What The Hell Am I Doing Here?
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Thursday, March 31, 2005
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That's right, more quizitude!
| You scored as atheism. You are... an atheist, though you probably already knew this. Also, you probably have several people praying daily for your soul.
Instead of simply being "nonreligious," atheists strongly believe in the lack of existence of a higher being, or God.
atheism | | 75% | Satanism | | 71% | Buddhism | | 71% | Paganism | | 63% | Islam | | 58% | agnosticism | | 58% | Christianity | | 29% | Judaism | | 21% | Hinduism | | 17% |
Which religion is the right one for you? (new version)
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I'm an Evangelical Christian's worst nightmare!!! Hooray!
10:45:52 AM 
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Dept. of Quizitude
You're Prufrock and Other Observations!
by T.S. Eliot
Though you are very short and often overshadowed, your voice is poetic
and lyrical. Dark and brooding, you see the world as a hopeless effort of people trying
to impress other people. Though you make reference to almost everything, you've really
heard enough about Michelangelo. You measure out your life with coffee spoons.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
1:38:01 AM
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005
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Dept. of Arts
 Just a reminder to folks that I'm a musician and that I've got some boss tunes you can get right here on the ol' internets.
"Mystery Turtle"
Processed guitars, not so processed guitars and vocals by Maggie Osterberg along with a Jampack drum machine loop.
"'Mystery Turtle' in particular kicks so much ass that its feet must smell like donkeybutt."- Austin Swindburn
"Paging Billy Reid"
Surf-A-Licious pop ode to British Columbia's master of the pop song!
"Clapping Man"
The first song recorded with my new acoustic guitar. It's just me, multitracked, and my Rainsong guitar, doubled. Thanks to my SM58.
All links open QT Stream pages. For downloads, see my music page link below.
Maggie Osterberg Music
4:54:33 PM
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Dept. of Quizzitude
No use trying to fight it, you're an eight-sided die, a d8. A fine example of simple elegance, the d8 is one of the least appreciated types of dice, and is often neglected. You are known to be quiet and shy, outward traits that conceal viscous sarcasm and mean wit. You are very smart, yet wise enough to hide your intelligence the quicker they found out how smart you are, the sooner they'll put you to work, which is something you can do without. People call you dark and pessimistic, or moody and cynical. You find little point in arguing.
Take the quiz at dicepool.com
1:47:53 PM
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
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Dept. of Truth Teling
 The sign in the center says it all.
You can now add Jesse Jackson to the shortlist on the sign. Oy.
Click the photo to make it BiG, like Jesse's ego.
10:41:27 PM
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Monday, March 28, 2005
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Cool space beans, Batman!
Black market Soviet space program detritus. Cory Doctorow:
Russia's flea markets and online auction sites teem with stolen detritus of the Soviet space pragram. Wired has a good article with interviews with the dealers and buyers. The look and feel of commie space junque is completely awesome: there's a Russian science fiction publisher that finances its trips to American conventions by selling off thousands of kitschy Soviet space pins and memorabilia, stuff with the design feel of a Gernsback-era flying wing or phallic rocket-bomb. I can totally see how the actual detritus from the actual program would pose a nearly inescapable lure to a certain species of craphound.
I'm talking to a vendor named Vladimir, who, to protect himself from the bitter cold, has put on a pair of orange space gloves, which he swears belonged to Gagarin, and a bubble-shaped space helmet. A $2,000 price tag hangs off his right pinkie, and a $1,000 marker dangles from the helmet. Eager to make a sale, Vladimir lifts the face shield, revealing a set of bulging eyes and a two-day beard. "So," he says, speaking English with a heavy Russian accent to a tourist snapping a photo, "you wanna be a spaceman?"
Vladimir's stall is among hundreds that line Izmailovo's muddy pathways like a set of crooked teeth. Vendors hawk everything from pirated DVDs to antique rifles, just like any weekend market in the US. But Izmailovo's proximity to the famed cosmonaut training ground Star City - 90 minutes away by pothole-riddled streets - makes this bazaar unique. There are dozens of vendors peddling the same kind of wares as Vladimir. With a hand-rolled cigarette dangling from his mouth, he shows off artifacts that would be right at home in a museum clearance sale - an $800 leather headset, a $1,000 heat-resistant jumper with a Russian flag on the sleeve, and his prize, a $40,000 space suit from a 1971 Soyuz spacecraft.
Link
[Boing Boing]
3:44:45 PM
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A large catfish with a child's basketball stuck in its mouth was spotted swimming in a pond in Wichita. The photos here show how it was saved by a man who cut the ball and pulled it from the catfish's mouth.
