The Yin Blog

Another political rating test

Via Prof. Althouse, the test is here.  It rates you from 0 to 40, with 0 being as liberal as Jesse Jackson and 40 as conservative as Ronald Reagan.  (I'm not sure that those political figures accurately define the endpoints of the political spectrum, but I'll leave it to the testmakers to defend their choices.)

I scored . . . well, what would you guess that I scored?

I'm not really from Fresno

Via Prof. Bainbridge, another stupid Internet quiz. . . .  I guess my results indicate that those five years at Berkeley really did make something of an impact on me, relative to a total of 24 years in Los Angeles/Orange County.

Are You a Northern Or Southern Californian Your Result: You're One Confused Californian   Okay, so maybe you've been transferred around the state, but most likely you're just from Fresno.  I mean black beans and pinto, really, both are good. All you know is that you are proud to be from the state of fruits AND nuts, and your a little of both. :)
You're a Southern Californian
You're a Northern Californian
You Don't Know Cali
Are You a Northern Or Southern Californian

What kind of sports car would I be?

Via Profs. Althouse and Bainbridge, there's this test that vaguely reminds me of "My Mother, The Car."  (Not that I've ever seen that show; it aired before I was born, and I don't think it was syndicated in reruns, at least not when I was a TV-watching youth.)  What kind of sports car would I be if I were one?  According to this:

I'm a Mazda RX-8!

You're sporty, yet practical, and you have a style of your own.  You like to have fun, and you like to bring friends along for the ride, but when it comes time for everyday chores, you're willing to do your part.

Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

Well, that's probably not too far off, I suppose.  As fancy sports cars go, I've been kind of partial to another Japanese model, the Acura NSX.

"The name is Yin. Tung Yin."

Um, okay.  Note that I didn't score particularly close to any of the superheroes.  I guess I'm not really cut out to be a superhero.  (Via my cousin Kyle).  I do like the fact that it's the Pierce Brosnan version of Bond, though.

You scored as James Bond, Agent 007. James Bond is MI6's best agent, a suave, sophisticated super spy with charm, cunning, and a license's to kill. He doesn't care about rules or regulations and somewhat amoral. He does care about saving humanity though, as well as the beautiful women who fill his world. Bond has expensive tastes, a wide knowledge of many subjects, and his usually armed with a clever gadget and an appropriate one-liner. James Bond, Agent 007 58% The Amazing Spider-Man 54% Lara Croft 50% Maximus 46% Batman, the Dark Knight 46% Captain Jack Sparrow 42% Neo, the "One" 38% William Wallace 38% The Terminator 29% El Zorro 25% Indiana Jones 25% Which Action Hero Would You Be? v. 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com

Test says my ideal S Ct nominee is Judge Karen Williams

(Via Baseball Crank, who ended up with Judge Alice Batchelder as his ideal nominee)

JUDGE KAREN WILLIAMS U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, appointed by
G.H.W. Bush, 54 years old Lots of recent buzz for Judge Williams, known best
in constitutional law circles for writing the
opinion that said the Miranda warnings are not
constitutional requirements.  The Supreme Court
reversed her.  If you can't beat em, join em!

New World Man presents: My favorite candidate for the Supreme Court
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Am I geeky? Normal?

I suppose some of this is expected. . . .

Your Geek Profile:

Academic Geekiness: Highest

Fashion Geekiness: Moderate

Movie Geekiness: Moderate

SciFi Geekiness: Moderate

Gamer Geekiness: Low

Geekiness in Love: Low

Internet Geekiness: Low

General Geekiness: None

Music Geekiness: None

How Geeky Are You?

But then, that seems consistent with this. . . .

You Are 50% Normal (Somewhat Normal)

While some of your behavior is quite normal... Other things you do are downright strange You've got a little of your freak going on But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself

How Normal Are You?

Does it even make sense to say that I'm 50% normal?  Isn't that just kind of abnormal?

Odd list of cities that best fit me

(Via Don't Know It From Adam):

Odd, I would have thought that Los Angeles and San Diego would rank higher.  I think it must have been the preference for clean air.

American Cities That Best Fit You:

70% Honolulu

65% Seattle

60% Miami

60% Portland

55% Austin

Which American Cities Best Fit You?

My son vs. me

Courtesy (?) of Tony Rickey, I see that there is a website that translates your name into some kind of monster and tells you what happens if you fight another monster.

Versus my son (Nicholas), I find that if I attack using intelligence, I lose.  How fitting, since he's already outsmarting us to get his baby-way.

Which "Lost" character are you?

Courtesy of TV Guide Online, here's a quiz that tells you which "Lost" character you are.  It pegged me as con-man "Sawyer," which will probably be a disturbing revelation to my wife.

We're all doomed, according to the job predictor test!

This is a stupid website program that tells you what your ideal profession is based on your name (and it changes depending on whether you use middle initials, etc.).  (Via Iowa Law Girl and Edward's Blog.)  Anyway, for me, it predicted "Kid's TV Presenter" (whatever that is).

But for my son, it predicted:

Emperor of all the world

Yep, that's about as dead on as it gets, especially since his given name means "Conqueror of Mankind."  He's certainly the emperor of the household. . . .