http://www.cubiclehermit.com Random musings, justifiable rants, and occasional News of the Weird. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:26:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are two places to start: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elected_or_appointed_female_heads_of_government * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elected_or_appointed_female_heads_of_state For the gals, well, your pool of eligible Mr. Presidents is much broader... http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/422 Ok, there hasn't been much political discussion this time around, mostly because I'm getting most of my political news via the same half-dozen Democratic blogs that you probably are. This time, though, I had to comment on McCain's VP choice... not because I either approve or disapprove(*) but rather ... http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/420 I tried Cuil today, and was generally unimpressed - Google still does a much better job of finding the relevant pages, whatever the index size. Further, in the absolutely critical job of ego-googling myself, Google has a lot more of my personal web pages indexed... as opposed to LinkedIn ... http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/418 Sorry for the lack of updates. Meanwhile, why not look here: Resolutions... If I Ever Become a Vampire (which astute readers will notice is in the same spirit as the Evil Overlord List) http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/417 Warning, movie reference that will be a spoiler both for that movie and the mid-season ep of BSG, below the break. At the end of "Revelations", who else thought of the end of the movie this line is famous from: "Get your stinking paws off of me, you damn dirty ape!" http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/415 Heh. At least we got mentioned: The Public Elites Some schools didn't make our list because their students are too good. The best of the best. NEWSWEEK's Challenge Index is designed to recognize schools that challenge average students, and not magnet or charter schools that draw only the best students in their ... http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/414 What we have here is 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 ... http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/412 Found via a post on the Flyertalk OMNI board: 04.28.08 | Chicago Driven to the Brink A new analysis shows that high gas prices are not only implicated in the bursting of the housing bubble, but that the higher cost of commuting has already re-shaped the landscape of real estate value ... http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/411 Well, if you're British... New UK Office of Government Commerce logo Don't want to hotlink the logo image, so go have a look, tilt your head left, and get a laugh. http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/410 I Am A: Neutral Good Human Wizard (4th Level) Ability Scores: Strength-12 Dexterity-13 Constitution-11 Intelligence-16 Wisdom-14 Charisma-11 Alignment:Neutral Good A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best alignment you ... http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/409 Create your own travel map or travel blog Visit TripAdvisor.com This has been on my facebook page for a while, but I saw I could embed it here, so here you go... http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/408 From Recent Miscel... Marie said it would make me look like an egg. It sort of did, although this photo (taken after about 60 hours' re-growth) doesn't really show it. http://www.cubiclehermit.com/archives/407