The munchkin wrangler, who wrote a wonderful essay in 2007 on why the gun is civilization, recently took a Civics Quiz and scored 94% on it.
I took it, and I scored 88%, having missed four out of 33 questions. Considering the difficulty of questions on it, I'm pretty proud of myself. The quiz's statistics say that the average score for this quiz during November is 78.0%, and the average score overall is 78.0%.
In a shameless effort to maximize pageviews, I'm putting here the link to my eBay auction for a BluRay/HD-DVD drive:
LG's BluRay/HD-DVD/DVD burner drive (firmware enhanced)
Buy it.
Yesterday I got my first Jury Summons. I literally yelped in excitement when I saw the envelope. I'm a big boy now!
Unfortunately I'm assigned "standby duty", so I have to call two hours before the scheduled time to see if they want me.
Share your jury duty experiences.
As promised, on Monday Andreas and I tested each other for Navy-required fitness. I'm thrilled to say that I meet or exceed all the criteria, with one caveat: I did exactly the number of required situps, leaving no room for error. I'll keep working at it.
I'm about a month early on meeting my goal.
This would not have been possible without having Andreas as my gym buddy for three semesters. We keep each other from defaulting. Alas, Andreas is graduating this semester, and his life will be in flux. What he does and where he goes will depend entirely on what job he gets.
Now my biggest challenge will be to continue to keep myself in shape. With distractions like Netflix, food, and Slashdot—as well as self-convincing excuses such as having homework or bad weather—I don't know if I can do it.
