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Entry #3247: Space Car

The Five Factor Model. I do have to admit that I’ve spent way to much time studying this than I should, trying to find out where I fit psychologically. I’m all over the map and I can’t pin myself down on any of the five traits except for the first one, “openness to experience”, which I believe I qualify in the positive for. As far as the rest goes, I’m a mess. 

Geek stuff: The only space car that’s taken anyone to another world, explained using only the ten hundred words people use the most often.

Tens of thousands of elephants are still being killed each year for their tusks, which are now commonly carved into religious icons. And catholics and muslims are equally to blame.

Entry #3246: Elephant at Half Mast

Although it’s very short and subdued, Soonergrunt has my favorite Veteran’s Day post so far.

Things to make you feel old: The Princess Bride came out 25 years ago.

How awesome is this photo?

Entry #3245: White People in Mourning

I don’t link to Greg Sargent nearly enough, so here are two for you. One is about the big night for Democrats and Liberals, and the other is about how this election was not in any way a small victory.

White people mourning Romney is hilarious. I love the smell of schadenfreude in the mourning.

Entry #3244: Got Better

Drunk Nate Silver.

I knew we won big Tuesday night, but didn’t realize just how total the victory was overall until I saw this clip from Rachel Maddow. It’s sixteen minutes of awesome.

Entry #3243: He Turned Me Into a Newt

I posted Nate Silver’s election prediction map the other day, and he ended up getting 51 out of 51 states correct (including D.C.). He could be a witch.

Twenty-one pictures that will restore your faith in humanity.

Animal of the week: Peacock spider.

Entry #3242: Yay

I kept two streams open all night: PBS and Fox News. I had as much fun as anyone can have alone by watching one group give out some reasoned and intelligent commentary, and the other being a bunch of idiot propagandists nearly reaching aneurysm status.

And female congressional and senetorial candidates did really well, and I've always believed that if women ran this world it would be a much better place.

Entry #3241: Silver's Projections

The night before the election Nate Silver is predicting a 91.4% chance the president will win re-election. And he'll do it with 314 electoral votes. With all the hate spewed on him by the right as a biased partisan, it will be interesting to see how he does. Here's his electoral map projection:

Entry #3240: Inventing Hell

It’s nearly universal that people are a bit surprised when they hear their own voices (on a recording or answering machine, for example). Here’s why our voices sound different to us than to other people.

Bishop Spong explains how the church invented Hell to scare the hell out of gullible people.

Entry #3239: Forward

This is possibly the best political ad I've ever seen in my life:

Entry #3238: Romney's Geography Fail

The Daily Caller (Tucker Carlson’s House of Crazy) says that a poll shows that six in ten voters believe in demonic possession. And if you think that’s something to believe the world is without hope, try reading the comments.

I don’t take part in halloween. Call me an halloween scrooge. But now that it’s over, here are ten ways to dispose of your pumpkin.

Romney's Middle East geography fail (click to embiggen).