Internet Quizzes = Endless Entertainment

So I found a new internet quiz (through a facebook post of course) and, being as skilled at procrastination as I am, decided to take it.
This one calls itself a political compass and has come up with the argument that instead of measuring politics on a left-right line, one needs a full chart. The economic scale is on the x axis and the social scale on the y axis. I got this:

Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.90

...which really didn't tell me much, until I clicked on the comparison chart: 

...well, NOW we know why I have so little interest in any politicians, don't we? If this is even accurate, which... who knows.

I do seem to be in good company though:

Side note: this looks fun

This is my Church...

I went to a pretty cool talk after mass this past Sunday- the topic was "How does one reconcile disagreement with the institution and remain Catholic?" The speaker was Bishop Geoffrey Robinson (who wrote Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church: Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus), and it was organized by Voice of the Faithful and hosted by the Paulist Center Boston. It's nice to finally find an active Catholic community where I don't have to feel uncomfortable at every other phrase spouted out of someone's mouth. This is the Church as it should be, a future for the Church that is not based on the increasingly law-obsessed newer priests coming out of the seminaries.

"For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings."
- Hosea 6:6

"There is nothing on this earth so ugly as the Catholic Church, and nothing so beautiful."
-John Henry Newman

podcasts

I just have to say this again... yes! Finally, people who will listen to me. And who I may listen to and learn from.

iPad Thoughts, part 1

So... I'm going to start collecting notes/thoughts here.

Which means, if you're not interested in the comparison of tablets, go ahead and ignore me.

What I want in a tablet:

• Plain text editor with regular expressions (color-coded html a plus)
• .epub reader
• wireless
• good battery life
• good quality video
• sketch feature/stylus
• pdf reader/editor
• (games)

How iPad meets these criteria:

• Textastic?
• iBooks (non-Apple ebooks can be added through iTunes on the computer, then synced to the ipad)
• wireless
• Apple's claim - ipad 2: 10hrs; ipad 3: 10hrs [CNET test - ipad 2 (airplane mode): 14.2 hrs; ipad 3 (airplane mode): 12.8 hrs]
• high-res screen in ipad 3; still no flash
• no official stylus, but several companies have styluses that work with the ipad; only complaint people seem to have is no pressure sensitivity
• Well look what I found!
• tons of games

Other possible tablets:

• Eee pad Transformer Prime - lighter than ipad, smaller screen, 18hr battery life
• Sony - wedge shape to reduce glare when flat on table, SD card reader, some complaints about screen brightness, 8-9 hr battery life
• Samsung Galaxy - bigger screen, thin, 5-8 hr battery life
• Nook Tablet - no. The nook is an ereader; I have one of those. I want a full tablet.
• Kindle Fire - see what I said about nook.

Note: Apple, by far, has the most available apps. Finding a text editor with regex seems difficult no matter which tablet I get.

Actually... I thought there was going to be a part 2 to this, or maybe even a part 3, but I may have just talked myself into the ipad...