The Never Ending Toadfish Interview Cycle!

[Swatopluk]

1. Irony or cynicism? Explain.
Cynicism inwards (usually; externalized in disguise of happy nihilism), irony outwards
A cynic is a disappointed romantic with brains and that fits my character (I think). Irony is also powerful armor

2. Does satire influence people or it is simply a way to let some steam out?
Is that mutually exclusive? Unfortunately too many people don't "get" satire, so the emphasis is clearly on the latter.

3. Do you expect to see humans behaving rationally at some point? Or perhaps in certain situation?
Do you mean humanity as a whole? The individual human being is quite rational most of the time but does not look far enough into the future. Many things that are rational in the short term become harmful in the long term. Unfortunately rationality grows weak in some areas of main importance.
Paradox: the most irrational behaviour can be fully rational depending on the setting/belief system

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1. What should Hillary (not Sir Edmund) do?

2. What will she do?

3. What do you think of her and has this opinion significantly changed with time?

Bonus: What are your criteria for naming children and what guidance would you give on that?

[Sibling Chatty]

1. What should Hillary (not Sir Edmund) do?

Quit before she makes a bigger fool of herself. As it is,she and Bill have destroyed any 'legacy' he may have had.

2. What will she do?

Hang in there until even the most idiotically biased staff members and DLC shills tell her that she's gotta stick a fork in it or they will. I fully expect her to try some backroom pushing and nagging at the lead up to the convention, and to NOT go gracefully...as she's already shown she won't.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfidftLe5Z0&eurl=http://www.wikio.com/video/216894

3. What do you think of her and has this opinion significantly changed with time?

At one point, I admired her for her help to her husband as President, because she IS an effective 'policy wonk'. As a Senator, I felt she was OK, her constituents liked her...and then she started hanging out with the Conservatives (Right-Wingers, Republicans, and even the Christo-fascists in the "prayer breakfast group" that she's been meeting with. she's NEVER said she was wrong about the war, she's voted with the Repubs WAY too often, and I wasn't thrilled. THEN she started this campaign.

A year ago, I thought she'd make a great cabinet member, and Bill for the Supremes. Now I wouldn't put either one of them in charge of a lemonade stand. (And I told her so. I'm on a political polling list, and we were shown the "#AM" ad 2 days before it aired. My response was "Go ahead, LOSE the support you've had. This is Texas, we KNOW scare ads when we see them (Johnson's ticking nuclear bomb ad that got Goldwater? We saw it first...)

She needs to go back to New York (Bill needs to slink out of Harlem). They both need to either declare as Repubs or re-learn what it means to be a Democrat.

Bonus: What are your criteria for naming children and what guidance would you give on that?

Don't go trendy. Don't use "yoonaeikquie" (unique) spellings. Don't make us stupid names--one recent abomination is Nevaeh--heaven spelled backwards. Don't choose to name a girl a 'traditional' boys name or a last name and then 'jazz it up'  by spelling it funny (Bayleigh/ Baylee/Baelee--just name the kid Bailey OR one I dearly loathe because Leslie is originally a male name...my uncle and brother are both Leslie--Lesley, Lesleigh, Leysliegh).

If you want to name a child after an older relative, use common sense. If Great Aunt Theresa has 2 granddaughters, 3 great granddaughters, 4 nieces and 3 great nieces named after her, DO NOT name your daughter Theresa (This actually happened in my extended family. You can't get near that side of the family without running into Theresas enough to field a football team. Then one of the guys married a Teresa...) even ifyou're part of the large Catholic contingent of the family and love both the name AND Aunt Tee.

Now, as to specific ethnic names, please understand that at some point there MAY be problems. Your daughter SIOBHAN (shi-VONNE) may do fine in Ireland, but if you move to Tulsa when she's 14, there's gonna be a problem among most of the folks she meets. (And, indeed, she'll probably go through high school as S. Mddlename Lastname.)

As to your sons, same thing, but with bells on, about the unique names and spellings. Names are cyclical. Celebrities get away with a lot more leeway, as do the wealthy.

