21 posts tagged “qotd”

What set you apart from the rest of the kids at school? 
Submitted by jks.

Probably the constant reading.  I was reading Terry Brooks' Sword of Shannara in fifth grade.  All the books got me in real trouble with my eighth grade teacher, too.  I would be reading in class, he would ask me a question (which he thought I wouldn't be able to answer with my nose in a book), and I would answer it. Every time. 

Then he gave me a bad grade, just because he thought I wasn't paying attention in class.  Despite copious evidence to the contrary.

If you could pick a cartoon world to live in, which would it be?  Why?
Submitted by Scio, Scio.

Something anime. Preferably not too adult, and including giant robots. I just love me some giant robots.  

Is it likely that the U.S. will have a female president in the near future? In your lifetime? Why?

Not within the next... three years.  Why?  Because Hillary is totally unelectable.  Beyond that, sure.  I think a female president is very possible, and within my lifetime.  Why not?  India had a female prime minister years ago. So did Great Britain, and like her contemporary, Reagan, Margaret Thatcher still holds a great deal of respect and devotion.  A woman president is totally acceptable. 

Just not Mrs. Clinton.  I don't think she's far enough to the left for the base to accept her, and she's far enough left that flyover country won't vote for her.  She may get the nomination, but I don't think she'll win a general election.

Of course, I could be wrong.

If you could eat anything you wanted, and not have to worry about gaining weight/being unhealthy/inhumane, what would you totally pig out on? 
Submitted by Jay.

Oh, that's so easy.  So very very easy.  Of course, it's the Rudy's breakfast taco.  Eggs, sausage, potatoes, jalapenos, a little barbeque sauce.  Breakfast of champions!  (And me).  And to change it up, I could go for some chopped beef, or some bacon. 

And to wash it down - Dew.  That drink of drinks, that quintessentially refreshing beverage, which makes weak men strong, and strong men cry, and crying men thank the powers that be for a beverage this divine.  Or at least, that's the way I think of it, considering that I can't get it (darn re-start of the BfL plan...)

What's the last compliment you gave and/or received?
Submitted by MalieKai.

Odd that this one should be in the list...
  Last night, I went to a career workshop held at my church.  Actually, it was held at another church building than the one I normally go to, way out south.  It was a fairly long session, and the traffic getting there was atrocious.  But I got a great compliment there - a lady (an attorney, actually), told me that she thought I was remarkably articulate.  It was more than a little shocking to me.  I usually have a hard time with compliments, because I never really feel worthy of them.  I try hard to stay away from getting a swelled head.  But that was actually very nice.

  As far as the last compliment I gave, that was to my wife, whom I said was one of the most loving people I knew.

March is National Women's History Month.  What women are making history today?

Oprah.  All joking about her influence over the culture aside, Oprah honestly cares about people, and is using that influence to help make the world a better place.  I think Oprah's influence will last long after her.  Longer, say, than a certain senator from New York, who is making a serious bid for the Presidency of the U.S.  Unless that Senator is actually elected President, and then I think we'd have that influence around for a long time.  A long, horrible nasty time.

Incidentally, I always think it's funny when people talk about women not having a lot of power in the Western World, when compared with other places in the globe, they're so much more powerful.  Margaret Thatcher, anyone? 

What are the weirdest song titles in your playlist or music collection?
Submitted by Charline.

Hmmm, easily the wierdest "titles" in my playlists are some of the short stories from Steve Eley's "Escape Pod" short stories (escapepod.info).  If we aren't counting those, I suppose I'd have to say some of my "weirder" song titles include:

Anvil of Crom (Conan the Barbarian)
Troparion on the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God (Stolpovoy Chant) From the Three Holies Church Chorus (thanks, Magnatune).

And of course, Metroid Metal - Item Collect (My favorite from the Metalmetroid.com site - there's a link in my audio here).

When you go out to eat, how do you pick where to go?
Submitted by Kristine.

Well, what usually happens is that my wife asks me where we should go.  I try to tell her "you pick, honey".  And that never works.  Because she refuses.  She claims that I shoot her down every time she suggests a restaurant. 

But when she does pick, and I say "Okay, let's go," she always accuses me of not wanting to go.  Which strikes me as particularly silly.  If I say, "Let's Go", what I typically mean isn't "Don't drag me to that horrible place".  I usually mean "Let's Go".  Period.  Not that she accepts that answer, typically. So I usually wind up picking, and then it depends on what I am in the mood for.  Not being particularly picky, I usually throw out a couple of suggestions, and my wife picks out of that.  I suppose, now that I'm writing this down, I should just offer suggestions in the first place, and then let my wife pick, as opposed to going through all the drama.  Short cut the drama if at all possible, I say.

How do you pass the time during a flight?  What do you bring in your carry-on?

Easy.  Usually, a good book.  If I don't have one at hand, my Nintendo DS lite and my iPod would provide me with all the entertainment I need.  Not that I do a lot of traveling.

What's the most klutzy thing you've ever done?
Submitted by Jecka.

Well, the question says "klutzy", so I won't mention the time I went through the last act of "Our Town" with my fly down.  Or the second time I did that, two nights later.  Nor will I mention the time I planted a snowmobile like a lawn dart in a drift of snow.  While riding it.  Nor the time I rolled that three-wheeled ATV.  Nor the second time I did that and it landed on my back.  Those were embarassing, or death-defying, or stupid, but not really "klutzy".  So here's an oldie.

In the LDS church, typically on the first Sunday of the month, we have what's called Fast Sunday, where people are encouraged to go without food and water for two meals.  At Church on that Sunday, we have a Testimony meeting where instead of the regular talks, individual members are able to get up as they feel the need, come to the front, and share their experiences.  It's very uplifting, and it's great to hear the different members bear testimony. 

So, as a child, I was probably about ten or eleven, I went up to bear my testimony.  They had a small platform behind the podium, which smaller children could stand on so they could reach the microphone.  I carefully moved it out of the way with my foot, and gave my testimony.  I then turned and started back to my seat - tripping over the kiddie platform, and planting my face in front of practically everyone I knew in the entire world.