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Below are the 6 most recent journal entries recorded in the "Baxil" journal:

March 19th, 2009
04:19 pm [Link]	Game acronyms circuit_four recently posted about "[figuring] out the solitaire rules for RFTG:TGS", which led to some acronym guessing. Clearly some Web-2.0-style crowd wisdom is called for here. Poll #1368445 It's a board game of some sort Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 24 What does "RFTG: TGS" stand for? View Answers Reach For The Gun: Total Galaxy Slaughter 6 (25.0%) Ronin Fox-morph Tranny Girls: Tokyo Glitter Samurai 7 (29.2%) Retail Frenzy, The Game: Teenaged Grabby Syndrome 4 (16.7%) Republican Foot-Tapping Guys: Totally Godly Sex 2 (8.3%) Read From The Guidebook: There's Goals Somewhere 3 (12.5%) Other! (see comments) 2 (8.3%) Current Location: ~spiral Current Mood: silly Current Music: Absurd Minds, "The Gash" Tags: polls, wordplay (18 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 5th, 2008
11:43 pm [Link]	Admit it, you're curious too Poll #1236031 Musical Ethics Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 56 Which of the following are appropriate ways to fill out the "Current Music" field in an LJ post? View Answers The song your playlist is serving up exactly when you reach the field -- no cherrypicking. 40 (75.5%) As above, but you can fast-forward/rewind if that specific song sucks/is inappropriate. 22 (41.5%) A song your playlist served up at any time while you were writing the post. 40 (75.5%) A song you've deliberately added into your playlist so you can be listening to it when you fill the field out. 19 (35.8%) A (thematically appropriate) song you own, but didn't actually listen to while writing the post. 21 (39.6%) A (thematically appropriate) song you don't even have a copy of. 15 (28.3%) A song that doesn't actually exist, but would be thematically appropriate if it did. 10 (18.9%) Some smartass non-song to emphasize you have no music on (e.g.: "The Street - 'Traffic Noises' "). 34 (64.2%) Completely non-musical content. 19 (35.8%) A Sufjan Stevens song listed below in the comments, for the sole purpose of trying to break the field's length limit. 8 (15.1%) In your opinion, what's the PRIMARY purpose of the Current Music field? View Answers To provide a window into my musical preferences (i.e., what I actually listen to). 24 (42.9%) Recommendations -- share cool music with my readers. 1 (1.8%) To make a supplemental point that reinforces/alters/deepens the main post. 6 (10.7%) To show off my depth of artistic knowledge and range of tastes. 0 (0.0%) ... It has a point? 25 (44.6%) You're listening to the song "Clicky Thing" by the Drama Llamas, on the album Livejournal Blues: View Answers Clicky Thing 2 (4.1%) Drama Llamas, "Clicky Thing" 18 (36.7%) "Clicky Thing" - Drama Llamas 25 (51.0%) "Clicky Thing" - Drama Llamas - Livejournal Blues 4 (8.2%) Drama Llamas, Livejournal Blues: "Clicky Thing" 0 (0.0%) Current Location: ~/brainstorm Current Mood: good Current Music: "Listen to the Music," The Doobie Brothers Tags: polls (26 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 24th, 2008
12:32 am [Link]	Perspective on atheist believers I've seen the statistic cited a few times today that 21 percent of (American) atheists believe in a higher power, which is roughly as absurd as saying that 21 percent of vegetarians eat meat. It's pretty easy to make more out of a statement like that than the data really implies, and people have been rightly skeptical. But in chipuni's discussion thread (friends-locked), bernmarx links to the original study [PDF], and so we have the opportunity to unpack it a bit. Is it statistical trickery? ( No ) Is it linguistic trickery? ( Maybe ) Does it show that atheists are stupid, crazy and/or hypocritical? ( No ) * * * * * Also, apropos of nothing: props to hafoc for utterly out-Frosting me in the tech support poetry thread. -- * The PDF has four pages of cover, credits and index; I'm following the numbering scheme of the document itself. In order to immediately locate any reference, jump to (page number + 4) in the PDF you download. Current Location: ~/brainstorm Current Music: The Wingless, "Super Metroid: All The World In One Girl" OC Remix Tags: geekery, polls (17 comments \| Leave a comment)