As to advice, for Amurricins, use this site http://www.babynamesgarden.com/
and for others, find something similar. When you fina a name you like, put it on the list. Make a list of about 30 names, circulate it to the relatives, then take their responses, toss them out and choose what the parents of said infant like best. If you end up with a kid called Parnassus Apple-butter, so be it. She'll probably choose to go by Parri, PA or Tyfanneigh.

Me, I'd give the kid a set of neutral initials and let it work out a name it likes, to be chosen on or by the 18th birthday, and flexibility before that. DJ works for a boy or a girl...



1. Do you consider yourself a serious-minded person?

2. Why?

3. What is your favorite berry to eat just as a berry, not cooked, conserved, jammed or jellied or made into a dessert?

Bonus: What about in frogurt??? 

[pieces o nine]

1. Do you consider yourself a serious-minded person?
Yes.

2. Why?
I have always acted older (but looked younger) than my peers because I was responsible for more than they were. I still consider the range of probable outcomes when making important decisions, and am accustomed to predicting and forestalling knee-jerk objections to suggestions or requests in the workplace or with 'challenging' people outside it.

3. What is your favorite berry to eat just as a berry, not cooked, conserved, jammed or jellied or made into a dessert?
Raspberries.
Raspberries.
Ras! Ras! Ras!

I like them fresh. I like them frozen.
I like them drowning in white chocolate.

Bonus: What about in frogurt??? 
I like cold and frozen things, so...

Hmmm, I wonder how vanilla frogurt would be with raspberries...
And chocolate...

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Z. What's your favorite tea (or coffee)?

Y. Milk, lemon, sugar, something else or plain?

X. Iced tea: abomination or refreshing?

1. Biscotti: pretentious or just crumby?

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Z. What's your favorite tea (or coffee)?

Favorite tea:  green tea with mangoes (either Lipton or Celestial Seasonings)  Decaf or leaded, depending on time of day.

Favorite coffee:  Hawaiian.  Or Kohona if you like.  It really is worth the extra $$.  One of the few coffees I routinely drink black.

Y. Milk, lemon, sugar, something else or plain?

In regular coffee:  nonfat dried milk and sugar.  Sometimes that "non-dairy" lofat coffee creamer, too.  Depends on how harsh the brand/flavor is.  I typically grind and brew my own, so that a cup of mine is much like 4-5 cups of whatever you can get from typical coffee vendors.

In tea:  if hot, plain or a hint of honey.  If cold, plain.  Lemon if fresh.  Sweet cold tea is an abomination.

X. Iced tea: abomination or refreshing?

Refreshing!  I drink it literally by the gallon, summertimes.

1. Biscotti: pretentious or just crumby?

What's a 'biscotti'?  Some sort of Italian sports car?  Wouldn't touch it in either case.... 

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Part the first:  PC or Mac or Linnux?  Why?  Why not?  Does it really matter? 

Part the second:  If you could permanently change ONE SINGLE ASPECT of human culture/society world-wide-- what would it be? Why?

Part the third:  You've just been given 2 minutes.  You can give the Speech of Your Life, or you can remain silent, or something else.  The Whole World is Listening.  What to do?

Part the Optional:  Motorcycles-- pure fun, or death-waiting-to-happen?  Explain.

[Opsa]

Part the first:  PC or Mac or Linnux?  Why?  Why not?  Does it really matter?  Cheesy

Mac. I have Mac. But no, I don't think it matters all that much. What actually matters is the person operating the machine.

Part the second:  If you could permanently change ONE SINGLE ASPECT of human culture/society world-wide-- what would it be? Why?

I would completely remove whatever gland it is that we seem to have that makes us want to smash those that do not believe things exactly the way we do. I believe that this is something humans need to evolve out of, and if I knew how to do it, I'd evolve us all right into a more tolerant era. Unfortunarley, it's just going to take time and work.

