My Conservative Identity:

You are an Anti-government Gunslinger, also known as a libertarian conservative. You believe in smaller government, states’ rights, gun rights, and that, as Reagan once said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”

Take the quiz at www.FightLiberals.com

Seen at Shooting The Messenger.

UPDATE:  FYI.  The graphic at the top is from the manga Trinity Blood.  The character pictured is a battle android named Tres (I think), but also called Gunslinger.  He was made to kill vampires.

Nyx of One Monkey's Typewriter has bestowed upon me that Blogger Reflection Award that's been going around.  I'm supposed to post what she said about me and then tag five other bloggers.  So here's the first part:

AlanDP of Blogonomicon has always made me think, "This is what it would have been like if my grandfather had blogged." My grandfather was a reader, a gun collector, a pipe smoker, and seemed to have grown fond of Monty Python over the years. He didn't say a lot, kept most things short and sweet, but everything he did say was worth hearing. He was one of the greatest men I've ever known, and I mean it as a very sincere compliment when I say Alan reminds me of him.

Everyone likes getting a little recognition, even if it's from one of these meme things, and I'm no exception.

However, it goes against my personal philosophy to tag others with memes, so I'm not going to do that part.  I don't add other blogs to my blogroll unless I think that person's work is worth spending time reading.  In fact I have several that I'm evaluating right now.  Oh yes.  Most blogs that I add go through an indeterminate evaluation period before I decide one way or the other.  I don't just throw things on there haphazardly.  So peruse the blogroll.  There's lots of good stuff there.

The Which Ancient Language Are You Test written by imipak on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Ah but you only think I am dead.  I live on in goofy new-age fortune-telling gimmicks.

Via Reformed Chicks Blabbing.

You scored as Black Witch, You are a Black Witch, and a very powerful one at that! Beware he who crosses your way, I sure wouldn't want to be him! Just watch out who you place your curses on, for they may in turn curse you with an even more terrible curse! Black Witch 50% Fallen Angel 25% You are a Demon 25% You are a Vampiric Elf! 0% Vampire 0% What creature of the night are you you most like? (Pics!!) created with QuizFarm.com

It's okay.  I use a survival knife for my athame.

I wonder what your answers have to be to score as a "vampiric elf" as opposed to just a run of the mill vampire.  And once you're a vampire, does it really matter if you were an elf first?

Seen at One Monkey's Typewriter.  So mote it be.

I sometimes participate in memes voluntarily.  Here's one that I've already done variations on from Hell in a Handbasket. I'll see if I can think of some new ones.

As James said, thank goodness these are only eight random facts, not interesting or admirable.

1.  I've never seen an ocean.  The closest I ever got was the San Francisco Bay.  (The Gulf of Mexico doesn't count).

2.  I used to play solitaire a lot.  So much that I was given a book of solitaire games for Christmas one year.  I used a lap table that my great-grandfather built for himself to play solitaire on.  And of course I used real cards, not the computer games.

3.  My sisters refuse to play Trivial Pursuit with me.  Anymore.

4.  I once had a close encounter with an alligator.  Since I'm still here typing this, you may assume that I won.

5.  I've never been involved in a serious car wreck.

6.  Although you couldn't tell by my last name, part of my ancestry is Scottish.  And I love the sound of a bagpipe.

7.  I was once prodded into performing a completely spontaneous stand-up comedy routine at a summer camp talent show, which apparently everyone thought was pretty good.  I think the audience wasn't very demanding.

8.  The first woman I ever dated, I married.