Taylor Hicks, 29, emerged as the winner in the finale of the TV show on Wednesday night in which 63m votes were cast. It is the biggest single voting night in the five-season history of the show. In the 1984 US presidential election, 54.5 million voters backed Ronald Reagan - the most votes obtained by a president. The GuardianThe Brits wouldn't lie to me, would they?
Saturday, May 27, 2006
So This Is What We Do With Democracy
Sorry, Nevsky. American Idols really do get more votes than American Presidents.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Notes from the Blogosphere
The Notorious ADB gets his satire on with The NSA Has Already Read This Post.
INFP: We know who we are, even if you don't
I may have mentioned before that in a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) class the teacher badgered me a bit about whether or not I was really an INFP since I had tested so close to the F/T (Feeling/Thinking) line and really, so often women who are Ts are socialized to think that they are Fs and shouldn't I consider the possibility that I might be something else?
No.
Eventually she saw the look in my eyes that said any minute I would pull my War Mace +3 against intrusive Extroverts and wandered away.
People at work also have a hard time believing that I'm an Introvert because I'm so freaking friendly and perky and do presentations and meeting facilitation. One ISTP who is also something of an MBTI expert tried to argue me point for point on how I was really an ENFP. We eventually agreed to disagree.
Admittedly, when I read INFP profiles I always feel that they are a bit "off." Sometimes I even question myself. Then I read all of the other profiles and reconfirm that INFP, although not perfect, is the closest to being me.
So tonight I was very excited to find an INFP profile written by INFPs. It is much, much better. One person from the group that drafted it said, "The INFP list has developed our own profile of the INFP personality type, as we were unhappy with the profiles that were already out there on the Web. I personally find the other ones deeply unsatisfying and disturbingly inaccurate in some essential ways." Amen, sister.
No.
Eventually she saw the look in my eyes that said any minute I would pull my War Mace +3 against intrusive Extroverts and wandered away.
People at work also have a hard time believing that I'm an Introvert because I'm so freaking friendly and perky and do presentations and meeting facilitation. One ISTP who is also something of an MBTI expert tried to argue me point for point on how I was really an ENFP. We eventually agreed to disagree.
Admittedly, when I read INFP profiles I always feel that they are a bit "off." Sometimes I even question myself. Then I read all of the other profiles and reconfirm that INFP, although not perfect, is the closest to being me.
So tonight I was very excited to find an INFP profile written by INFPs. It is much, much better. One person from the group that drafted it said, "The INFP list has developed our own profile of the INFP personality type, as we were unhappy with the profiles that were already out there on the Web. I personally find the other ones deeply unsatisfying and disturbingly inaccurate in some essential ways." Amen, sister.
Thursday, May 4, 2006
People - Use the Force
of a mouse-click to follow this link
Star Wars Weekends.
You know you want it.
Update: I didn't mention that we went in 2005 and it totally rocked. Even lining up at 7am with all of the other goofballs is fun. (You spend the couple of hours before the gates open trying to figure out where you fall in the geek spectrum.) We're not going to make 2006 but we will DEFINTELY be there for 2007 with all of our closest, geekiest friends.
Click it, you will. Yes, click it you will.
You know you want it.
Update: I didn't mention that we went in 2005 and it totally rocked. Even lining up at 7am with all of the other goofballs is fun. (You spend the couple of hours before the gates open trying to figure out where you fall in the geek spectrum.) We're not going to make 2006 but we will DEFINTELY be there for 2007 with all of our closest, geekiest friends.
Click it, you will. Yes, click it you will.
Monday, May 1, 2006
Immigration Day
In Chicago, illegal immigrants from Ireland and Poland marched alongside Hispanics as office workers on lunch breaks clapped. ~ API'm fourth generation American on my father's side, with family coming over from Ireland in the late 1800s. As such, I'm mostly Irish with plenty of other stuff peppered in (German, English, a touch of Norge, and the rumor of some Native American on my paternal grandmother's side).
How about you?
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