Part the third:  You've just been given 2 minutes.  You can give the Speech of Your Life, or you can remain silent, or something else.  The Whole World is Listening.  What to do?

Ooh, I'm not good at speeches. I tend to trip over my own tongue. Could I just have everyone exposed to our website here for two minutes' worth of attention? Could it be in every language available?

Part the Optional:  Motorcycles-- pure fun, or death-waiting-to-happen?  Explain.

Death waiting to happen. It's not the motorcyclists I'm worried about, it's the people in the other vehicles to which people on motorcycles seem to be almost invisible.


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1) What's more important to you? Money or dignity? Why?

2) To what extent would you call yourself happy-go-lucky?

3)  Do you think that the notion of God is necessary?

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

1) What's more important to you? Money or dignity? Why?
That sounds like a question for a prospect prostitute. 

Seriously speaking, the trick would be what dignity means; the guy at the back of the garbage truck may be poor and have a non-glamorous but honest job. On that respect he has his dignity. OTOH dignity may mean different things for different people who may consider such job as something indignant. It may also be related to ridicule and in that regard I would choose a well paid ridicule than a poor 'dignity'.

But the most important scenario is related to prostitution, not only on the sexual sense but on the moral and/or philosophical sense. Is it OK to work for the likes of Phillip Morris, or Exxon-Mobil, sales or any bank or insurance company? How far in the job until you feel all dirty inside? I try not to prostitute myself but when you need a job is hard to take the high road and say I rather go hungry (and put my family on a bad situation) rather than work for _________. I sang a couple times for a Christian Science church covering a friend and I felt somewhat dirty but it wasn't as much money nor I had a formal offer to keep singing there. I worked doing small programming for BP and while it seemed a decent company on certain respects, it is a very dirty business (in the environmental sense and some other stuff). I worked for a company that made software for those credit consolidation companies that appear on TV. Even when there is at least one honest company on that area (or perhaps just one?) and I wasn't involved in the dirty part of the business a part of me felt dirty and I was far happier when it was over partly because of that. The worst was adjusting a program that generated lotto numbers usually sold to old folks. It was just a couple times and I didn't have much of an option. Later when I didn't work for the company with the link, the guy contacted me and I was so busy I never did anything else for him.

So to resume, I'd like my dignity but only if I can afford it.

2) To what extent would you call yourself happy-go-lucky?
As to I'll wait for my luck to shine for me without worrying too much. In the end worrying doesn't help anyways.

3)  Do you think that the notion of God is necessary?
For certain people.

I'm very much in agreement with the existentialist motto: life in it self doesn't have a meaning, you are the one giving meaning to your life.

For some G_d and/or religion is the meaning they choose, and I find it quite respectable provided they don't want to force me to their meaning.

Now, socially in those times and places in history where justice was scarce or non-existent, religion had a very important role not only on the cohesive side but on the "fear what you can't see and behave" sense. I tend to believe that that is an outdated concept.

1. Are sexual taboos necessary? (obviously excluding incest and child molestation)

2. Does the lending prohibition (in certain religions) make sense?

3. What are your thoughts on polygamy/polyandry?

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

1. Are sexual taboos necessary? (obviously excluding incest and child molestation)


I'm with Robert Heinlein, here-- whatever two adults want to do that is mutual, that is up to them.  I would place no limits between adults of any kind--- not even incestuous.

Adults.

Now.  For extra credit: define exactly what constitutes an adult.  Be specific.  Your example MUST cover ALL possible human conditions, including variations on mental capacity, etc. 

A word about religious limits on sexual behavior among adults:

I see it as strictly a method of crowd/sheep control.   If you can get a handle on a person's most powerful instinct, and then contrive to make them feel "dirty" about having that instinct, then you truly have control over them and their lives.   For all you need to do is provide a "wash" to assuage the "dirty" away.

Looked at objectively, it's really quite clever.

Humans have long since evolved beyond the need to "protect the women and children"-- and that justification for oppressive sexual rules is long past.

