricity are on the rise. While the condition isn’t completely accepted by the medical and scientific communities, there are at least a few official sounding Canadians who are taking it seriously. How do you know if you’ve got it?

Symptoms of electrical sensitivity include the joint pain Mr. Byrne experienced, but also a bewildering array of other common problems most everyone feels at one time or another, such as fatigue, headaches, poor sleep quality with frequent wakefulness, ringing in the ears, depression, difficulty remembering things, and skin rashes. The list of symptoms has created speculation that some cases of sick building syndrome, where people working in buildings complain of nausea and headaches, might be due to electrical sensitivities.

In all actuality, the idea of the vast array of electrical fields surrounding us in our daily lives causing us illness makes complete sense to me. That the body has a weak, but consistent electro-magnetic field is well documented and I, along with centuries of accupuncturists, believe that all illness is a result of disruptions in that field. Then again, I sit in a room full of computers all day.

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Stolen from Boing Boing

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You never hear anyone complaining about the lack of hispanics in professional basketball. I’m just saying.

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I think it speaks for itself.

Thanks, Chip

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From The Internets.

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puff the magic dragon = view at your own risk

(compliments of ?)

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…like a cigarette should. Just ask Fred and Barney???

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For your consideration: Woman loses custody of child due to Subgenius affiliation. This is an amusing, if not disturbing read. I mean, the Church of the Subgenius? As a target? REALLY?

No offense, etc, but Catholics Suck. Jeeeeeeeeez.

(Courtesy of Boingboing.net. Thanks!)

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Oops. Sorry. Wrong picture. But look how nice it is!

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Celebrities playing table tennis. Of course.

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I’ve spent the last several days looking at house plans, but now that I’ve found this, I think my searching is done.

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I’m thinking about buying a piece of property (and maybe even a house) and I want to research it. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to go about doing that. Does anyone have any experience with public records research? Is that stuff available online, or do you actually have to go down to the court house? Which records do you search? I know that you can find the tax-appraised value of any property in the county at this site, but I’m looking for something more extensive than that. Any suggestions?

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36 years and still kicking. It’s good to see that your obsessions with Ireland, Keanu Reeves, and obscure 80s pop culture haven’t diminished over time.

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Someone better warn Madonna that pretending to be English is no longer hip and cool.

UK suffers from ‘plastic paddy syndrome’
14/03/2006 - 18:41:07

A third of people living across the United Kingdom suffer from “plastic paddy syndrome.”

Irish is the number one wannabe nationality, with new evidence revealing many claim Irish connections – including having Irish ancestors “somewhere,” “knowing someone Irish,” and simply “wanting to be Irish.”

It’s customary for people to say that they are Irish on St. Paddy’s day so they can get kissed (and piss-ass drunk). The Irish don’t mind this, as long as everyone gets a pint of Guinness. Only three days away!

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So I was hanging out with some friends on Friday night when we see a dozen cops chasing some guy who was running on flats down First Street. Quite exciting overall! Maybe some other Athenians heard all the ruckus and sirens and everything. Anyways here’s the whole story from the ABH Blotter:

Drug suspect leads police on chase

An alleged drug trafficker led police on a chase through North and East Athens Friday after he ran through a roadblock on the Athens Perimeter.
Police stopped a green Ford Explorer at a seatbelt checkpoint at the Old Hull Road exit of the perimeter and saw drugs in the vehicle, according to a police report.
The Explorer, driven by Billy Bonis Hubbard, 41, of Woodridge Circle sped off before police had a chance to arrest Hubbard, nearly running over one officer, the report said.
“Stop sticks” laid down by police popped one of Hubbard’s tires on Cleveland Avenue, then another on Cone Drive. When the second tire popped, the Explorer crashed into a tree.

