urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna MsDNA MsDNA 2008-07-02T20:22:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:704082 2008-07-02T19:40:33Z 2008-07-02T20:22:07Z <a name="cutid1"></a><br /><br /><b>1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen<br />2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien<br />3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte<br />4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling<br />5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee<br />6 The Bible</b><br />7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte<br /><b><u>8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell</u></b><br />9 <i>His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman</i><br />10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens<br />11 <b>Little Women - Louisa M Alcott</b><br />12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy<br />13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller<br /><b>14 Complete Works of Shakespeare</b><br />15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier<br /><b><u>16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien</b></u><br />17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks<br /><b>18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger</b><br />19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger<br />20 Middlemarch - George Eliot<br /><b><u>21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell</b></u><br /><b>22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald</b> I actually remember hating this one<br />23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens<br />24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - I started it. Didnt finish.<br /><br /><b><u>25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams</b></u> Words cannot describe how much I loved this entire series!<br /><br />26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh<br /><br /><b><u>27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky</b></u> I wrote a brilliant analysis of this in senior High School English on the theme of water and redemption. Still one of my all time favorites.<br /><br /><b>28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck<br /><u>29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll</u></b> I deal in evolutionary genetics. The "Red Queen" hypothesis makes the required reading in my field. Seriously. Another dearly beloved book, but I think I liked "Through the Looking Glass" better.<br /><br /><b>30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame</b><br />31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy<br />32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens<br /><u><b>33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis</b></u><br />34 Emma - Jane Austen<br />35 Persuasion - Jane Austen<br /><u><b>36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis</u></b> This is included in #33.. <br /><br />37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini<br />38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres<br />39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden<br /><b>40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne<br />41 Animal Farm - George Orwell<br />42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown</b><br />43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br />44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving<br />45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins<br /><b><u>46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery</b></u> - Loved the whole series<br />47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy<br />48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood<br /><b><u>49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding</b></u> Read it in 4th grade. Loved it. Boys and cannibalism, whats a 4th grade girl NOT to love!<br />50 Atonement - Ian McEwan<br />51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel<br /><b>52 Dune - Frank Herbert</b><br />53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons<br />54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen<br />55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth<br />56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon<br />57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens<br /><br /><b><u>58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley</b></u> Again, required reading in my field.<br /><br />59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon<br /><i>60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez</i> I want to see the movie too.<br /><b>61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck</b><br />62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov<br />63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt<br />64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold<br />65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas<br />66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac<br />67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy<br />68 Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding<br />69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie<br />70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville<br />71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens<br /><b>72 Dracula - Bram Stoker</b><br /><b>73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett</b><br />74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson<br />75 Ulysses - James Joyce<br />76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath<br />77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome<br />78 Germinal - Emile Zola<br />79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray<br />80 Possession - AS Byatt<br /><b>81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens</b><br />82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell<br /><b>83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker</b> I cried. <br />84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro<br /><b>85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert</b><br />86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry<br /><b>87 Charlotte's Web - EB White</b> Again, I cried.