Being responsible for one's own actions, including offspring, ought to be a "bottom line" sort of thinking-- no need for overbearing laws trying to ENFORCE this responsibility.  It's akin to pushing a rope:  you won't have much success.

2. Does the lending prohibition (in certain religions) make sense?

No.  I see it as yet another way to control people from a central authority.

3. What are your thoughts on polygamy/polyandry?  Well, from the above, it ought to be obvious by now.

So long as all the adults in question are in on the gig, and not forced or brainwashed into it at a very early age...

Which pretty much brings up a problem:  should religion (any sort) be allowed to be taught to children?   If the religion has real value, a rational adult can easily decide to choose it.  A child lacks sufficient critical thinking skill to be making such weighty decisions.



A) should basic human needs be a right?  Ought they be provided for free, if needed?  I'm including basic shelter, basic food, basic medical care, here.

B) Is insurance-for-profit an ethical oxymoron?  Justify either way in commentary.

C) Is the internet really for porn? Video link

[Swatopluk]

A) should basic human needs be a right?  Ought they be provided for free, if needed?  I'm including basic shelter, basic food, basic medical care, here.
I'd say yes but those that can do should be required to do their part to "earn" it (and that might include those that just "let their* money work for them"). If that phrase was not so abused I'd say: To each according to his/her (reasonable) needs, from each according to his/her abilities (without turning into exploitation)

B) Is insurance-for-profit an ethical oxymoron?  Justify either way in commentary.
Non-profit insurance could only be provided by the state realistically and I do not consider that the ideal solution.
That would mean profit being justified to which I agree to a certain degree. What is not justifiable in my opinion is the insurance as "just" a cash cow of the "what we can get away with" kind**. As a result, the insurance business should be in my opinion be tightly regulated in order to guarantee access to the essential services for everyone without undue burden. To secure the viability of the business under these circumstances some risk-sharing would be appropriate (like having all companies pay into a shared pool that is used to compensate the disadvantaged ones***).

C) Is the internet really for porn?
The net was not born for porn**** but it is a legitimate subgroup that should not be per se discriminated against. That excludes true exploitation, certain types of spam and other stuff that at least one involved party is not a voluntary part of. Hey, and the typically available resolution is not that good either .

*assuming that they got it not primarily through their own skill but either inherited it or just multiplied existing wealth they had no part in creating.
**the type of selling water to people dying of thirst at 10000$ per bottle while blocking the access to any other source of drinkable fuid
***i.e. those that take the "uninsurable"
****I do not think this was the military's primary intent but these days nobody can be sure

1) Do you like to eat ice (cream and the like, not just solid H₂O)?
2) If yes, what flavor? If no, why not?
3) Is making your own food (etc.) superior to buying it? (meaning stuff that you actually can produce, not things like microchips ect. that require large infrastructure)

[Sibling Chatty]

1) Do you like to eat ice (cream and the like, not just solid H2O)?

Yes. PLEASE! Ice, ice cream, gelato, sorbet, if it's frozen, I want to eat it, no matter what you call it. (Now, if possible, soon if not.)

I'm an ice eater. The kind of ice (chipped, cubes, that funny tubular areated ice from Sonic drive-ins, whatever) does not matter. If there is ice that I can get in my mouth, I WILL crunch it up, I WILL eat it. (Habit from living in South Texas for most of my life? Maybe. I'm also a big fan of stuff that goes crunch.)

At one point (after moving to New Orleans back in 1979) I lived a good part of the summer on frozen broccoli--eaten frozen, out of the package. I don't know why, but it was what I wanted. Sometimes with a cheese sauce (or canned aerosol Cheezwiz-- ) but mostly just as it came out of the bag or box. 

2) If yes, what flavor? If no, why not?

