So, here’s the deal. It’s not a Google meme this time, but rather a Wikipedia meme. Cute, no?

The Rules:
1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at Wikipedia.org
2. List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday.

Righto. Let’s see… “March 8” gives us such interesting tidbits as…

Events:

1782 – Gnadenhütten massacre: Almost 100 Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio had their skulls crushed with a mallet by Pennsylvanian militiamen in a mass murder.
1911 – International Women’s Day is celebrated for the first time.
1948 – The United States Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.

(I was tempted to go with all three of the massacres available, but, no.)

Births:

1918 – Alan Hale, Jr., American actor
1969 – Andrea Parker, American actress, ballet dancer

(The Skipper and Miss Parker. Go figure.)

Death:

1999 – Joe DiMaggio, baseball player

(Thus answering the immortal question from that Simon And Garfunkel song, I suppose.)

Kyla did it, Mari did it, now I’ve done it. I didn’t get the answer I wanted, though. Argh. (I apologize for the formatting… whoever wrote this quiz has a sickening fascination with using nested tables for pure evil.)

You scored as Serenity (Firefly). You like to live your own way and don’t enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you.

Serenity (Firefly)		88%
Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica)		81%
Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix)		69%
Babylon 5 (Babylon 5)		69%
Moya (Farscape)		63%
SG-1 (Stargate)		56%
FBI's X-Files Division (The X-Files)		50%
Deep Space Nine (Star Trek)		50%
Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda)		44%
Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)		44%
Bebop (Cowboy Bebop)		44%
Enterprise D (Star Trek)		38%

Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile II: which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? (pics)
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I’d like to know how I managed not to end up stationed on our last, best hope for peace. Dammit.

There’s a meme masquerading as an individualized perceptual study making the rounds, and while I’ve tried to avoid getting involved up to this point, now I think I have no choice.

Kyla and Mari and Lil’ did theirs, so now you can do mine. Yes, here’s my Johari Window. Knock yourselves out. Please leave a nickname of some sort when you fill it out, though. Humor me. Thanks.

As Lisa informs us, this week is National De-Lurking Week. If you’re a regular visitor here, feel free to say hello, introduce yourself, tell me what a great guy I am, and that sort of thing. If you’re irregular, I don’t want to know about it. (Ba-dum, bump! Thank you, thank you! I’ll be here all week. Try the riblets!)

Not one to play “do as I say not as I do,” because I’m all about the One Standard Will Do Nicely, I’ll be poking about in my blogroll and other assorted link lists, visiting sites and making a nuisance of myself in kind.

That’s a good thing, right? Right.

From the creative minds behind the Church Sign Generator, I present the following warning sign:

Go forth and make your own, or something.

I’d post something more witty and in-depth, but I just put in a very long day dealing almost entirely with email server issues. I’m beat. See you tomorrow, friends.

Warning Label Generator

Can I get that in cash, please? Thanks.