Blog quizzes

Drugs, death, and pain

User Image terrasig | June 25, 2007
Quite a few bloggers have been running their content through this website to get the equivalent of an MPAA rating. Here's ours: The rationale for this rating?: This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words: * drugs (5x) * death (2x) * pain (1x) Well, a blog about drugs and drug safety is going to mention all of these terms. But I was still anticipating a G rating.

What drug is your personality like?

User Image terrasig | August 19, 2006
Yes, I know that I am late with The Friday Fermentable, but this pharmacologist couldn't pass up the following blogthing on a lazy Saturday morn: Your Personality Is Like Ecstasy You're usually feeling the love for the world around you - you want to hug everyone. And while you're usually content to sit back and view the world with wonder... Sometimes your world becomes very overwhelming and a little scary. What Drug Is Your Personality Like? Definitely the first blog quiz I've ever taken that nailed me. Hat tip: La Blonde Parisienne at Daily Hysteric

88th percentile nerd: coincidence?

User Image terrasig | July 30, 2006
After being prompted by GrrlScientist and Prof John Lynch, I took this test again remembering that I scored in the 79th percentile before we joined ScienceBlogs.com. The results page states further that, "it's time to apply to MIT," but after the Tonegawa/Karpova thing, I'll stay with my land-grant state university-earned PhD, thank-you very much. If they wouldn't have me back then, no need to think they'd have me now!