Ice cream? Yes, please. I'm not fond of coconut...but otherwise, I'll pretty much be happy with almost any flavor. I'm especially fond of any caramel, pineapple, blueberry--ANY berry, pear (HaagenDasz has a caramelized pear that is wonderful) and a really good vanilla. Most chocolate ice cream is too sweet and too 'milk-laden' for a chocolate purist like me. (Haagen Dasz does a Swiss Almond Vanilla, excellent vanilla with almonds covered in bittersweet chocolate, that I would probably consider selling my soul for, were there a buyer that foolish.) Cherry!! Cherry with chocolate! Almost anything BlueBell.
http://www.bluebell.com/home.aspx
Main plant in Brenham, 15 or so miles away. GOOD stuff, not as expensive as the 'superpremium' like HaagenDasz.
Uh ohhh...new flavor...I'm in trouble.
http://www.bluebell.com/The_Little_Creamery/Press_Releases/press_southern_hospitality.aspx

HaagenDasz also makes a chocolate sorbet. Not ice cream, Good for those 'no dairy' times. Yep, I can eat an entire pint (if I don't eat anything else most of the day.)

I like ice cream with 'stuff' in it. Texture is important. Smooth ice cream, some crunchy 'stuff'. best of both worlds.

My all time favorite is White Chocolate Almond by BlueBell. they rarely make it.

3) Is making your own food (etc.) superior to buying it? (meaning stuff that you actually can produce, not things like microchips ect. that require large infrastructure)

Inn that you can control what goes in to what you produce, and it's not 'dated' from sitting in storage, yeah, it might be considered "better". BUT, the time consumed in production? The energy used? (Human energy as well as power of some sort.) All this MUST be taken into account. So must the skill level of the producer. If it takes me 2 years to make a set of dishware, shaped, fired, glazed and fired again--all in my small and inefficient home ceramics kiln, exactly HOW is that better than buying a set of more efficiently produced and safer (what's in that glaze? will it harm me later on?) Corelle that won't break as easily and that I can purchase replacements for at any time? Or even fine china? The labor factor alone makes handmade dishes a losing proposition, except as aesthetically pleasing items, which takes them into the field of art.

Foods...I can bake bread. I used to regularly. Now, my energy level prevents it (as does the lack of a working full sized oven because running the gas lines to the house will be expensive, and we haven't afforded it yet). Would it be worth my efforts to bake? Possibly, BUT---I prefer a multigrain, heavy, dark bread (no rye) and that's hard to do at home. And we don't eat that much bread.

So, there are things to consider about each specific item. Without an electric churn, I will NOT make butter. (I hand churned butter for YEARS every summer when I was a kid. And it seemed like years at the churn, too. But, I had me some right arm muscles from churning...) Yes fresh butter is AMAZING compared to the commercial product. But, I'd have to find fresh raw (or pasteurized only) milk, or cream. Verdict? Buy the butter, because I don't own a churn and I don't have a ready source of the milk/cream I'd need. (Dairy farmers here are big producers only, they don't split out stuff for the locals.)

Clothing? I can't sew. Unless the world is ready for me wearing a sheet wrapped around me, I'll buy clothes.

Veggies? I want a garden for the veggies, yes. Need tiller, seeds, water and time and energy. Can buy seeds/plant sets. Can (maybe) repair tiller. Water? Bills might get scary... Time and energy. Not right now!

Every home produced item is indeed a trade off. I prefer to buy ingredients and cook some things, I'd rather have a restaurant cook others. The freshness or the 'adapted for MY purposes' of a home produced item may indeed be superior. (I want some of Alex's home made cottage cheese...) BUT, what are the trade-offs and expenses?

It's a fine line, and it would have to be item by item.
(Verbose today, I am...) 


1. If you could ask Barak Obama one question, what would it be?

2. If you could ask John McCain one question, what would it be?

3. If you could make Dick Cheney answer one question HONESTLY, what would it be?

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

1. If you could ask Barak Obama one question, what would it be?
Up to what point will you submit to the conventional wisdom regarding economic policy?

2. If you could ask John McCain one question, what would it be?
Given that current troop rotations are about to collapse and funding for the war is eating into the deficit, are you going to reduce the troops presence in Iraq, in Afghanistan, or are you going to revive the draft, and/or how do you plan to keep paying for the war?