<br />88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom<br />89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<br />90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton<br />91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad<br /><b>92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery</b> Favorite book of an ex of mine<br />93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks<br /><br /><b><u>94 Watership Down - Richard Adams</b></u> Read this in 3rd grade. I was soooo in love with it. I did not want it to end...<br /><br />95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole<br />96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute<br />97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas<br /><b>98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare</b> Isnt this included in the Complete Works?<br /><b>99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl</b><br />100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo<br /><br /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:703769 2008-07-02T16:09:11Z 2008-07-02T16:09:11Z <b>[X] I've been to a drive-in movie theater.</b><br />[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. (Does DVD count?)<br />[ ] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan. <br /><b>[X] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.</b><br />[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died.<br />[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run.<br /><b>[X] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes.<br />[X] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts.<br />[X] I used to watch Romper Room. </b><br />[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America.<br />[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert.<br /><b>[X ] I own/used to own an 8-track player.</b><br />[ ] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church. <br />[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.<br /><b>[X] would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.<br />[X] I have watched a black and white television.</b><br />[ ] I have/used to have a leisure suit.<br />[ ] I've been to a tent revival.<br />[ ] I attended Woodstock.<br /><b>[X] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns.<br />[X] I could spin a hula-hoop around my middle.<br />[X] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal.</b><br />[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.<br /><b>[X] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run.</b><br />[ ] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne."<br />[ ] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am." -- and still do<br />[ ] I've had a smallpox vaccination.<br />[ ] I used to watch Dick Clark on American Bandstand<br /><b>[X] I've been to a rodeo.</b><br />[ ] I've competed in a rodeo.<br /><b>[X] I scheduled my evenings around Dynasty.<br />[X] I've sold Girl Scout cookies.</b><br />[ ] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority.<br /><b>[X] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant.</b><br />[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door.<br />[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.<br />[ ] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.<br /><b>[X] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp. - Yep. In the 90s.. </b><br />[ ] I have/had a fondue pot and use/used it.<br /><b>[X] I've used a rotary phone.</b><br /><b>[X] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company. (Here they still are.. :( </b><br /><br />[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.<br />[ ] I had a paper credit card.<br />[ ] I played with a Water Wiggle.<br />[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston.<br />[ ] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.<br /><b>[X] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.<br />[X] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater. </b><br />[ ] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class. <br /><b>[X] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.<br />[X] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracy Ulman Show.<br />[X] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows.<br />[X] I have/had a Sony Walkman. (back when it used Casette tapes)<br />[X] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210.<br />[X] I've played PacMan.<br />[X] I (used to) put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.<br />[X] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times.</b><br />[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.<br /><b>[X] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video. <br />[X] I remember when Michael Jackson was black.<br />[X] I know who shot J.R.<br />[X] I owned a pet rock.<br />[X] I have/had a Betamax VCR.<br />[X] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret.</b><br />[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.<br />[ ] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.<br /><b>[X] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.<br />[X] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.<br />[X] I had a television aerial outside my house. (Still do) </b> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:699229 2008-06-18T17:33:04Z 2008-06-18T17:33:04Z <lj-embed id="4" /><br /><br />Based on the paper:<br /><a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/improb/air/2006/00000012/00000005/art00006">http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/improb/air/2006/00000012/00000005/art00006</a><br /><br />Oh to be so cutting edge. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:679463 2008-05-02T17:46:21Z 2008-05-02T17:46:21Z I hate emacs. I hate vi. I was always a pico girl.<br /><br />I found nano and installed it. I am a happy, happy girl. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.nano-editor.org/">http://www.nano-editor.org/</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:677023 2008-04-23T15:21:30Z 2008-04-23T15:21:30Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"><br /><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"><br /><strong>You Are Mexican Food</strong><br /></font></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br /><center><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatkindoffoodareyouquiz/mexican-food.