Whether you're putting together a five-page research paper, updating your personal diary, or just instant messaging, your typing style can be as revealing as your taste in clothes. Are you a speed demon? Are you slow and methodical? Do you obsess over accuracy, or do you let the typos fall as they may, counting on spellcheck to smooth things out in the end? By conducting thousands, hundreds a handful of surveys, we've composed the following analysis of the most prevalent typing techniques. Read on to see what your style says about you:
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and with it comes an evening or two of family board games. These games can reveal a lot about you and your family members. Are you motivated by winning? Do you just want everyone to have a good time? Do you need everyone to follow the rules, or do you just like to go with the flow?
We've broken down the various player types:
The Megaphone
The Megaphone's vocal volume tends to match the intensity of the game. When his team is losing and desperately needs a good roll or a correct answer, he SCREAMS OUT LOUD! A LOT! Deluded by his own enthusiasm, the Megaphone is completely unaware that he's blowing out his teammates' eardrums.
Congratulations are in order! This year's inductees to the National Toy Hall of Fame have been announced! Prepare the tributes and ticker tape parades; we need to honor innovative creations like the big wheel (the bridge between walking and cycling!), the Game Boy (Mario Brothers rules!), and the ball (um...what?)
If that last one surprised you, then you might also be interested to know that the cardboard box was inducted in 2005. The stick is in the Hall, too. Frankly, we applaud the inclusion of such rudimentary objects as the ball, the box, and the stick. After all, most household objects make great toys—sometimes even the best toys!
Did you hear? The Yankees won the World Series for like, the gazillionth time. (OK, fine, the 27th time.) Big deal. It's not like people didn't expect this to happen. It's sort of like that girl who always claims she did "awful" and "failed" a test, when you know she's going to get an A. Then, when she does get an A, she acts all surprised and wants her parents and friends to congratulate her on her perfect GPA.
Well, you know what? We're tired of this sort of repeat-offender success. It's boring. In the spirit of true competition, we've come up with a few ways to challenge someone's celebration and have a little fun at the same time. Yeah, it might be a little nasty, but it's only meant to put things in perspective and keep your friend's ego in check.
You know that old saying, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, keep trying, try, try, try (man this is taking forever), try, try...again." Well, that might be slightly different than the old saying, but we had to adjust it for this really determined lady who finally, FINALLY, after 950 tries, passed the driver's license test.
But, just as your third grade teacher (you know, the one who smelled like donuts) always told you, every mistake is an opportunity to learn something. For every time she failed the test, this lady learned something, which means she now knows all there is to know about driving. So we contacted her via our psychic network and she agreed to share her lessons learned with us. Don't thank her now—thank her later, when you pass your driver's test on the first try!
By this point in the semester, your tests are probably starting to pile up like dirty laundry. Just when you think you're in the clear and have a few days to relax and focus on homework, you remember that your foreign language teacher added a 50-point "quiz"—which, as far as we're concerned, is a full-on test.
We decided to probe the pros and cons of the two main test types: multiple choice and essay. We pulled an all-nighter comparing these exam options. Here's our crib sheet:
If you're like us, you have no trouble drifting into a sound slumber on most nights (and, if you're like us, you never snore. Not ever. No matter what anyone else says.). But occasionally, the sandman takes the night off, leaving you wide-eyed and wondering how you'll possibly function the next day. Ah, dreaded insomnia. And like that 5-dollar foot-long jingle from Subway, the more you try to fight it, the stronger and more insistent it becomes. After many long, sleepless nights, we've devised the following strategies to help you combat—or at least tolerate—insomnia:
Sometimes, all it takes is one small decision to set off a whole chain reaction of events that leads to unexpected and unplanned consequences. Sometimes these consequences are harmless, if a little weird—like when the decision to eat only food that can be consumed with a spoon (because you like spoons) ends with you asking your mom to stock the cupboard with organic baby food.
But there are times when your seemingly innocent choices can lead you down a dark path. Let's take cheating. You might say that you will never ever in a million years cheat in school. But the truth is that a few simple decisions can plunge you into morally questionable terrain before you even realize what you're doing. In fact, the slide into cheatdom can happen in just 10 slippery steps:
Last week, we celebrated the art of organization with (if we may say so ourselves) a meticulously organized post. And while many of you found a spot among the ranks of the organized, others wondered if they were in the wrong place altogether. In other words, some of you are admittedly, uh, "less than organized."
But we haven't forgotten you, champions of disorder! Even the most obsessive among us have little piles of anarchy. Sure, most of the time our offices are spic-and-span, but there are moments when things get a little out of sorts. In honor of the disorderly lifestyle, we've composed a less-than-meticulous ranking system so you can see how close you are to chaos:
Along with Homecoming and Halloween, autumn in the United States brings random days off from school. These non-holiday free days off can creep up on you. You're so focused on trying to keep up with your busy schedule—making sure your notes are all in order for that upcoming History exam, practicing your band solo, organizing the after-school food drive—that you completely forget about the upcoming long weekend. So if one of these Staff Development/Regional Teacher's Meeting days catches you off guard, just select one of the following activities and let your (mini) vacation begin:
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