By way of mcsassypants: What has surprised you the most about me (if anything) since joining my flist? Was anything completely unexpected or have I always fit the picture of me you have in your head? Post this in your own journal and see how you have surprised people!

A few days ago, Tigers & Strawberries posted a list of 100 dishes that every omnivore should try at least once, entitled The Omnivore's Hundred. Inspired by this, she came up with a vegetarian version. It's like those book lists, but for food. I've eaten most of the things on the list, and thought it might be interesting to go through and have a ( Read more... )

I haven't done one of these in a while, so I'll bite. Not that I suspect I know all that many "average adults."

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed ( Read more... )

*bounce* What sugar/caffeine rush? *twitch* There is absolutely nothing wrong with my atten... oh! the sky is a pretty shade of gunmetal grey with the rain pounding down ...tion span!

I figured it being a cold rainy day, it would be a good day for a mocha, especially since I haven't been getting enough sleep lately. *boing*

Via crinklequirk, a ( wee philosophy quiz. )

Via mad_willy, I bring you an amazingly poorly constructed existentialist quiz. Seriously, the thing is a mess. It's full of typos, poorly edited in general, and nonsensical even by existentialist standards. What kind of existentialism quiz completely ignores Camus, Kierkegaard and Sartre? I strongly suspect the struggling philosopher who wrote this also ( Read more... )

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As I realize I don't have a single coffee icon.

( I haven't had a French vanilla cappuccino in ages! )

This one is via undycat:

1) Reply to this post, and I will pick 6 of your icons.
2) Make a post in your LJ and talk about the icons I chose.
3) Your friends then comment to you & make their own posts in their LJ.
4) This will create a never-ending cycle of icon goodness. Yay!

Here are the icons undycat asked about:

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My natural habitat is a library, and I had an adventurous youth.

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via mad_willy:

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