2008 first sentences meme: post the first sentences of the first post from each month of the last year.

The NYTimes has an article about a controlled study of how parenting might impact autism rates in high-risk kids. I might find out. To get Jackson to sleep at night, I often sing to him. We bought a house today. We move over the next two days. My parents are on a boat near Australia right now, and have no access to the internet or television or newspapers. Jackson has a cute little doggy.

Seymour Hersh reports that Cheney and friends considered faking an attack from Iran as a pretext for war. I'm off to fabulous Park City, Utah, for the rest of the week. Obama now has his own satellite channel. Yesterday we went to a lovely wedding in Sausalito. We're having a couple of murals painted on some outside walls we have, next to the stairs down to the basement.

Surprisingly little poker content.

Here's a positions quiz, so you can see how you match up with the various presidential candidates. It's better quality than the ones I've seen before, but it's a bit annoying that they don't provide html for blogging purposes.

I knew I liked Obama. But Kucinich at #2? I suppose there was no question about being visited by UFOs. Salon pointed out a few days ago that Kucinich's ideas actually match up well with Democrat primary voters. No getting around that he's a nutjob, though.

Bloomberg third. Too bad he won't actually run. I really like him.

Stephen Colbert last, which is a good sign, since he takes positions in order to lampoon them.

And, as always, there's always a disconnect between what candidates *say* they will do, and what they *actually* do. Nonetheless, go Obama!

	1.	Theoretical Ideal Candidate   (100%)
	2.	Barack Obama   (79%)
	3.	Dennis Kucinich   (76%)
	4.	Michael Bloomberg (says he will not run)   (75%)
	5.	Christopher Dodd   (74%)
	6.	Joseph Biden   (72%)
	7.	Hillary Clinton   (72%)
	8.	Al Gore (not announced)   (70%)
	9.	Wesley Clark (not running, endorsed Clinton)   (69%)
	10.	Bill Richardson   (67%)
	11.	John Edwards   (65%)
	12.	Alan Augustson (campaign suspended)   (62%)
	13.	Kent McManigal (campaign suspended)   (59%)
	14.	Mike Gravel   (59%)
	15.	Ron Paul   (54%)
	16.	Rudolph Giuliani   (41%)
	17.	John McCain   (38%)
	18.	Chuck Hagel (not running)   (35%)
	19.	Mitt Romney   (35%)
	20.	Mike Huckabee   (34%)
	21.	Elaine Brown   (33%)
	22.	Alan Keyes   (31%)
	23.	Tommy Thompson (withdrawn, endorsed Giuliani)   (27%)
	24.	Newt Gingrich (says he will not run)   (27%)
	25.	Sam Brownback (withdrawn, endorsed McCain)   (25%)
	26.	Fred Thompson   (23%)
	27.	Tom Tancredo   (21%)
	28.	Duncan Hunter   (17%)
	29.	Jim Gilmore (withdrawn)   (13%)
	30.	Stephen Colbert (campaign ended)   (12%)

Problems so far:

• The packers failed to pack everything (and broke at least one thing), so we had to do some last minute packing to get it all done
  
• The movers miscalculated how much time/space they needed, so they are taking two days instead of one
  
• The cable installer couldn't get the cable installed, so no internet access
  
• AT&T's phone system is so awful I spent 40 minutes on it, got transferred three times, and never spoke to the right person to get a phone line+dsl installed. It was so frustrating I decided I'd actually prefer Comcast
  
• My backup net access plan, Google free wifi, sucks in our house and is barely usable
  

So... not so good so far.

I did come into work for a couple of hours today, before I head back into the breach. So I'll also be a sheep:

From sabyl, an excellent implementation of the Myers-Briggs test. I've long known I was NTP, though I seem to vary from borderline E to borderline I depending on the day. In the parlance of this particular test, I apparently vary from prick to loser. Nice.

Prick- ENTP 53% Extraversion, 66% Intuition, 73% Thinking, 33% Judging

People love to hate you, because you love to argue. The strange thing is you probably took that as a compliment. Why, I bet you've already got a witty comeback all lined up ready to throw right back at me. What you don't realise is that your inane obsession with debating pisses everyone off. Whatever happened to us all trying to get alone? I mean, you're so annoying people disagree with you for the damn sake of it! NOBODY cares about your abundant opinions. Trust me. Believe it or not, but there's more to life than your expansive knowledge and sharp repertoire. When was the last time you showered? Brushed your teeth? While you're up in Nevernever land, getting excited over future possibilities and your crazy theories, WE have to put up with your awful stench. I can smell you from here. Your personality is ideal for that of a future lawyer and because everyone already hates you, you have nothing to lose. ***************** 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 Busybody - Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging Dictator - Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

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

Jumping on the bandwagon...

You are a Social Liberal (80% permissive) and an... Economic Conservative (60% permissive) You are best described as a: Democrat Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid Free Online Dating

In honor of today being national Talk Like a Pirate Day (thanks evwhore!), I took a pirate personality test:

You are The Cap'n!

Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some slit the throats of any man that stands between them and the mantle of power. You never met a man you couldn't eviscerate. Not that mindless violence is the only avenue open to you - but why take an avenue when you have complete freeway access? You are the definitive Man of Action. You are James Bond in a blousy shirt and drawstring-fly pants. Your swash was buckled long ago and you have never been so sure of anything in your life as in your ability to bend everyone to your will. You will call anyone out and cut off their head if they show any sign of taking you on or backing down. You cannot be saddled with tedious underlings, but if one of your lieutenants shows an overly developed sense of ambition he may find more suitable accommodations in Davy Jones' locker. That is, of course, IF you notice him. You tend to be self absorbed - a weakness that may keep you from seeing enemies where they are and imagining them where they are not.

What's Yer Inner Pirate?
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