Are you one of those people who used to suffer test anxiety? Me too, kinda. My anxiety was less about performance and more about making it to the test on time. Once and only once did I miss an exam. Who knows what I was doing instead, but it was a good day or two before I even realized I'd missed my final. I was able to talk myself into a make-up exam but to this day I still have nightmares about missing important obligations. Well, how 'bout some tests you can take at your leisure?

You may know that the web is full of all kinds of cutesy little tests--which celebrity are you most like, what your hairstyle means, etc. I'm sure that stuff is very, very important. Sometime when my time is more valuable, i.e. when I'm gainfully employed again and need some way to waste company time, I'll be sure and let you know what I find. Meanwhile, I thought we'd stick to the high road. For your pleasure, I've got some edifying tests that allege to reveal all kinds of stuff about you, and only one that may make you feel stupid. Let's start there. If you haven't been feeling good about yourself lately, you'll wanna skip it unless geography is your forté. It's not mine though I didn't do too bad. (Where in the hell is Delaware? I know it's on the east coast.)

If you think you can find Delaware . . . or the Red Sea for that matter, try this "GeoQuiz" on for size. I took the United States quiz and didn't fare too poorly. The only states I couldn't find were all those tiny ones--Rhode Island (sorry, Ben), Delaware, and a couple whose names I can't even remember now, let alone find them on the map. That's sad, I know. It was only minutes ago that I took the test. Oh, well. The only drawback to this site is that it doesn't really say what your what your score means. For example, I got 138 out 150, which would be 92% if we were still in school? Is that an A-? Dunno. There's no pithy statement to explain how well I did or didn't do. I guess they figure if you're geographically challenged you already know it, and you don't need your face rubbed in it.

Since religion was indirectly a hot topic on this blog last week, I find it appropo to mention the Belief-O-Matic quiz. The quiz professes to tell you which of 26 faiths most closely matches your religious beliefs. According to their test, my beliefs most closely match those of Unitarian Universalism (100%), followed closely by those of Neo-Pagans (96%) and Liberal Quakers (93%). My beliefs least match Eastern Orthodox (21%) and Roman Catholic (21%) doctrines. To be honest, I don't know what the hell I believe anymore. (Possibly more on that later.) They present their definitions of the faiths they selected, so you can find out just what a Neo-Pagan or a Sikh believes or what the differences are between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhists.