memes
thusspakezuska | December 18, 2006I generally resist doing the meme thing, but I saw this one over at See Jane Compute and I liked the idea of it. It's the year in review, by taking the first sentence of the first blog post of each month. So here goes:
January
I wonder if Executive Creative Director Don Schneider, of BBDO, (my nominee for the award for Stupidest, Most Offensive, Most Hideously Insensitive, and Most Disgusting Human Being) is still able to picture coal miners singing the song 16 Tons "without any negative feelings"?
A post about my anger at General Electric's egregiously stupid sexy coal miner ad and…
retrospectacle | December 5, 2006Not the greatest litmus test, but kinda fun and interesting. I'm more conservative than I thought. I was sure I'd get "Raving Atheist Baby-Eating Level Liberal"........
Your Political Profile:
Overall: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?
terrasig | November 28, 2006With more than half of my life in the South and the West, there's still no taking the Jersey out of the boy:
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Northeast
Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.
Philadelphia
The Inland North
The Midland
The South
Boston
The West
North Central
What American accent do you have?…
retrospectacle | November 28, 2006
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland
"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
The South
Boston
North Central
The Inland North
Philadelphia
The Northeast
What American accent do…
mikethemadbiologist | October 24, 2006Over at Uncertain Principles, Chad writes:
He [Dawkins] rubs me the wrong way when he talks about science (I wish I could find the old post somebody on ScienceBlogs did about the vapidity of the whole "meme" thing), and really gets up my nose when he talks about religion.
I don't know if he's referring to my critique of the meme concept, but I figured it gives me an excuse to resurrect this post about memes from the old site:
I've mentioned in several posts that I can't stand the word meme. I suppose it's time I explain myself. (You can find several definitions of the word meme here). It…
retrospectacle | August 18, 2006I wasn't really tagged per se, but I'm going to participate anyway. :P
The rules: "Go here and look through random quotes until you find 5 that you think reflect who you are or what you believe."
Ok, here's my 5:
We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong.
Sir Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944)
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry or…
retrospectacle | June 26, 2006Abel Pharmboy over at Terra Sigillata (or T-Sig, as I now say) tagged me for a Monday Morning Meme. How can I resist? These things always remind me of the "boy/job/car" games that we girls used to play in middle school.
4 jobs you've had:
1. Waitress at the Olive Garden
2. Surf shop chick (I guess I sold surfboards, but didn't know a thing about them)
3. Photography model
4. Lab technician
4 movies you could watch over & over:
1. Apocalypse Now
2. Being John Malkovich
3. Gone With the Wind
4. Billy Madison
4 places you've lived:
1. Sarasota, Florida
2. Simpsonville, SC
3. Huntsville, AL…
retrospectacle | June 12, 2006Adventures in Science and Ethics suggested a getting to know you meme that looks fun, so here goes.
3 reasons you blog about science
1. To break up the lab day but still look busy
2. To better inform myself about interesting developments in science, and then relay that
3. To interact with other scientists who I may never meet in real life, and share ideas
Point at which you would stop blogging:
If i won the lottery and moved to a paradise isle with no internet access.
1 thing you frequently blog besides science:
Energy issues
4 words that describe your blogging style:
Accessible, Informal,…