And one more Quiz: This Time, Classic Novels

In my not so humble opinion, you, of course, belongin the Picture of Dorian Gray, and do not tryto deny it. You belong in the fashionablecircles of Victorian London where exotictastes, a double life, decadence, wit and ahypocritical belief in moral betterment makeyou a home. You belong where the wittyapothegms of Lords, the silly moralities ofmatrons, the blinding high of opium, and thebeauty of visual arts mingle to form oneconvoluted world. Which Classic Novel do You Belong In? brought to you by Quizilla Okay, no more quizzes for today. Thanks for the link to this one, Melissa.

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What Gender is Your Writing?

Okay, so men and women are different. We all know this. Once in a while political issues make us say things like, “We’re really not that different!”, but then scientists come in and pretty succintly inform us that we are different. Our brains are somewhat different, our bodies take slightly different shapes, our drives in many respects are different. And, apparently, this affects how we write. A bit of software out there on the net, called the Gender Genie, can analyse a text and with a pretty impressive degree of accuracy tell you whether the author is male or female. …

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Weird North Korean Propaganda and Other Bizarre Stuff

At least, that’s what Cunninilingus in North Korea purports to be. It’s not porno, though, rest assured. More like propagandaesque text discoursing on intercourse and communism. I have no idea what it really is, where it’s from, or anything. But there’s more from Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries here. Weird, all of it weird weird weird. Thanks Marvin for the heads-up. By the way, for those of you who are incredulous, one of my female Korean acquaintances online said that the content of Cunninilingus in North Korea isn’t as crazy as it seemed at first, and it’s interesting, if confusing. (She …

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