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Political Compass Revisited
The primary season inspired me to revisit a couple political compass quizzes. Here are the results.
Original Political Compass
old scores
Left/Right: -4.75
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.44
new scores
Economic Left/Right: -0.62
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.97
Chris Lightfoot's Political Compass
old scores
Left/Right: -2.5683
Idealism/Pragmatism: -5.2243
new scores Left/Right: -0.0344
Pragmatism: -0.6670
Holy centrist, Batman!
Music Making Me Mad
Moments ago I was sitting in my boss' office waiting for him to finish some math for a paper we're writing. He's a big classical music fan and often listens to a local station streamed over the net. As I sat there, effectively alone with my thoughts, I realized something about my feelings toward classical […]
Scary, Ain't It?
I've gone swimming in the gene pool. Muahahahaha!!!
2008 Just a Short Run Half Marathon
Thisentryis part 1 of 5 in the series 2008 RunningOn Saturday, I ran my fourth half marathon at the 8th annual Just a Short Run. It was definitely my worst. I'm not too disappointed, though, considering I didn't really train for it. BTW, that was a bad idea; don't emulate me. Anyhow, I finished without […]
The State of the Ron Paul Campaign
Almost as though he were responding to my recent YouTube post, Ron Paul posted a video and an article updating his supporters on the state of the campaign. He says he's in it for the long haul. I really hope he means it.
