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You are a RAVENCLAW!

As a Ravenclaw and as an NFP, you are imaginative,
idea-oriented, and value intelligence. You may
be a non-conformist, and are probably good at
seeing new ways of doing things. You are
insightful and perceptive, and as an empathic
person who highly values harmony, you usually
try to avoid conflict. Of course, you may
enjoy participating in heated debates - but
only as long as they remain on an intellectual
level and not a personal level. In general,
you are open-minded and curious, and set high
standards for yourself.

Hogwarts Sorting Hat: Based on Myers-Briggs Personality Typing
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Just once, I'd like to see one of these quizzes mistake me for something else, just for variety. I've taken a lot of these things, and so far it's unanimous. The unquestioned and the obvious is very boring for....people like me.

Other observations of the past week:

Vanderlei de Lima is my new hero. There's got to be a seed of Discordian sainthood somewhere in there, no?

And is the "Grand Prix Priest" available for booking at parties? There's an event going on in New York right now that needs him a lot more than the Olympics did.

Meanwhile, politics in my home state have gotten surreal. "The Honorable" Rep. Ed Schrock, one of Virginia's ~~most fanatical bigots~~, excuse me, "defenders of traditional marriage" has suddenly resigned. He didn't explain why, but he didn't have to--the gay-phone-sex-soliciting tapes that went up in the Blogosphere said it all. Lysistrata, my friends, Lysistrata. No poontang for sexist men, and no blowjobs for anti-queer wackjobs. And justice for all.

Out in my old district, the 9th, which is "God's Country"--I know, I know, insert Rebel flag/snake-handler/moonshiner jokes here, but I'll put up with a lot of that just to get some of the sweet whiffs of sound that come of out of the Galax Fiddlers' Convention and see the rhododendrons in bloom on the Blue Ridge Parkway, oh yes!--a rather sweet progressive Democrat has held his seat for 11 terms. His Repugnant challenger is a frickin' NASCAR exec who's bribing contributors with merch raffles, and has Dick Fucking "I love my lesbian daughter even though she doesn't deserve full civil rights" Cheney in his corner.

Hey, Grand Prix Priest! Over here!