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02-25-2007, 11:17 AM
|  | Hot and Juicy | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: off campus
Posts: 46,671
| | 1. What time is it? 9:52 2. Full Name? ***** Mae *** (gotta love that!) edited to say that George had a good point about googling and ya'll know my first and last name 3. What do you fear most? being a failure 4. What do you drive? Snorky! (Scion XBox) 5. Have you ever seen a ghost? no, but I believe 6. Where were you born? Brooklyn, NY 7. Ever been to Alaska?Yes and I love it - must go back 8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? No 9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Croutons - I would never eat a little piggie 10. Favorite day of the week? depends ont he week 11. Favorite restaurant? depends - maybe Jezebelles in NYC 12. Favorite Flowers? peonies 13. Favorite sport to watch: football or golf 14. Favorite Drink: wine - Reisling, soda - Sierra Mist Free, Booze - ? 15. Favorite Food: to many! 16. What did you last eat? ice cream, but the last meal was an egg, pepper and cheese sandwich 17. Favorite Place in the World: Home but I love Rome, Sedona, and Alaska 18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Subway 19. Who was your childhood idol? don't remember if I had one 20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero 21. What do you do most often when you are bored? crochet or read 22. What is your bedtime: usually around 11:30 on work nights, but I need to go to bed earlier 26. Favorite TV shows? Heroes, Grays Anatomy, House 27. Ford or Chevy? Yuck 28. What are you listening to right now? the dryer 29. What are your favorite colors? greens 30. How many tattoos do you have? none 31. Do you have any pets? Bogey, Scooter and Tater - my kitties 32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? what is this ice on cars that you speak of? 33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Thailand 34. Where have you lived? Brooklyn, NY - Morrisville, PA - Edison, NJ - Omaha, NE - Philadelphia, PA - Boca Raton, FL - Pembroke Pines, FL 35. What has been your favorite job? jobs that I didn't get paid for 36. How do you like to have fun? laughing with my hubby, having my out of town friends visit, hanging with friends, crochet 37. What book are you currently reading? Dirty Dog, but I may have to pick up something more serious 38. What has been your most humbling experience? Can't answer that. 39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Can't answer that either. Lots of little ones all the time 40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? I can't remember! Hhm. In the theater it was that Matt Damon CIA flick - 3 stars - I learned that everything was always as F'd up as now. I saw something on HBO recently that I loved, but I've gone blank | 
02-25-2007, 12:09 PM
|  | Rockin The Suburbs | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chantilly, VA
Posts: 8,759
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | Wow, I'm gonna play a Delia game. Holy Cow!
1. What time is it? 10:42
2. Full Name? Don't want it Googled, sorry. Christopher is my middle name.
3. What do you fear most? Not being there when my youngest needs me later in life.
4. What do you drive? A better Snorky. A 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe my wife cast off when she got hers. But it's low miles.
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? no, but I believe
6. Where were you born? Brooklyn, NY
7. Ever been to Alaska? Nope, but I would love to drill there
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? Um, I think I understand this question. Probably.
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Croutons - Croutons if they're the big homemade kind.
10. Favorite day of the week? Sunday
11. Favorite restaurant? Slick's. Oh, one I've been to? Chez Francois L'Auberge in Great Falls, VA or maybe Temel in Fairfax, VA
12. Favorite Flowers? Any but hyacinth
13. Favorite sport to watch: football and baseball
14. Favorite Drink: flavored sparkling water or coffee
15. Favorite Food: French Fries. (Do we still have to call them Freedom fries?)
16. What did you last eat? Toast on low carb bread and plain yogurt w/cinnamon
17. Favorite Place in the World: Aruba
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Don't care if it's a local chain, it am good.
19. Who was your childhood idol? Tom Seaver
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? write, read
22. What is your bedtime: "usually around 11:30 on work nights, but I need to go to bed earlier." Me too! Used to be 1 or 2 a.m., but I started a job with an awful commute
(what happened to 23, 24 and 25?)
26. Favorite TV shows? House, Bones (so sue me), Real Time with Bill Maher
27. Ford or Chevy? Ford
28. What are you listening to right now? The youngest making some breakfast and the oldest cat meowing at him
29. What are your favorite colors? greens -- me too, but the dark ones.
30. How many tattoos do you have? none
31. Do you have any pets? 3 cats, 2 dogs and a buncha fish.
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? Yes
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Europe
34. Where have you lived? Brooklyn, NY (2 houses), Fort Salonga, NY, Nashville, NC, Washington, DC, McLean, VA, Fairfax, VA, Centreville, VA, Chantilly, VA
35. What has been your favorite job? Music critic for the local paper
36. How do you like to have fun? watching a movie with my son, playing piano in a quiet house.
37. What book are you currently reading? "Beyond Reason: Using Emotions As You Negotiate"
38. What has been your most humbling experience?
Hmm. Nope, not answering.
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? My son being born.
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? "Along Came A Spider" -- 2 or 3 stars. I learned that James Patterson can hack out novels for the big screen all day long and that Morgan Freeman remains perhaps the underrated actor of our time. | 
02-25-2007, 12:09 PM
|  | Mom of the Four Men | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada, sort of
Posts: 17,475
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 9:52
1. What time is it? Time to move to Florida.
2. Full Name? Cindy Louise (do NOT say a word!) oops- last name removed because of what GEorge said.
3. What do you fear most? Not being able to finish raising my children
4. What do you drive? Toyota Sienna!
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? No. I wouldn't like to, either.
