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Saturday, January 19, 2008

This is our country

In 2m 53s

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[Via Cousin Jim.]

Posted at 8:08 PM | Permalink

Comments (24)

Tips:

It's not case-sensitive.

If you get the state name right, you don't have to hit "enter."

Posted by Jack Bog | January 19, 2008 8:49 PM

Ha! That's cool. I'm going to show it to my 8-year-old tomorrow morning. (He's sleeping while I have all this wild Saturday night fun.)

2m 30s.

Posted by Peteko | January 19, 2008 9:42 PM

3m 27s

I got hung up on Massachusetts.

Posted by Chris Snethen | January 19, 2008 11:11 PM

4:14.

The game clearly favors those who have typing skills!

Posted by Dave | January 20, 2008 6:30 AM

For some reason the game wouldn't accept New Joisey.

Posted by ejs | January 20, 2008 7:02 AM

Good contest.

Shame that it punishes typos, 'cuz we all know my typing is littered with typos.

Louisiana is really easy to mess up with typos.

Posted by Nonny Mouse | January 20, 2008 8:34 AM

1:30! Beat that, y'all.

I'd like to thank Ms. Fitzpatrick, the music teacher at my elementary school, who taught us the classic song "Fifty Nifty United States." Over 30 years later, I can still sing/name all 50 states in alphabetical order, so for me this was really a typing test. I didn't even look at the map.

Posted by teacherrefpoet | January 20, 2008 9:47 AM

This game is broken! What the hell is Delaware...? I got all 49 and it said there was one left. ;-)

Posted by chris | January 20, 2008 11:28 AM

1:30!

Damn, I was excited about my 2m 7s.

Nice work, teacherrefpoet.

Posted by jake | January 20, 2008 12:38 PM

I hope you don't think less of me, but I needed 4:59. I got stuck on Arkansas. Those damn Clintons forced me to erase one of our states from my memory. Or did Huckabee do it? Either way, I hate Arkansas governors.

Posted by Pdx632 | January 20, 2008 1:30 PM

I couldn't remember Delaware either.

Posted by Cynthia | January 20, 2008 2:18 PM

Total typing test. Louisiana stalled me for about 2 minutes, that and I couldnt remember Connecticut or how to spell it. So, I guess I named 48 in about 2.50, last two took me another 2-3 minutes lol.

Posted by JS | January 20, 2008 2:35 PM

Spelling is not a problem; it's remembering the existence of places like Nebraska and Oklahoma (apologies to anyone with roots/connections there).

Posted by Doris | January 20, 2008 2:41 PM

I was 4:19, the last minute-and-a-half squandered on -- you guessed it -- Delaware.

Perhaps a Sister Cities program with Delaware is in order.

Posted by Roger | January 20, 2008 3:31 PM

Isn't life like that?? This is both a typing test AND a knowledge test. What good is having knowledge, if you haven't also acquired the skills enough to communicate effectively? The spelling slowed me down. I had to try Connecticut three times and Louisiana twice. What a springboard for a good discussion with my kids about good grammar, spelling and even diction. Who says that there are no absolutes -- today there are more than ever!

Posted by Concordbridge | January 20, 2008 4:25 PM

For a real challenge, clck on the state capitols game on the same site. The spellings of capitols in Florida, West Virginia and a few others is truly humblin.

Posted by Nonny Mouse | January 20, 2008 8:25 PM

1:57. :-P

Posted by Adam | January 21, 2008 12:42 AM

I tried the capitals one and was doing fine until I hit Maine. I had to cheat and use Google to tell me it was Augusta.

Posted by Adam | January 21, 2008 12:52 AM

IT would be nice if this was like one of those trick psychology studies (where they tell the subjects that one thing is being studied, but really its something totally different) and really the point of the quiz was to rank the states in order of naming. Most commonly-last named state gets spun out of the union. So long Connecticut!

Posted by Luke | January 21, 2008 7:51 AM

Luke -

Connecticut is easy. Its "The Commonwealth of Rhode Island and Povidence Plantations" thats he oug one for non northeasterners.

Posted by Nonny Mouse | January 21, 2008 8:45 AM

with 6:41 remaining,
I guess that makes it 3:20

Posted by Hula | January 21, 2008 9:42 AM

I got hung up on New Jersey for two minutes. How could I forget about the Sopranos?!

Posted by Jeff | January 21, 2008 6:01 PM

3m 36s. It's a real stickler for correct spelling.

Posted by Joe12Pack | January 21, 2008 8:52 PM

what a nerdy thing, my kinda thing, surprises me so many folks go for it. Hey, forget the one or two that get away, 48 of 50 is 96 percent. Props, chaps and lassies; strokes, folks. I stared at it a full minute before I decided to go ahead and be tickled -- 6:59 remaining when it waved a flag in my face. Two fingerslip misspellings, no mental lapses. I been in 46 of them. In-laws inhabit Connecticut -- piece o' cake after a few hundred Christmas cards. Dinnered once, I did, with duPonts in Delaware -- yes, THAT duPont, (a pair of favorite anecdotes: The family slacker was a pharmacist, (after generations of doctors), arriving in the Colonies, scored the US Gov't DoD Contract #1 -- mixing black powder for GeoWashington's boys ... Contract in force continuously, ever since. At dinner we ate lasagna, etc., and I dripped a splat of tomatoey goo between my legs on the needlepoint-covered chair seat ... just as Mrs. duP raconteured "... after all, these chairs were in the Coolidge administration" ... oot-fray oops-lay.)

I emailed the link to some child hideouts I heard about.

Posted by Tenskwatawa | January 21, 2008 11:29 PM

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Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
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Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
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Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
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E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
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D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
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La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
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Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
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Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
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Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 26
At this date last year: 15
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269