Hubbard, who is partially paralyzed due to a stroke, was not seriously hurt in the wreck, and refused medical treatment, police said.
In the Explorer, police found more than a pound of marijuana, 22 grams of crack cocaine, 16 grams of powdered cocaine, two bottles of prescription pills, $1,620 in cash, digital scales and plastic baggies, the report said. Hubbard told police he threw a bag of cocaine out the window on Chase Street, but police couldn’t find it.
Hubbard was charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to distribute, drug trafficking, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, obstruction, tampering with evidence, fleeing and several traffic charges.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on 031206

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For decades McDonald’s corporation has been heavily criticized for his negative impact on society and envinronment.
There are inevitably some glitches in our activity: rainforest destruction, livelhood losses in the third world, desertification, precarization of working conditions, food poisoning and so on…

Denying all these well founded accusations would be impossible so we decided to create an online game to explain to young people that this is the price to pay in order to preserve our lifestyle.

We’ll continue on our way, with our well-known determination. Join us and have fun with us!

Ronald McDonald

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Warwick Davis, star of Willow and other films, apparently runs a casting agency for actors of unusual size — under five feet, or over seven feet.

Also, given recent reporting trends around here, it should be noted that he is not, in fact, dead.

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(thanks, Erika)

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That’s what I said after Bill showed me the 1st episode of “The IT Crowd.” The 1st season of 6 episodes has aired in the UK but not the US, so if you’re an American bit torrent this show ASAP. And if you don’t use a torrent program, you’re wasting your high speed connection. And if you don’t have a high speed connection, you should be stealing your neighbor’s wireless connection. This show is worth it. You won’t Adam-and-believe it.

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What’s the word for egomania in Star Trek technobabble?

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Credit to Evil who first told me about this…

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“Last week Tendler finally plucked up the courage to ask the dolphin’s trainer for the mammal’s fin in marriage.

The wedding took place Wednesday, with the bride, wearing a white dress and watched by amazed spectators, walking down the dock to where the groom was waiting in the water.

She kissed him, to the cheers of the spectators and then, after the ceremony was sealed with some mackerels, was tossed into the water so she could swim away with her new husband.

“I’m the happiest girl on earth,” the bride was quoted as saying. “I made a dream come true. And I am not a pervert.”

Sometimes all the snarky commments you can think of pale in comparsion to the un-snarked truth. Link

(via Warren Ellis)

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In his book, State of War, James Risen includes the startling claim that the U.S. actually handed Tehran the blueprints for an atomic bomb in 2000. The CIA scheme was to introduce intentional flaws in the design plans that would delay or derail Iranian work.

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Check out some cool stuff people have made with Legos. Other items include a Volvo made of Legos, a Lego knitting machine, and a Lego I-Pod case.

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DARPA has created a neural implant to enable engineers to remotely manipulate a shark’s brain signals. This would eventually allow them to control the animal’s movements and possibly decode their perceptions.

Coming soon: Sea-bass with mounted lasers

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I’ve got a photography exhibit hanging at the Healing Arts Centre at the corner of Prince and Lyndon and the opening is tomorrow (Saturday 03/04) from 6:30 to 9:30. Here are some details about the show:

Now Showing at the Healing Arts Centre (2/18-3/31)
Opening reception Saturday, March 4th, 6:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Surviving: Images of Life in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka by photographer Shawn Fowler

About the show: A photographic expose of a country ravaged by one of the deadliest disasters in modern history, Surviving presents a personal perspective on the damage wrought by the 2004 Tsunami and the attempts of the survivors to rebuild their lives and regain a sense of normalcy.

Drop by if you get the chance.

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Keith Richards. Sure he’s not actually dead yet, but, at this point, that’s just a technicality.

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(This cliche brought to you by Sheni Fonler)

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DETROIT (Reuters) - Painter Helen Frankenthaler’s landmark abstract work “The Bay” just got a little more abstract — to the dismay of Detroit museum officials.

A 12-year-old boy visiting the Detroit Institute of Arts with his school group on Friday stuck a wad of chewing gum on the painting, which is worth an estimated $1.5 million, the Detroit Free Press said.

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Edgar Allan Poe. When your life is that crappy, you’re probably happy to to still be dead.

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