Drive-Bys

The Chicago Tribune is having a cool contest that costs nothing to enter... and you get to pick your own prize from 25 different lots. (My personal fave is the the National Writers Workshop book bag containing The Acrapulator's Guide.) Looks like a blast!
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I like Gmail for the most part, and mostly just ignore the ads. However... the ads that appear are somehow tied to the content of your sent and received emails. I'm still scratching my head over how I ended up with an ad for "man bikini." Uck. I'm blaming it on my daily dozen or so emails from Catfish.
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Blame this on Barry (the Pr*ck!):

Busy Body- ENFJ 60% Extraversion, 53% Intuition, 43% Thinking, 66% Judging

You manipulative busybody! You're what some might call the "backseat driver" of life. You know, the one who knows exactly what everyone else is doing wrong and how they should go about fixing it. You're always trying to change everyone else. The strange thing is, you can generally get whoever you want, to do whatever you want. What's that? You want me to stop insulting you...well, alright...but only because you asked so nic...WAIT A MINUTE! Stop sticking your cumbersome nose where it aint't wanted. You're like an oversized sniffer dog, trained to sniff out everyone else's problems, yet oblivious to your own. For one you worry excessively. The fact that you're also incredibly sensitive to criticism probably has you on the verge of tears right now. Get a grip. You have powers of manipulation unlike any other. You know all the gossip and you know how to ultimately use it as blackmailing material. You could potentially be the ultimate evil villain... if not for the fact you choose to use all of your powers for good, rather than evil. How honourable. How admirable and praiseworthy. How pathetic. While you're helping others out and pushing them into the limelight, you're left in the background to inhale the dirty smoke of their success. Nice one. ***************** If you want to learn more about your personality type in a slightly less negative way, check out this. ***************** The other personality types are as follows... Loner - Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving Pushover - Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging Criminal - Introverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving Borefest - Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging Almost Perfect - Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving Freak - Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging Loser - Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving Crackpot - Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging Clown - Extraverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving Sap - Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judging Commander - Extraverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving Do Gooder - Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging Scumbag - Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving Prick - Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving Dictator - Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on Extraversion You scored higher than 99% on Intuition You scored higher than 99% on Thinking You scored higher than 99% on Judging

Link: The Brutally Honest Personality Test written by UltimateMaster on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

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Old Crankypants always said cat people are crazy. But this isn't the craziest thing I've ever seen a cat person do. Nope. That would be watching someone pluck their Persian's eyelashes. And the stupid cat let her do it, too.
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Thanks, Rave!

Your Vocabulary Score: A

Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary! You must be quite an erudite person.

How's Your Vocabulary?

I'd have been ashamed to get anything less.
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Pet's Garden is hosting the 147th edition of the Carnival of the Cats. She had a boatload of entries, and has done a lovely, lovely job of tying them all together. Go see!