I betcha didn’t know that Roget recorded with the Beatles for his cinematic debut, didja?

Cross-Posted from raincoaster.com. Notice it doesn’t say whether I’m an em dash or an en dash; damn quiz needs an editor!

You Are a Dash

Your life is fast paced and varied. You are realistic, down to earth, and very honest. You’re often busy doing something interesting, and what you do changes quickly. You have many facets to your personality, and you connect them together well.You have a ton of interests. While some of them are a bit offbeat, they all tie together well. You friends rely on you to bring novelty and excitement to their lives. (And while you’re the most interesting person they know, they can’t help feeling like they don’t know you well.) You excel in: Anything to do with money You get along best with: the Exclamation Point

What Punctuation Mark Are You?

Inane, but funny. Had to share this. I defy you not to laugh!

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Can you ever get enough trivia about your favorite authors? One rather thinks not, one does. Behold a selection from the famous Dr. Boli’s Encyclopedia of Misinformation, without which no desktop should be.

Hawthorne, Julian. Julian Hawthorne inherited all his father Nathaniel’s prodigious literary talent, but straitened circumstances forced him to pawn it.

Hemingway, Ernest. Psychiatrists have determined that Hemingway’s trademark literary style was the result of a severe case of attention deficit disorder.

Joyce, James. When he was sober, James Joyce was completely unable to interpret his own Finnegans Wake.

Makes a helluva lotta sense, eh?

Got this off Defamer. Yes, I can see Alan Ginsberg updating Howl just for the occasion. Lindsay Lohan is at least as consistently wasted as William S. Burroughs, although she is better-looking than he ever was and has not yet resorted to dealing. Clock ticking on that one, though.

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