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I Live in Road-I'-lin

Every place has it's uniqueness.

For instance, when living in Maine I learned that:

* You cayin't get theyah from heyah (spoken very slowly).

* If you weren't born in Maine, you'll NEVER be from Maine.

* Be careful when you ask for directions. You'll likely get something like this: "...then turn at the big tree..."

* there are 3 seasons in Maine: WINTER, Mud Season (also called black fly Season) and Summer (but you can't really count Summer, because it only lasts 1 week long).

* In Winter, you might actually have to pay someone to shovel snow off your roof.

Now that I live in a place spelled "Rhode Island" I have begun learning the uniqueness of my new home. So far, I've learned that:

* Spelling doesn't matter, it's pronounced "Road-I'-lin" (said quickly, with a heavy accent on the I).

* You've heard of 6 degrees of separation? In RI, it's only 2 degrees; everyone either knows each other or they are related. It's a small state after all.

* They don't really like to put road signs on the cross roads. It's okay to know what road you're on, but the road you want to turn on is a carefully guarded secret. After all, you should know where you're going.

* Be careful when you ask for directions. You'll likely get something like this: "...then turn where the old Armory used to be..." If that's confusing to you, check the point above- you should know where you're going.

* People born in RI don't like to travel far- and that means anyplace over 15 minutes (I'm serious).

* It's a law that every block HAS to have a Dunkin' Donuts on it.

I'm SURE there are more, but this is my list so far. I'll keep you updated as I'm indoctrinated. You gotta love this place. I do!

The Cool Test

Okay, having had my last blog "quiz" kinda blown outta the water immediately (thanx Travis), I figure I should now drop this one on my unsuspecting readers.

This test is based on how cool you were in High School- how many friends you had, what crowd you ran with, etc. It's scientifically documented as very accurate. Once you take the test, you may want to have your friends take it as well to see if they've changed any.

So, to see if you are STILL a cool person:

Cooltest

So how did you score? Any change?

A Question for You

Okay, who knows this one?

What is the Musician's Theory of Relativity?

If no one answers correctly, I'll leave the answer in the comments in a few days, so check back.

Your True Self Revealed

I'm big on personality/gifting tests (inventories) and the like. Over the years I've collected and taken dozens. I usually encourage others to do the same, because knowing who you are and how you operate is helpful in a variety of ways.

I just found another interesting personality test called Personal DNA. Click to go to their homepage and take the test yourself.

My Personal DNA Report I am a Considerate Inventor.

If you know me, check it out and let me know what you think of the results. Are they accurate? Have they captured me well or not? Maybe I'll let you know what I think about it later.

The Caveman's Crib

Any of you who have seen the Geico "Caveman" ads, will really enjoy this new website they have put up. It's the Caveman's Crib (Click here to go there).

Once you enter the apartment, you can click on things and tour his house. Click on his books in the book case and see what he reads. If you go in the bathroom don't forget to click on the toilet handle.

This is an interesting site- not difficult at all to figure out. In fact, it's so easy a caveman could do it!

lala

lala.com is an interesting new web site I have found. If you like music and like to buy CDs you will know it can get very expensive! Wouldn't it be nice if there was a site where you could just trade CDs with other people?

There is! it's called lala (.com). Click on the link above or the picture and you'll be taken to their home page. Click around on that page and you'll find all the info you will need to understand what they're all about and how you can become a member.

I'm a newbie there, but already I've gotten 3 new CDs (each for a grand total of $1.75 including postage) and sent 4 of my unwanted CDs (absolutely free to send CDs). I've gotten Great River Road by Jason Upton; Risk, by Ten Shekel Shirt; and Carnaval, by Wynton Marsalis. A Canadian Brass Christmas is in the mail too.

Here's the scoop. When you join, you start entering CDs you WANT and CDs you HAVE to sell. Probably by the time you finished entering what you want, you will get a notice that one of them is being sent to you!

lala will then send you a mailing kit (wait until you get your kit before you send anything!). When someone wants what you have to offer, you will get a notice. You respond to that notice with a click. When your mailing kit arrives, you take your CD out of it's case with the booklet and any other art (back of the CD). Put the CD in the plastic mailer, slide the cover art in with it, seal the postage-paid envelope that was provided.

The mailing envelope has a number on it. You go to the site, click on the send notice and enter the envelope number. You will then get the address to mail it to. Drop it in the mailbox! Now you're all done, except to tell lala when you receive your wanted CD (if it came in good condition, etc).

Each CD you get costs $1.00 that goes to lala. The shipping cost is $.75. All charges are put on your credit card at the end of the month. It's that simple!

On your home page (once you sign it) is a kind of "traffic light." If it's green, you've sent more CDs than you've gotten. If it's yellow you're in the middle. If it's red, you can't receive any more CDs until you send more. The idea is to receive AND send!

Try lala out. If you like it, let me know. If you must know, my name there is Duck Tape. Check out my picture!

Game 33

It's been quite awhile since I posted a cool game. The last one was "Red Square" where you had to keep the red square from being hit by the moving boxes as long as possible.

Well it's time for another game!

Check out this new game called Catch 33 (click to go play). You can bookmark the game to go back again and again until you get the high score!

The gist of the game is to roll the mouse over all 33 numbers (in order) as fast as you can. Sounds easier than it is because the numbers are moving randomly around the screen! The best score is the lowest this time.

My lowest score so far is 39. Who's going to be the first to beat me?