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And the answers for 10 Lines #15...

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And the answers for 10 Lines #15...

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The return of 10 Lines!

Ten first lines from my iTunes playlist right now. Guess the songs. Bonus points for guessing the artist and album, or guessing the version that I have (if it's been covered), where applicable. Play fair now, no Googling.

All these songs I have are the originals. The quite interesting question is what all these songs have in common (at least two things they have in common, really).

1. Coo, coo, I just want you.

2. When are you gonna come down?

3. Hey baby, what you gonna do when the lights go up on you?

4. Take off your hat, kick off your shoes.

5. A small jean genie snuck off to the city.

6. I am your main man if you're looking for trouble.

7. When you were young and your heart was an open book.

8. Look out, look out, your Mama will shout.

9. I won't laugh at you when you boo-hoo-hoo.

10. Look out! Mama let me out on a Saturday night...

A special edition... devilishly difficult, even if I do say so myself.

Ten first lines from my iTunes playlist right now. Guess the songs. Play fair now, no Googling.

1. Stand and deliver!

2. Janie's got a gun, Janie's got a gun.

3. Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?

4. Baby, now that I've found you I won't let you go.

5. Ev'ry time we say good-bye, I die a little.

6. Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?

7. Can't buy me love, love... can't buy me love.

8. One way or another, I'm gonna find you.

9. No woman no cry, no woman no cry.

10. Katy says, "Today is the best day of my entire life."

You Are An INTP

The Thinker You are analytical and logical - and on a quest to learn everything you can. Smart and complex, you always love a new intellectual challenge. Your biggest pet peeve is people who slow you down with trivial chit chat. A quiet maverick, you tend to ignore rules and authority whenever you feel like it. In love, you are an easy person to fall for. But not an easy person to stay in love with. Although you are quite flexible, you often come off as aloof or argumentative. At work, you are both a logical and creative thinker. You are great at solving problems. You would make an excellent mathematician, programmer, or professor. How you see yourself: Creative, fair, and tough-minded When other people don't get you, they see you as: arrogant, cold, and robotic

Generally, I tend to fluctuate between an INTP and an INTJ dependng on mood.

Glassbooth.org has a quiz that shows you which US Presidential candidate is most representative of your own political beliefs. Mine turns out to be Bill Richardson at 80%, but not far off is Edwards at 76% and Clinton at 75%. Next is Obama at 74%, Kucinich at 73% and Gravel at 70%. The percentages are deceptive of course, because it's an overall picture, and gets a bit clearer as you explore the individual points of difference. None of the Republican candidates went above 59% (McCain).

Richardson doesn't seem to be doing all that well, but he's ahead of the pack trailing the big three of the Iowa caucus- he polled in 4th place behind Clinton there. He's definitely got the qualifications for the job, but I'm not sure about the ability to capture the public imagination... the charisma and energy just isn't there like it is for the big three.

In any case, the quiz is an interesting little exercise to go through: at the end, it even links to statements made by the candidates so you can see their position about the areas you're concerned about. I ticked all the boxes, basically, so got to express an opinion about every category and it was interesting to see where my personal politics diverge from theirs even when there are broad areas of agreement. As I've always said, nobody can be pigeonholed into right or left, unless they're an ideologue, and that's always a bad thing.

Once more, unto the breach...

Ten first lines from my iTunes playlist right now. Guess the songs. Bonus points for guessing the artist and album, or guessing the version that I have (if it's been covered), where applicable. Play fair now, no Googling.

None of these artists/bands come from the United States. For additional satisfaction, identify country of origin.

1. If you twist and turn away.

2. Well, my heart knows me better than I know myself.

3. Making your move, you come down as fast as lightning.

4. She's a loaded gun.

5. It's four in the morning, the end of December.

6. I was alone thinking I was just fine.

7. The lights on the west way go on.

8. I woke up, you left me — you know I'm hurting for you.

9. We got it together, didn't we?

10. You told me tales of love and glory.

Ten first lines from my iTunes playlist right now. Guess the songs. Bonus points for guessing the artist and album, or guessing the version that I have (if it's been covered), where applicable. Play fair now, no Googling.

These are pretty easy.

1. Once in your life, you find her.

2. I was born in a beauty salon, my father was a dresser of hair.

3. You're beautiful, more beautiful than me.

4. Bed, bed, I couldn't go to bed.

5. Thought I knew my mind like the back of my hand.

6. Like a flower waiting to bloom, like a light bulb in a dark room...

7. And you know the light is fading all too soon.

8. It used to seem to me that my life went on too fast.

9. Declaration of my feelings for you.

10. You remind me I live in a shell.

Ten first lines from my iTunes playlist right now. Guess the songs. Bonus points for guessing the artist and album, or guessing the version that I have (if it's been covered), where applicable. Play fair now, no Googling.

All love songs. Of course.

1) "You're dangerous, 'cause you're honest."

2) "You can't know, oh no, you can't know, how much I think about you."

3) "It's not the way you smile that touched my heart."

4) "I drew a picture of you; you and your anchor tattoo."

5) "You've done it all, you've broken every code."

6) "It felt like Springtime on this February morning..."

7) "It's not the pale moon that excites me."

8) "You give your hand to me, and then you say hello."

9) "I know a couple — she sits in a rocking chair..."

10) "Jump into the night, gas up and down shift, cruise up the coast on the FM drift..."