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><br /><font color="#000000"><br />Spicy yet dependable. <br /><br />You pull punches, but people still love you.<br /></font></td></tr></table><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindoffoodareyouquiz/">What Kind of Food Are You?</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:667575 2008-04-02T07:02:27Z 2008-04-02T07:02:27Z <a href="http://www.oneplusyou.com/q/v/caffeine"><img border="0" src="http://www.oneplusyou.com/q/img/badges/caffeine_moderate__chipper__perky.jpg" alt="The Caffeine Click Test - How Caffeinated Are You?" /></a><br />Created by <a href="http://www.oneplusyou.com/">OnePlusYou</a><br /><br />--- urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:657299 2008-03-06T23:30:20Z 2008-03-06T23:30:20Z <div><table bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" width="380" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border: 2px solid black;"> <tr valign="top"><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; padding: 8px; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">- July 19 -</td></tr> <tr><td style="padding: 4px;">You are very sensitive and sympathetic to the feelings of others. You are friendly and fun to be with, but you are easily hurt by others. You are a homebody sometimes and enjoy just chilling with friends.</td> <td width="96" rowspan="2"><img src="http://img.quizgalaxy.com/birthdaycake.jpg" border="0" alt="QuizGalaxy.com" /></td></tr> <tr><td style="padding: 6px;" colspan="2"><div style="color: green;">Positive Traits:</div>leadership, self-confidence, charisma, vitality, enthusiasm</td></tr> <tr><td style="padding: 6px;" colspan="2"><div style="color: red;">Negative Traits:</div>arrogance, selfishness, overconfidence, flippancy, rebellious</td></tr> <tr><td style="border-top: 2px dotted grey; padding: 6px; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;" colspan="2"><br /><a href="http://www.quizgalaxy.com/quiz_222.html" style="color: blue;">'What does your Birthdate mean?'</a> at <a href="http://www.quizgalaxy.com" style="color: blue;">QuizGalaxy.com</a><br /></td></tr> </table></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:647561 2008-02-16T00:42:39Z 2008-02-16T00:42:39Z <img src="http://i28.servimg.com/u/f28/11/92/23/18/photo10.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />There is a PELICAN roosting on our back porch. <br /><br />(!) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:642460 2008-01-31T18:53:31Z 2008-01-31T18:53:31Z I think with the advent of antibiotics and control of many viral diseases via vector control and basic public health standards that our parents generation implemented in the first half of the 20th century, our generation, who has not really known a world without penicillin, does not have a healthy respect for microbes. <br /><br />I think it should be mandatory for every science student to go to a third world country which lacks the sanitation and medication we so readily take for granted and quickly get a healthy respect for them. <br /><br />Diarrhea is still a huge killer in developing countries. Diseases we think of as mere curiosities are killing. Microbes, and the genetic material within them.. are not playthings for our intellectual amusement. <br /><br />Our generation is spoiled. But the microbes are evolving. One day, its going to come to a head and we are just hastening things by being careless with our forefathers discoveries...<br /><br />Just had to get that off my chest :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:636088 2008-01-08T00:15:52Z 2008-01-08T00:15:52Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>What Jana Means</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatsyournameshiddenmeaningquiz/name.gif" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you.<br />You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries.<br />You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice.<br /><br />You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. <br />You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. <br />You have the classic "Type A" personality.<br /><br />You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.<br />You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.<br />You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyournameshiddenmeaningquiz/">What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:634680 2008-01-04T15:20:39Z 2008-01-04T15:20:39Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>You Are 100% Burned Out</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/areyouburnedoutquiz/burned-5.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />You are extremely burned out.<br />You work too hard, and you're not getting the results you deserve.<br />It's time for a life change, as soon as you can manage it.<br />You're giving away most of your energy to something you don't even enjoy.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/areyouburnedoutquiz/">Are You Burned Out?</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:626884 2007-11-30T14:55:01Z 2007-11-30T14:55:01Z <a href="http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/booze" style="color: #8A7A70; text-decoration: none; display: block; width: 158px; height: 94px; padding-left: 65px; padding-top: 128px; background: url(http://assets.justsayhi.com/badges/456/205/booze.qmr0gx1qel.jpg) no-repeat; font-family: Times New Roman, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;">92%<span style="display: block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;">DRUNKARD</span></a><div><a href="http://www.justsayhi.com/online_dating/long-beach/california">Long Beach Dating</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:621163 2007-11-12T13:47:26Z 2007-11-12T13:47:26Z Happy b'day Moni! You have the same birthday as my dad. And 3 days after Ray's b'day on the 9th. I am surrounded by Scorpios.. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:620072 2007-11-08T13:33:47Z 2007-11-08T13:33:47Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Your Personality Is Like Acid</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatdrugisyourpersonalitylikequiz/acid.