3. If you could make Dick Cheney answer one question HONESTLY, what would it be?
Were you aware in the weeks previous to 9-11 that an attack involving planes and buildings was about to happen?
(I would really love to hear an answer to this one under a heavy truth serum).
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1. If today you could get an electric commuter car at an affordable* price (think ~100-150 miles autonomy and $15-25K) would you buy it, or consider doing so and why (or why not)?

2. If you could afford a form of renewable energy installed in your house (photovoltaics, solar thermal, wind) would you? What is currently preventing you from doing it?

3. Knowing your current environmental impact, what is the hardest thing to personally cut that would help the environment?

* Assuming that you can actually afford it.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

1. If today you could get an electric commuter car at an affordable* price (think ~100-150 miles autonomy and $15-25K) would you buy it, or consider doing so and why (or why not)?
* Assuming that you can actually afford it.

In a New York second.   Even though the current electrics TOTAL environmental cost is actually higher than for petrol-fueled vehicles. 


Really, you say?  Consider this:  if you factor in the energy and environmental impact of manufacturing the batteries, and the rest of the car, and at least 2 replacement battery-sets for the life of the car.  Factor in the cost of creating the electricity to recharge the car over it's lifetime.  Compare that to the impact of making petrol cars.

Battery making in the US is a heinous process, especially lead-acid batteries (the only seriously economical battery available at present).  Most of these are made in facilities that have "exclusion" clauses and "grandfather" clauses in-- due to being in business prior to EPA impact studies.   Anyone lead-testing the soils around the current battery plants would be horrified....

The newer batteries are far, far worse an impact with regards to toxic waste.

Yet-- I'd buy that car in a heart-beat.

Why, knowing what I know? 

Because we NEED to push that technology-- NOW.   Not in 5 years, and truly not in 10.  If a significant fraction of the population were driving electrics, the tech WOULD catch up to the problems I outlined above.

And the environmental impact AT THE CAR is minimal.  It is MUCH easier to clean up a plant (be it electric or battery-maker) than it is to clean up the pollution of millions of individual cars.

You gotta consider the Whole Enchilada.

2. If you could afford a form of renewable energy installed in your house (photovoltaics, solar thermal, wind) would you? What is currently preventing you from doing it?

Photocells?  Not at present-- the manufacturing of these things is a net energy-loss.  That is, it takes more energy to make the things, and produces more toxic waste, than you'd save over the life of it.

Solar thermal?  Yes-- I plan to add a simple hot-water loop Real Soon Now.  A very small electric motor, controlled by a thermostat.   If the water in the loop is hotter than the water in the take, on comes the motor.  If the water is cooler-- motor off.  I'd use an indirect-loop, so I could put non-toxic antifreeze in the outdoor coil.  For dark, dismal winter days-- so it won't freeze the water and ruin my collector.

I'd set the gas-thermostat (on the tank) as low as it'd go, as a backup heat source.  Most of the time, the hot water would come from the sun.  Occasionally, the gas would kick-in, as needed.

All I need is to Find Time.... *sigh*


3. Knowing your current environmental impact, what is the hardest thing to personally cut that would help the environment?

Hmmm.   My current occupation?  I routinely work with R22, a type of refrigerant.   But, then again, I was never convinced that freon was a cause for the Ozone issues.  Freon is still routinely created and used overseas.  And you don't hear of the Ozone continuing to degrade....

On the other hand, years and YEARS ago, I quit using pressurized spray products, in favor of alternatives.  For example, underarm spray deoderant?  Switched to solid.  Pressurized spray window cleaner and other cleaners?  Switched to hand-trigger pumps.   About the only thing I occasionally use that is a pressurized spray can is spray paint.  I may have to re-think that, too-- there are alternatives to that, even. 

                                   

What is your favorite Color?

What is the air-speed of a fully laden Swallow?  (European, of course)

In the Grand Scheme of Things, do you consider that Humans are Worth It?  Or are they pretty much a Bad Move?

