Coffee Klatch

Psychologists have discovered that the manner in which people eat Oreo cookies provides great insight into their personalities. Choose which method best describes your favorite method of eating Oreos:

1. The whole thing all at once.

2. One bite at a time.

3. Slow and methodical nibbles, examining the results of each bite afterwards.

4. In little feverous nibbles.

5. Dunked in some liquid (milk, coffee…).

6. Twisted apart, the inside, then the cookie.

7. Twisted apart, the inside, and toss the cookie.

8. Just the cookie, not the inside.

9. I just like to lick them, not eat them.

10. I don’t have a favorite way because I don’t like Oreos.

Your Personality:
1. The whole thing

This means you consume life with abandon, you are fun to be with, exciting, carefree with some hint of recklessness. You are totally irresponsible. No one should trust you with their children.

2. One bite at a time.

You are lucky to be one of the 5.4 billion other people who eat their Oreos this very same way. Just like them, you lack imagination, but that’s okay, not to worry, you’re normal.

3. Slow and Methodical.

You follow the rules. You’re very tidy and orderly. You’re very meticulous in every detail with everything you do to the point of being anal retentive and irritating to others. Stay out of the fast lane if you’re only going to go the speed limit.

4. Feverous Nibbles.

Your boss likes you because you get your work done quickly. You always have a million things to do and never enough time to do them. Mental breakdowns and suicides run in your family. Valium and Ritalin would do you good.

5. Dunked.

Every one likes you because you are always upbeat. You like to sugarcoat unpleasant experiences and rationalize bad situations into good ones. You are in total denial about the shambles you call a life. You have a propensity towards narcotic addiction.

6. Twisted apart, the inside, and then the cookie.

You have a highly curious nature. You take pleasure in breaking things apart to find out how they work, though not always able to put them back together, so you destroy all the evidence of your activities. You deny your involvement when things go wrong. You are a compulsive liar and exhibit deviant, if not criminal, behavior.

7. Twisted apart, the inside, and then toss the cookie.

You are good at business and take risks that pay off. You take what you want and throw the rest away. You are greedy, selfish, mean, and lack feelings for others. You should be ashamed of yourself. But that’s ok, you don’t care, you got yours.

8. Just the cookie, not the inside.

You enjoy pain.

9. I just like to lick them, not eat them

Stay away from small furry animals and seek professional medical help — immediately.

10. I don’t have a favorite way, I don’t like Oreo cookies.

You probably come from a rich family, and like to wear nice things, and go to up-scale restaurants. You are particular and fussy about the things you buy, own, and wear. Things have to be just right. You like to be pampered. You are a prima donna. There’s just no pleasing you.

Today I found a free online personality test that is based on the Myers-Briggs personality types. I tried it and it’s very good. Of course, you can pay for a report that gives you much more detail, but even the free version is quite nice. There is a total of 84 questions that approach the issue from a couple different perspectives, helping the test be more accurate.

Check it out at CareerPlanner.com

Here are some more fun quizzes and “blogthings” and my results. I haven’t done any of these in a long time, so I’ve tried to find some new ones that I haven’t done before.

Your Autumn Test Results

You are a energetic, warm, optimistic person. You approach everything with a lot of enthusiasm.When you’re happiest, you are outgoing and expressive . You love celebrations, and you enjoy showing off a little.You embrace change. You love change. You see change as a rebirth. You find solitude to be the most comforting thing in the world. Being alone with your thoughts feels very peaceful. Your ideal day is chill and uneventful. You prefer to kick back and take it easy. You tend to live in the moment. You enjoy whatever is going on, and you don’t obsess over the past or future.

The Autumn Test

You Are Badminton

You are quite talented but not very appreciated. You are detail oriented, very focused, and agile. You are happy to forsake glory for success in something you truly love.

What Olympic Sport Are You?

You Are Chai Tea

There are many subtle sides to your personality. You are difficult to decode. You are a complex and deep individual. You have many nuanced beliefs, and your mood frequently changes.You are a creative and expressive person. You draw your inspiration from the whole world. You enjoy exotic food, music, and travel. Your tastes are very international.

What Kind of Tea Are You?

You Are Barbeque Sauce

You are a social person. You enjoy cooking for other people. You are both skillful and competitive. You enjoy mastering hard tasks. You appreciate complexity more than simplicity.Your taste in food tends to lean toward interesting flavors. You appreciate exotic spice combinations. You tend to like cutting edge, fusion cuisine. You get along with all personalities from a distance. Except salsa personalities, who always seem to annoy you.

What Condiment Are You?

Here are some prayers based upon the Myers-Briggs personality types. Look up your type and that’s your prayer for the day. (If you’d like to take the test to see what type you are, here’s a link.)