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />A bit wacky, you're very difficult to predict.<br />One moment you're in your own little happy universe...<br />And the next, you're on a bad trip to your own personal hell!<br /><br />At your best: You understand the world completely, and every ordinary experience is sublime.<br /><br />What people like about being around you: You say and do the craziest things. You're very entertaining.<br /><br />What people dislike about being around you: You're unpredictable. Your mood swings are quite intense.<br /><br />How addicted people get to you: They pretty much don't get addicted to you.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatdrugisyourpersonalitylikequiz/">What Drug Is Your Personality Like?</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:604277 2007-10-07T02:14:53Z 2007-10-07T02:14:53Z <table style="width: 320px; border: 1px solid gray; font: normal 12px arial, verdana, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><tr><td colspan="2" style="background: white; color: black; padding: 5px;"><b style="font: bold 20px &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; display: block; margin-bottom: 8px;">What Be Your Nerd Type?</b> <div style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4px;">Your Result: <b>Science/Math Nerd</b></div><div style="width: 200px; background: white; border: 1px solid black;"><div style="width: 86%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div><p style="margin: 10px; border: none; background: white; color: black;">(Absolute Insane Laughter as you pour toxic chemicals into a foaming tub of death!)<br /><br />Well, maybe you aren't this extreme, but you're in league with the crazy scientists/mathmeticians of today. Very few people have the talent of math and science is something takes a lot of brains as well. Thank whosever God you worship, or don't worship, so thank no deity whatsoever in your case, for you people! Most of us would have died off without your help. </p></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Gamer/Computer Nerd</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 74%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Literature Nerd</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 61%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Social Nerd</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 50%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Anime Nerd</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 25%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Drama Nerd</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 9%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Artistic Nerd</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 7%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; background: white; padding: 3px;">Musician</td><td style="background: white; padding: 3px;"><div style="width: 100px; background: white; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 4px;"><div style="width: 0%; background: red; font-size: 8px; line-height: 8px;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; padding: 8px;"><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_be_your_nerd_type"><b>What Be Your Nerd Type?</b></a><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/">Quizzes for MySpace</a></td></tr></table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:585336 2007-09-17T17:50:28Z 2007-09-17T17:51:02Z Happy birthday sometime soon to <span class='ljuser' lj:user='soney' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://soney.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://soney.livejournal.com/'><b>soney</b></a></span>. I seem to recall it being somewhere around this time. I'm bad with dates.. the closest I usually get to remembering birthdays is the month, if that.... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:584779 2007-09-16T04:22:42Z 2007-09-16T04:22:42Z One of our dear 4 year old daughters, Smokey.<br /><br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/msdna/pic/00092k87/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/msdna/pic/00092k87/s320x240" width="320" height="240" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Or, is it grandaughters since we also have her mother, Annie, who is, I think, at least 5..<br /><br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/msdna/pic/00093h50/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/msdna/pic/00093h50/s320x240" width="320" height="240" border="0" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:582946 2007-09-14T15:39:26Z 2007-09-14T15:39:26Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"><br /><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"><br /><strong>You Are a Yellow Crayon</strong><br /></font></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br /><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatcolorcrayonareyouquiz/yellow.gif" height="100" width="100"></center><br /><font color="#000000"><br />Your world is colored with happy, warm, fun colors.<br /><br />You have a thoughtful and wise way about you. Some people might even consider you a genius.<br /><br />Charming and eloquent, you are able to get people to do things your way.<br /><br />While you seem spontaneous and free wheeling, you are calculating to the extreme.<br /><br /><br /><br />Your color wheel opposite is purple. You both are charismatic leaders, but purple people act like you have no depth.<br /></font></td></tr></table><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatcolorcrayonareyouquiz/">What Color Crayon Are You?</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:564530 2007-08-21T22:12:41Z 2007-08-21T22:12:41Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#999999" align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>You Were a Cat</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatanimalwereyouinapastlifequiz/cat.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />You are an independent person who inspires others with your dreams.<br />A calm protector, you will fight when you need to.