Et Cetera (January - June 2003)

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HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I><B>May 10, 2002</b></I></div> <div> A friend has a page on her Web site titled <A HREF="http://vimeslady.tripod.com/home/id3.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://vimeslady.tripod.com/home/id3.htm"><U>"What Am I Really Like?"</U></A>, where she collects the results of Internet personality quizzes. Shunning real work on a Saturday afternoon, I've decided to emulate her.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1137" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 177 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.io.com/~janis/quiz/quiz1.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.io.com/~janis/quiz/quiz1.html"><U><B>American Founding Father</b></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="64020900.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://quizilla.com/users/dphenreckson/quizzes/To%20which%20race%20of%20Middle%20Earth%20do%20you%20belong%3F/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quizilla.com/users/dphenreckson/q"><U><B>Middle Earth Race</b></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="63c629a0.jpg" border=0 width="354" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.abnormalcy.com/~quizzes/discguy/discguy.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.abnormalcy.com/~quizzes/discg"><U><B>Discworld Character (Male)</b></U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="63b137d0.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 212 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.ladyinterference.com/assorteds/quiz.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ladyinterference.com/assorted"><U><B>Decade In Which I Live</b></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="6412c640.gif" border=0 width="300" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://quizilla.com/users/jackee/quizzes/What%20Monty%20Python%20Character%20are%20you%3F/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quizilla.com/users/jackee/quizzes"><U><B>Monty Python Character</b></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="6422cbd0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="189" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://brakpage.milkbag.net/quiz/peanuts.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://brakpage.milkbag.net/quiz/peanuts"><U><B>Peanuts Character</b></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="64369760.gif" border=0 width="361" height="118" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 221 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://brakpage.milkbag.net/quiz/marvel.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://brakpage.milkbag.net/quiz/marvel."><U><B>Marvel Comics Character</b></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="64577970.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <A HREF="http://pages.prodigy.net/hpdevo/quiz/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pages.prodigy.net/hpdevo/quiz/"><U><B>Harry Potter Character (Kid)</b></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="646c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://quizilla.com/users/Cycophant/quizzes/Which%20Country%20of%20the%20World%20are%20You%3F" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quizilla.com/users/Cycophant/quiz"><U><B>Country That I Most Resemble</b></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="64877c60.gif" border=0 width="375" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> [<A HREF="id26_instant_loc_form.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letters of Comment"><U>To comment, click here.</U></A>]</div> <div> <I><B>February 26, 2002</b></I></div> <div> And here I am as, of all things, a verse form:</div> <div>  <TABLE BORDER=0><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE BORDER=0><TR><TD STYLE="padding:5px; font-family:Verdana; font-size:x-small; border:solid white 1px; color:white; background-color:#000099;"> I am <b>heroic couplets</b>; most precise<br>And fond of order. Planned and structured. Nice.<br>I know, of course, just what I want; I know,<br>As well, what I will do to make it so.<br>This doesn't mean that I attempt to shun<br>Excitement, entertainment, pleasure, fun;<br>But they must keep their place, like all the rest;<br>They might be good, but ordered life is best.</TD></TR></TABLE> <A HREF="http://quiz.ravenblack.net/poeticform.pl">What Poetry Form Are You?</A>  </div> <div> That sounded great, but my runner-up form was the polar opposite:</div> <div>  <TABLE BORDER=0><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE BORDER=0><TR><TD STYLE="padding:5px; font-family:Verdana; font-size:x-small; border:solid #ffffaa 1px; color:#ffffaa; background-color:#008800;"> If they told you I'm mad, then they lied.<br>I'm odd, but it isn't compulsive.<br>I'm the <b>triolet</b>, bursting with pride;<br>If they told you I'm mad, then they lied.<br>No, it isn't obsessive. Now hide<br>All the spoons or I might get convulsive.<br>If they told you I'm mad then they lied.<br>I'm odd, but it isn't compulsive.</TD></TR></TABLE> <A  </div> <div> An early sign of multiple personality disorder?</div> <div> [<A HREF="id26_instant_loc_form.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letters of Comment"><U>To comment, click here.</U></A>] (But not if you want to endorse the MPD theory!)</div> <div> <A HREF="#_________home" TITLE="Et Cetera (January June 2003)"><U><B><Return to Top of Page</b></U></A><B>></b></div> <div> <B>  <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var site="sm8Stromata";var g_frames=true;</script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=sm8Stromata"> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=sm8Stromata" target="_top"> <img src="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=sm8Stromata" alt="Site Meter" border=0></a> </noscript>    </b></div> </td> </tr></table></body>