Bonus:  Do you like/own a Digital Watch?  Have you ever owned one?  One with one of those push-buttons-to-see types?

[Sibling Chatty]

What is your favorite Color?

BLUE Specifically cobalt blue.

What is the air-speed of a fully laden Swallow?  (European, of course)

Faster than me.

In the Grand Scheme of Things, do you consider that 1) Humans are Worth It?  Or are they pretty much a Bad Move?

Bad idea. Construction is faulty, they break a lot, some really inferior structural engineering to the whole mess, plus they're unusually whiny and co--dependent a lot of the time. I have, as of yet, to find an acceptable alternative for certain applications, though.

Kittehs and doggiez iz much nicer company, though, for the most part. I rarely haz to whack kittehz and doggiez with my No Stupiding sign.

Bonus:  Do you like/own a Digital Watch?  Have you ever owned one?  One with one of those push-buttons-to-see types?

I don't wear watches. I tended to drawn my watch on a regular basis, and got out of the watchwearing habit. Then I broke my wrist, and now I can't stand to have a watch on. I use my cellphone, or ask Dan, who wears a digital watch, one of the push button to see in the dark kind, set for 24 hour time. (Which confuzzles me.)



1) What do you consider your worst 'bad habit'?

2) Do you intend to try to change it, or have you accepted  it and decided to live with it?

3) Have you ever attended an organized protest meeting of any kind?

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

1) What do you consider your worst 'bad habit'?
I'm an asshole. Sarcastic, irritable, and more than a little selfish about certain things.

2) Do you intend to try to change it, or have you accepted  it and decided to live with it?
Depends. I want to change the selfishness (and I'm working on it) but I've tamed most of the asshole-ishness. At this point, it only comes out when I'm irritable, angry or I think you're not worth the air you breathe.
As I usually have a good reason why I think someone should quit breathing, I think I can live with that.

3) Have you ever attended an organized protest meeting of any kind?
Yes. I protested when Hillary came to my city. It was pretty cool. Also went to a World Can't Wait! protest at Stanford two years ago.
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1. What is the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?

2. What do you like about where you live?

3. Do you watch your food cook in the microwave?

[Sibling Lambicus the Toluous]

1. What is the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?

Depends how you define "weird".

In terms of the exotic, I've had various Asian dishes with ingredients I couldn't readily identify

In terms of things that very few people eat, I'm the only person I know who likes Dijon mustard on my eggs.  I also once made a sandwich out of summer sausage, cheddar cheese, mayonnaise and two Eggo-style waffles.

In terms of things that I've eaten that most violates common sense, probably a Twinkie.

2. What do you like about where you live?

The nature-ish stuff: I like that I can see swans on a daily basis in the summer, that great blue herons occasionally fly over my house, and that my backyard gets visited by rabbits.

Plus the lake.  I'm a short walk from Lake Ontario and technically, my house has a lake view (you have to stand on the upstairs porch and lean out over the railing to see it, but it's got it).  Lake Ontario's big enough to stretch out beyond the horizon, but it's freshwater, so it has an almost-the-ocean-but-still-really-different vibe to it.  I like it.

3. Do you watch your food cook in the microwave?
Only if I'm worried about it splattering and I'm not in the midst of preparing some other part of the meal/snack.


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1. What's your earliest clear memory?


2. What early memory were you once certain of, but then found out that your recollection was completely mistaken?


3. (remembering Scribelrus' previous user title) What's your favourite type of pie and why?

[Sibling Chatty]

1) What do you consider your worst 'bad habit'?
I'm an asshole. Sarcastic, irritable, and more than a little selfish about certain things.

2) Do you intend to try to change it, or have you accepted  it and decided to live with it?
Depends. I want to change the selfishness (and I'm working on it) but I've tamed most of the asshole-ishness. At this point, it only comes out when I'm irritable, angry or I think you're not worth the air you breathe.
As I usually have a good reason why I think someone should quit breathing, I think I can live with that.

Umm, you may grow up to be me...

You've been warned.
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Carry on...