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatanimalwereyouinapastlifequiz/">What Animal Were You In a Past Life?</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:550532 2007-08-06T13:38:47Z 2007-08-06T13:38:47Z <div><br /><h1>Your Score: <span>Totally addicted</span></h1><br /><h2>You are 95% Addicted!</h2><br /><div><img src="http://is1.okcupid.com/users/306/102/306103507452189902/mt1172414993.jpg"></div><br /><p>When the server's down, its like the end of the world. You check your auctions before going to work, you love the game and everything it involves. Remember that other game called real life? Its not any fun, anyway! Keep it up! And remember, its just a game, but its the best game ever! </p></div><table cellpadding="20"><tr><td>Link: <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/7630199738550734280/World-of-Warcraft-Addiction">The World of Warcraft Addiction Test</a> written by <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/profile?u=survivedestiny">survivedestiny</a> on <a href="http://www.okcupid.com">OkCupid Free Online Dating</a>, home of the <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/online.dating.persona.test">The Dating Persona Test</a></td></tr></table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:543454 2007-07-27T12:51:03Z 2007-07-27T12:51:03Z <a href="http://mingle2.com/cadaver-calculator" style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none; display: block; width: 395px; height: 184px; padding-top: 121px; background: url(http://mingle2.com/img/bb/body_worth/badge.jpg) no-repeat; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-weight: normal;">$5705.00</strong><span style="display: none;">The Cadaver Calculator - Find out how much your body is worth. From Mingle2 - Free Online Dating</span></a><p style="text-align: center;">Mingle² - <a href="http://mingle2.com">Free Online Dating</a></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:542980 2007-07-27T03:16:07Z 2007-07-27T03:16:07Z <div><br /><h1>Your Score: <span>Akkadian</span></h1><br /><h2>You scored</h2><br /><div><img src="http://is1.okcupid.com/users/530/440/531441087887238495/mt478420148.gif"></div><br /><p>You are Akkadian, a blend of the incomprehensible symbols of the Sumerians with the unwritable sounds of the early Semitic peoples. However, the writing just doesn't suit the words and doesn't represent everything needed, so you end up a schizoid mess. Invented in Babylon, you're probably to blame for that tower story. However, crazy as you are, you're much loved and appreciated, and remain actively in use by records keepers long after schools have switched to other languages. </p></div><table cellpadding="20"><tr><td>Link: <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/13609056050722629996/Which-Ancient-Language-Are-You">The Which Ancient Language Are You Test</a> written by <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/profile?u=imipak">imipak</a> on <a href="http://www.okcupid.com">OkCupid Free Online Dating</a>, home of the <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/online.dating.persona.test">The Dating Persona Test</a></td></tr></table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:542696 2007-07-26T12:44:23Z 2007-07-26T12:44:23Z <div><br /><h1>Your Score: <span>Linux</span></h1><br /><h2>Congratulations! You scored 55, %!</h2><br /><div><img src="http://is3.okcupid.com/mt_pics/112/11252271632260190591/18042440295463781098-2.gif"></div><br /><p>You're cool and you know it. You've never felt you really fit in with society, and that's A-OK with you. You've downloaded the latest patch to allow you to use iTunes on your Linux machine, and while you love Mac's you hold the secret of knowing that one day Linux will rule the world...and you will be GOD...ahh...err...You also like colorful things and used to be a Windows user, but you've seen the light. You're intelligent, a trend-setter, and oh-so-groovy. </p></div><table cellpadding="20"><tr><td>Link: <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/18042440295463781098/Which-Operating-System-Am-I">The Which Operating System Am I Test</a> written by <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/profile?u=purple_light">purple_light</a> on <a href="http://www.okcupid.com">OkCupid Free Online Dating</a>, home of the <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/online.dating.persona.test">The Dating Persona Test</a></td></tr></table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:542302 2007-07-26T12:37:29Z 2007-07-26T12:37:29Z <div><br /><h1>Your Score: <span>Zn... Zinc</span></h1><br /><h2>You scored 20 Mass, 36 Electronegativity, 66 Metal, and 0 Radioactivity!</h2><br /><div><img src="http://is2.okcupid.com/users/120/394/12139529261858594089/mt1108163359.jpg"></div><br /><p>You have a strong sense of the communal good and you aren't too demanding. You know better than to mess with the powers that be. You value being surronded by the right people, but don't care too much about what people beyond your group think of you. You are also the last element to be mentioned in every vitamin commercial, and have gained recognition throughout the 50+ community as the very symbol of "completeness." Hmm, you might be good at taking care of sick people, but that might be hogwash too. </p></div><table cellpadding="20"><tr><td>Link: <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/10462132396003208006/Which-Chemical-Element-Am-I">The Which Chemical Element Am I Test</a> written by <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/profile?u=effataigus">effataigus</a> on <a href="http://www.okcupid.com">OkCupid Free Online Dating</a>, home of the <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/online.dating.persona.test">The Dating Persona Test</a></td></tr></table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:msdna:541318 2007-07-25T11:18:03Z 2007-07-25T11:18:36Z <img src="http://www.nucleicacidtrip.com/snake1.jpg"><br /><br />Saw him last night by the driveway. Apparently he was wounded and dragged up to the house by one of the cats (they left a dead field mouse for us too) but was still slightly alive. Pretty snake. A Scarlet Kingsnake. "Red by yellow will kill a fellow, red by black poison lacks." <br /><br />Wouldn't have gotten that close to a live coral..