MYERS-BRIGGS PRAYERS

ISTJ: Lord, help me to relax about insignificant details beginning tomorrow at 11:41:23 a.m. E.S.T.

ISTP: God, help me to consider people’s feelings, even if most of them ARE hypersensitive.

ESTP: God, help me to take responsibility for my own actions, even though they’re usually NOT my fault.

ESTJ: God, help me to not try to RUN everything. But, if You need some help, just ask.

ISFJ: Lord, help me to be more laid back and help me to do it EXACTLY right.

ISFP: Lord, help me to stand up for my rights (if you don’t mind my asking).

ESFP: God, help me to take things more seriously, especially parties and dancing.

ESFJ: God, give me patience, and I mean right NOW.

INFJ: Lord, help me not to be a perfectionist. (Did I spell that correctly?)

INFP: God, help me to finish everything I sta

ENFP: God, help me to keep my mind on one th – Look a bird! – at a time.

ENFJ: God, help me to do only what I can and trust you for the rest. Do you mind putting that in writing?

INTJ: Lord, keep me open to other’s ideas, *wrong* though they may be.

INTP: Lord, help me to be less independent, but let me do it my way.

ENTP: Lord, help me follow established procedures today. On second thought, I’ll settle for a few minutes.

ENTJ: Lord, help me slow downandnotrushthroughwhatIdo.

There’s a cool online personality test that’s also a Facebook application. It’s called PersonalDNA and it’s interesting because it assesses quite a few different areas of your personality, but not just by using “either/or” questions. Some of the questions ask you to move an indicator on a gauge or “drain a bucket” in various categories, that kind of thing. The variety in question formats makes the experience more enjoyable, and I guess more accurate. Of course, it’s not perfect, but it’s pretty good.

You can take the personality test here: http://www.personaldna.com/ and you don’t even need to sign up for anything to take it.

They do a nice text-based evaluation, but then they go beyond that. Your results can be displayed either in a swatch or a strip, where the color is the personality trait and the size indicates how strong that trait is in you. Here’s what mine look like, so you can get an idea of how they look and work. Just mouse-over any color and it will tell you the trait and level. You can share these in a variety of ways, including in your Facebook profile. And if you really get into it, you can evaluate other people and compare your results with theirs. THAT can get interesting!

Here’s an interesting survey/quiz from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. It’s an “Internet Typology” quiz that says what kind of information technology user you are. You can access the quiz at http://www.pewinternet.org/quiz/index.asp

For what it’s worth, they said I fit into the “Connectors” group.

Connectors make up 7% of the American public.

Basic Description
The Connectors’ collection of information technology is used for a mix of one-to-one and one-to-many communication. They very much like how ICTs keep them in touch with family and friends and they like how ICTs let them work in community groups to which they belong. They are participants in cyberspace – many blog or have their own web pages – but not at the rate of Omnivores. They are not as sure-footed in their dealings with ICTs as Omnivores. Connectors suspect their gadgets could do more for them, and some need help in getting new technology to function properly.

Defining Characteristics
Connectors combine a sense that information technology is good for social purposes with a clear recognition that online resources are a great way to learn new things. Their cell phones have a lot of features, and they also try new things with technology; more than half have watched TV programming on a device like a laptop computer or cell phone.

The full list of group types includes:

• Omnivores
• Connectors
• Lackluster Veterans
• Productivity Enhancers
• Mobile Centrics
• Connected but Hassled
• Inexperienced Experimenters
• Light but Satisfied
• Indifferents
• Off the Network.

Which one are you?

Here’s an interesting thing that I came across today–a website with meditation rooms. Several virtual rooms are available with soothing pictures and relaxing sounds. Themes include: Space, Winter, Floral, Forest, Water, and Zen, each with its own mood and energy level.

Visit http://www.lime.com/meditation_room to access these meditation rooms. You can also download them for your iPod or subscribe to them via iTunes.

When you’re getting stressed or tense from work or school or personal situations, take a few minutes to relax in one of these meditation rooms. Purposefully relax your shoulders and arms, letting the tension go while you let the sights and sounds of the virtual meditation room salve your soul.

(Nice, eh?)

Over a year ago, I blogged about FindYourSpot.com, which asks you questions and gives you a list of ideal cities for you to live in. It seems to be a really good survey with accurate results. I decided to take the quiz again and see if my results had changed. Here’s the comparison:

I think the biggest difference was that this time I didn’t rule out any particular areas of the country. They say that doesn’t make too much of a difference, but there are more places in Tennessee this time than last time, as well as a South Carolina and an Oklahoma. Very interesting. I like how each city in your results list has a link to a page that tells you more about that city.

Check your own recommendations at http://www.findyourspot.com/.