First, if you haven’t checked out the most amazing parallel parking feat ever, please prepare to be impressed.

Second, remember when I was talking about crime and how people believe things are worse than they are? And remember how I blamed it on the facile go-to explanations of media/govt fear-mongering to a gullible populace? Well, Nate found this guy’s explanation, which is a lot more interesting.

Finally, this PersonalDNA quiz is the most trippindicular quiz of the year so far. I know myself pretty well (interviewing “baskets” anyone?), so when I take personality quizzes, it’s as much to test the quiz-makers’ skills as anything else. But this one is super-duper fun. You get to use sliders, and empty virtual buckets, and position yourself on two-D graphs. I heart pictures. This quiz single-handedly eased my angst about either/or, one-possibility-only answers. Then it gave me a page of fairly accurate encouragements about myself, as well as the title “Benevolent Creator.” Which in one way could apply, and in another way is sort of creepy since it’s a phrase that I’d prefer to apply to GOD.

Here are a few quotes and my “Personality DNA Map”, on which you can mouse over different colors for different information:

Your imagination, confidence, willingness to explore, and appreciation of beauty make you a CREATOR.

Your confidence allows you to take your general awareness and channel it into creativity.

Your caring nature goes beyond a basic concern: you take the time to understand the nuances of people’s situations before passing any sort of judgment.

Considering many different perspectives is something at which you excel, and you appreciate that quality in others.