Storey Clayton, who I 'knew' from my days on APDA has done it again with his Book Quiz, which he just added in mid-Feb. While not as great as the Country Quiz, this is still good.

You're The Guns of August!

by Barbara Tuchman

Though you're interested in war, what you really want to know is what
causes war. You're out to expose imperialism, militarism, and nationalism for what they
really are. Nevertheless, you're always living in the past and have a hard time dealing
with what's going on today. You're also far more focused on Europe than anywhere else in
the world. A fitting motto for you might be "Guns do kill, but so can
diplomats."


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

This one is good because it's a very closed society of people who will get it:

You're A Theory of Justice!

by John Rawls

In the beginning, you lived in a town. The town had many problems!
Rather than moving, you decided to come up with the idea for the best town ever. Going
all the way back to the original position, you created the idea for the best town ever!
Lo and behold, the best town ever looked almost identical to the town you lived in. You
decided to stay in the town. Now you resent people mistaking your refined thought
experiments for "the wall of stupidity" in high school debate
rounds.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Right now I'm really annoyed by: people who won't grow up. We're all guilty of acting the same way around a certain group of people. For example, I hang out with my high school friends, I act like I did in high school. Yes, it's a little different if you've spent time apart, but if you never have......yea, that's what's scary. Growth many times, takes space, and that's true for friends and family. Get some space from what's comfortable, what you know! Yes, there are exceptions to this rule, but they are very few and I've only met two in my life and many many more who fall under this rule.

Catholic

Today of all days is a good time to talk about being Catholic. Today begins the Lenten season a time of remembering our sins, asking for forgiveness and preparing for the renewal of Easter.

There's been a lot of talk lately in the media about Catholicism. Thanks to anti-Catholic things like the Da Vinci Code and pro-orthodox Catholic things like The Passion of Christ. Today the president of Catholic had an online discussion about the Passion of Christ. I think a great question was asked during and really shows how some people out there think they know, read things like the Da Vinci Code, then ask questions like this:
"Alexandria, Va.: If Jesus was born a Jew when did he become Catholic?"
Yea.
That overall is one of the greatest questions ever.

Hopefully all this talk will spark some debate and discussion and people will learn a little about the Church. The Post has an article about The Passion of Christ and another one about the mystic that Gibson based a lot of his 'details' on.

There is also Opus Dei's response to the Da Vinci Code. And The London Times goes after the Da Vinci Code calling it, "without doubt, the silliest, most inaccurate, ill-informed, stereotype-driven, cloth-eared, cardboard-cutout-populated piece of pulp fiction I have read." And finally, the Post-Gazette reports on the accuracy of the Da Vinci Code.

Candidates

I think it's appropriate that I say something about the coming presidential election, depending on who wins, there could be a lot of apartment vacencies come next January. If you can't find a candidate to back, there's a site to help, it's called PresidentMatch.com. All you have to do is respond to their questions in seven different issue areas, then it tells you which candidate most matches your responses. Hmmmm, I'm torn how I feel about this website, it's good that people can actually pick their candidates on the issues and the candidate's platform on the issues important to them. But then again, it's kinda scary that americans need a website that averages the best candidate for them.