"Here are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish."

48.  Not bad.  There's a dozen more on Mum's bookshelf at home (which she has read, but I haven't got round to yet) so it ought to go up a bit more next time I visit.

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Time was the biggest factor here, and the amount wasted on figuring out how to enter the UK, the US and the Netherlands. It also wouldn't accept the people's democratic republic of congo - I'm sure thats the new name for Zaire.

Well, I've narrowed down this weekend's flat selection to twelve, and hopefully they won't all be gone by monday!  There's bound to be at least one good one in there!

While I wait for the rain clouds to move away, I think I'll crack on with the Longest Meme in History!

The second cut is for the interpretation and a bit of blank space - if you're going to fill in your own answers, do that before reading the next bit.  Yeah, it's one of those memes, but surprisingly insightful in my case.

Some random snippets:

We have GEMINI membership again!  [Start placing your bets on where the hammer will fall next...]

Political Flag Art, stolen from Making Light - please check it out, as it's rather special.

Meme, stolen from Cav:

Stolen from everyone, most recently Milo.

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36

1) Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The article title is the name of your band.

2) Go to http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The final words of the last quote on your page are the title of your album.

3) Go to http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The FOURTH image on the page is your album cover.

4) Design your cover. Layout and presentation are up to you.

5) Post your cover, along with these instructions. In the comments your friends will tell you what kind of music you play and the name of the album's single.



There ya go!

Your Superpower Should Be Mind Reading

You are brilliant, insightful, and intuitive. You understand people better than they would like to be understood. Highly sensitive, you are good at putting together seemingly irrelevant details. You figure out what's going on before anyone knows that anything is going on! Why you would be a good superhero: You don't care what people think, and you'd do whatever needed to be done Your biggest problem as a superhero: Feeling even more isolated than you do now

85% Dennis Kucinich
84% Barack Obama
83% Chris Dodd
83% Mike Gravel
83% Bill Richardson
81% Hillary Clinton
80% John Edwards
77% Joe Biden
39% Rudy Giuliani
31% John McCain
25% Ron Paul
25% Mitt Romney
23% Mike Huckabee
20% Tom Tancredo
13% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Who the hell is Kucinich?

Father went to college - I'm sure Dartmouth naval college counts

Try this Australian news quiz and find out!

Rather pleasingly, I come up with Barack Obama, with Al Gore as a runner up.  I can live with that.

While I'm here, let's stick some more memeage (nicked from julietvalcouer ) under the cut:

I've only just got round to reading camilov's recent memage.  Baaaa.

you are violet #EE82EE

Your dominant hues are red and blue. You're confident and like showing people new ideas. You play well with others and can be very influential if you want to be. Your saturation level is lower than average - You don't stress out over things and don't understand people who do. Finishing projects may sometimes be a challenge, but you schedule time as you see fit and the important things all happen in the end, even if not everyone sees your grand master plan. Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down on everything.

the spacefem.com html color quiz

Nicked from everyone.  You know who you are. ;-)

Nicked from various others.

Well, basically I get the same result as Cheryl.

Slightly male brain (and how much of THAT is due to PCOS?), but overall I'm pretty good at everything.  Except faces.  Never been very good with them.

I've been tagged by shananagems...

List ten things that have recently made you happy, then tag ten people to do the same.

1. Healing. It's like I've flicked a switch in my head.  I don't know if it'll last, but I'm currently the happiest I've been since May.  Oh, there've been plenty of better days in between, but in terms of consistency, I'm VERY good right now.
2. Jez.  He's not a thing, but he does make me very happy.
3. Chocolate.  Lots and lots of tasty chocolate.  You can't beat CadburyWorld for that, particularly when it's rich and bitter extra-dark Bournville with coffee.
4. Knitted Daleks.  I now own a knitted Dalek. She's called Petra, and she has plans for world domination.  Thank you, Elfy!
5. Job offer.  I may not take the job, but at least I'm wanted.  Yay!
6. Nice reviews of DragonDays.  They make me feel all... validated.
7. Exercise.  Can't beat those endorphins, and it makes me look nice too.  Everyone's a winner!
8. Reading a wonderful article in the weekend Guardian magazine (or was it the Observer?) a few weeks ago, entitled "How to cheer people up".  I nearly wet myself laughing.  Must find a link, or type it out for you guys...
9. Autumn.  It's pretty, and it makes me hopeful.
10. Gather games.  Oh, they were a right giggle.


I'll tag kernowgirl, as I think everyone else on the f'list is already accounted for.

Your home is a Time-Lord's Hideout Your kitchen consists of dilithium-powered food replicators, manned by obedient robot slaves, who are sure to never, ever rebel. I mean, it's preposterous to even consider it. There's a Chocolatessin, a word you made up yourself, but that is beginning to catch on among your wealthy neighbors. Your master bedroom is the size of a small barn, with carpet thick enough to reach your ankles. Your study has every science fiction title ever written. One of your garages contains a life-sized X-Wing fighter, and KITT. (KITT was a gift from a well-meaning uncle.) Your home also includes a robot repair bay, where your mechanized servants are routinely fitted with new restraining bolts. (It's just a precaution.) Your guests enjoy your animatronic replica of the cantina at Mos Eisley. Outside is your radio telescope, listening constantly for alien transmissions. Especially invaders. They'll come eventually, even if nobody believes you. (Nobody does.) And, you have a pet -- a taun-taun named "Padme". Below is a snippet of the blueprints:

Find YOUR Dream Home!