norsegirl

I'm not sure how accurate this test is for determining sexuality. Some of the questions were "which sex do you establish emotional bonds with" and I have to say both. But those bonds aren't sexual. I am VERY close to my mother and my sister. Probably closer to them than to my father. But that's not sexual (okay, Freud may have an alternate interpretation but we're not inviting him to this discussion). And most of my really close friends are female. True, I spend more time with the guys, but we mostly spend time *doing stuff*, wheras with girls, stuff is just the background to the conversation. I don't think the guys know *me* as well as the girlfriends do. Then again, I still occasionally talk to friends that go "You're not working? Since when?". I wouldn't be entirely surprised if some of my older friends I don't talk to too often still don't know I'm married. Anyway, getting back to my point, who is to say all emotional bonds are romantic?

Another question was "who do you like to spend leisure time with? Well, frankly, I love my brother Vikings, but when it comes to retail therapy, I'm only bringing the girls. I don't think the guys want to hunt through the discount bins at La Senza for the right size bras and those wonderful microfibre panties with me, nor will they want to spend time looking for the sexiest new pair of heels, or the best colours in shirts this year. Seriously, guys are good for some things, shopping ain't one of them. As much as I love my husband, about the only shopping he will willingly engage in is music store, computer store and lingerie store. Anything else sends him running. Even if it's for him. Ask me what condition his sneakers are in - sigh - but do you think I can get him out to buy a new pair?

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There's something called "Google bombing", which exploits Google's function of categorizing websites based on the name of the link on other sites. For example, the most famous Google Bomb is for the phrase "Miserable Failure". Type it into google, go on, you'll be amused at what you find as the first entry.

Today's Google bomb campaign is as follows:

Bill Napoli

The short version is as follows... A senator in North Dakota, by the name Bill Napoli, is pushing a bill to ban abortion in his state unless the health life of the woman is at risk. The way the bill is currently written, there are no exceptions. Not even for rape, incest, or health risks short of inevitable death. When asked by the media about the fact that there were no exceptions, he gave his own version of a scenario in which a victim of rape might be exempt from the rule. Summed up in less graphic terms, the following conditions must apply:

The victim must be:
- young
- virginal
- "saving herself for marriage"
- religious
- "Brutally sodomized" (which, as several people have pointed out, won't get you pregnant, so we can't figure why this is a requirement other than that he liked saying/visualizing it)
- suicidal after the event

This would, incidentally, eliminate his own wife from the exception, as, being married, she cannot be either young or virginal. This would eliminate most nuns, as many of them are hardly spring chickens; and any rape, no matter how brutal, or how young, virginal and religious the victim, which did not include sodomy. And heaven help the girl who still has a will to live after all this. If you're not in danger of taking your own life, then you must be perfectly mentally capable of carrying your rapist's baby to term. There are words for men like this, but I have to admit, I'm too incensed to come up with any of them.

He also supports the "return" of "shotgun weddings" where an entire community will force a young couple into marriage if a man gets a woman pregnant. Because I don't know about y'all, but if I get raped and impregnated, I totally want to be forced to marry the guy, what a perfect resolution!

Anyway, the movement was started by this blog and contained therin is a link to the original article in case you want the words straight from the horse's mouth (or should that be the elephant's ass?) Feel free to participate, respond with your own thoughts on the issue, or ignore this post. I'm just doing my part to contribute to the bomb. Though with many news articles and legitimate references to this guy's name, I'm sure it will never succeed. Still makes me feel good to point out his asshattery.

If you had me alone...locked up in your house for twenty-four hours and I had to do whatever you wanted me to, what would you do with me? All replies will be permanently screened because it's a secret.

Then repost this in your LJ.

You might be surprised with the responses you get.

I guess everyone needs a good excuse to say something nice to a friend...

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love.

So I click on the "letter to Santa" link that everyone's been doing because I want to be cool too.


And I have a look at the ads:

Can you ask a dead guy to resign? I kinda thought the whole death thing is God's way of helping you say you've retired. And that was in what, March? April? Seriously, if spammers want their links to look semi-legitimate, they really should attempt to stay at least within 6 months of big news like that. What's next, the "should the USSR be forced to disarm their nukes?" survey? Oooh, or the "free Nelson Mandela from prison" petition. Yeah, that'd be good. The fact that this "survey" is located immediately above an ad for a tribute sculpture is especially ironic. No, wait, I get it. The tribute is so life-like that you almost forget he's gone.

YOU ARE MANDRAKE


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YOU ARE BASIL


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I couldn't decide. Husband thought the "Basil" answers and final result were more accurate.

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Good quizes today.

A really cool test from barbarian_qulan

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The essence of it was that I scored 25% female while the average for men is 50% male and the average for females is 50% female. I am good with all things spatial, regardless of which sex was supposed to be better at the task. I am lousy with faces, reading people and emotions. And this is news how?

The last one "ultimatum" I found interesting. How is this a risk-taking, maleness test and not a test of, say selfishness? If it had been "choose how much you will be paid and a computer will decide if you get it, here's the pay-scale and here is the chance you will win for each amount" than I can see risk-taking. But as soon as there was another person doing the same work and I got to try to set the pay, what excuse do I have for not making it fair? That tests selfishness, willingness to try to take advantage of the situation and just generally be a jerk.

I'm going to play much_ado's game even though I wasn't invited - le sigh

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