January 30th, 2008
09:32 pm [Link]	Settling the question Blame baronlaw, who posted an entry cut-tagged with "Fire and Ice Meme", which really should have been something like the below: Poll #1130417 "Ice and Fire Meme" Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 37 How do you say the world will end?* View Answers I hold with those who favor fire. 25 (67.6%) Ice is great and will suffice. 12 (32.4%) -- * If you don't get the reference. Current Location: ~spiral Current Mood: curious Current Music: "Miracles Do Happen," La Pucelle Tactics OST Tags: polls (15 comments \| Leave a comment)
December 11th, 2007
12:52 am [Link]	An exercise in (non-)human psychology Two coworkers of mine -- who I will leave nameless to protect the innocent -- cannot settle a raging debate, and they have turned to me for an impartial third-party opinion. In turn, I turn to you, people of the Internets. Can you take a few seconds and help me put this to rest for them? Poll #1104182 A bitter sweets debate Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 79 1. You see an open box of assorted filled chocolates in a public area at work. They were left by one of your coworkers and are meant to be shared. The chocolates are unlabeled; there is no key indicating what's inside them. View Answers I take a chocolate. 60 (75.9%) I don't take a chocolate. 19 (24.1%) 2. All of the conditions of question #1, PLUS: Someone has smashed open all of the chocolates. The damage is very prominent. However, the pieces have all stayed separate; the mess factor is negligible; and you can now see what they're filled with. View Answers I take a chocolate. 34 (43.0%) I don't take a chocolate. 45 (57.0%) 3. All of the conditions of question #2, PLUS: Written on the box in large letters are the words "SAFE TO EAT. YUM YUM!" View Answers I take a chocolate. 18 (22.8%) I don't take a chocolate. 61 (77.2%) 4. All of the conditions of question #3, PLUS: A trustworthy coworker says the chocolates were smashed open in a sanitary fashion, without being touched by human hands. View Answers I take a chocolate. 56 (70.9%) I don't take a chocolate. 23 (29.1%) 5. All of the conditions of question #4, PLUS: You can see that at least one of the chocolates has a filling you really like. View Answers I take a chocolate. 61 (77.2%) I don't take a chocolate. 18 (22.8%) 6. If the box from question #4 (all damaged but ID'd; breakage was sanitary) and the box from question #1 (pristine mystery chocolates) were on the table side by side, which would you choose? View Answers A pristine chocolate with an unknown, random filling. 44 (61.1%) A smashed-up chocolate with a known filling. 28 (38.9%) Explain yourself in comments, if you'd like -- especially if your reasons for the decision are unexpected. For example, I only went for them once they were broken -- but for the undoubtedly strange reason that I expected nobody else would, and I didn't want them to go to waste! Current Location: ~/brainstorm Current Music: Tom Lehrer, "National Brotherhood Week" Tags: polls, work (43 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 15th, 2007
03:57 pm [Link]	Friends list vs. American public: ROUND 1, FIGHT! Poll #1022009 Economics hypotheticals Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 52 Which job would you prefer? View Answers My current job 18 (34.6%) The same job, but with a 10% pay cut and 10% more leisure time 25 (48.1%) The same job, but with a 10% raise and 10% less leisure time 9 (17.3%) All other things being equal, where would you rather live? View Answers You have a 3,000-square-foot house and everyone else has a 2,000-square-foot house 6 (11.8%) You have a 4,000-square-foot house and everyone else has a 6,000-square-foot house 45 (88.2%) Once you're done, see how other Americans answer these questions. All I can conclude is that something is wrong with somebody, somewhere. (Incidentally, the article's an insightful look at why the United States is the only -- only -- advanced economy in the world that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation. That alone makes it worth a full read.) Current Location: ~/brainstorm Current Mood: meh Tags: politics, polls, work (45 comments \| Leave a comment)

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