6. Where were you born? Roseburg, Oregon
7. Ever been to Alaska? Not yet.
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? Um, only the trees?
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Croutons and toasted pumpkin seeds.
10. Favorite day of the week? All of them.
11. Favorite restaurant? Trattoria Michelli's, in Seattle. I've no idea if it's even still there.
12. Favorite Flowers? Yes! Ok, the tiny flower on my alpine gentian flower- it looks like a sapphire and almost glows it's so blue.
13. Favorite sport to watch: soccer
14. Favorite Drink: wine : pinot noir, chardonnay, and no to sweet any kind of wine. Soda, Mountain Dew. Juice, fresh mango. Stronger, good tequila straight. Or really aged good rum, also straight. And Guinness- it's not just for breakfast any more!
15. Favorite Food: Greek anything. We're having spanakopita today for my party. Yum!
16. What did you last eat? Coffee.
17. Favorite Place in the World: Such a hard question! The Oregon Coast (or anywhere in Oregon except Medford) . The Everglades. Nashville. But really, wherever my family and friends are.
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Pollo Tropical
19. Who was your childhood idol? Sandy Koufax. I inteded to marry him, but never got around to it.
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Once
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? Bored?
22. What is your bedtime: At least an hour after everyone else goes to bed, so I can have some me time.
26. Favorite TV shows? House, Nashville Star, Grey's Anatomy. Jeopardy, too.
27. Ford or Chevy? No thanks.
28. What are you listening to right now? Brookes and Dunne. And irony of ironies, the song playing right now is,"Boy that girl likes to get out of town!"
29. What are your favorite colors? Pink. Also, peach and pale yellow. And pink.
30. How many tattoos do you have? None. How many will I ever get? Zee-ro. Did I mention that I am allergic to pain and the notion of having a tattoo squicks me out?
31. Do you have any pets?
Ok, in order of arrival:
Anna and Alexander - the kittens
Libby
Moody
Dixie
King Kong
Poe
Fishstick
Fishstick II and Tartar Sauce
and Mystery Pet, arriving in May.
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? And de-iced the lock with hot tea. And kept my car plugged in for 9 months a year when we lived even further North. And kept bleach in the trunk to help soften the tires in case I ever got stuck in an ice ridge. Did I remember to tell you that I'd rather live in Florida?
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Japan. I want to go back someday. Unless the opportunity to go to Australia ever presents itself.
34. Where have you lived? Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Ugene, OR. Portland, OR. Seattle, Washington. Edmonton, Alberta. Windsor, Ontario. I hope to move back to the States soon.
35. What has been your favorite job? Being a midwife. Running the centre for my pregnant teens. I loved that job!
36. How do you like to have fun? Doing things with my boys. Visiting with my friends. Playing with my dogs. Watching Poe torture #4.
37. What book are you currently reading? Operation Homecoming.
38. What has been your most humbling experience?
My brain injury.
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Recovering from my brain injury. Watching my boys bloom over the past four years - that's been the best experience of my life.
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? Love, ACtually. Ten stars. What a happy and moving film- and since it's #2's favourite movie, it's something I love watching with him again and again.
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02-25-2007, 12:18 PM
|  | thread-killa | | Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 17,504
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 11:00 on the dot
2. Full Name? pippa thatisall
3. What do you fear most? Something happening to my kids.
4. What do you drive? A 2004 Honda Odyssey
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? yes
6. Where were you born? Rochester, NY
7. Ever been to Alaska? No desire to either.
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? Yes
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Croutons
10. Favorite day of the week? Sunday - kids have NOTHING so far on Sundays
11. Favorite restaurant? The Olde Pink House, Savannah, GA
12. Favorite Flowers? lilacs
13. Favorite sport to watch: baseball
14. Favorite Drink: Guinearitas
15. Favorite Food: chocolate
16. What did you last eat? see above
17. Favorite Place in the World: Savannah, GA
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Nick Tahou's
19. Who was your childhood idol? my third grade teacher
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? none, but I should have
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? sleep
22. What is your bedtime: Around midnight or 1 AM
26. Favorite TV shows? Battlestar Galactica, House, American Idol, although it's sucking so far this year
27. Ford or Chevy? I'll have to say Chevy since I'm still eligible for the GM Family Discount.
28. What are you listening to right now? George Stephanopolous and Daughtry
29. What are your favorite colors? deep, bluish-purple (true violet) and black
30. How many tattoos do you have? none. yet.
31. Do you have any pets? 1 cat
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? I've BROKEN a credit card scraping ice off a windshield. Ice Storm 1991.
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Tijuana, Mexico
34. Where have you lived? Rochester, NY
35. What has been your favorite job? marketing communications assistant at Kodak
36. How do you like to have fun? sleeping
37. What book are you currently reading? Um... I think I'm reading... um.. something
38. What has been your most humbling experience?
Having children
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? See above
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? American Splendor, 3 stars, I'm way too addicted to graphic novels. | 
02-25-2007, 04:14 PM
|  | Epinions Members | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Nowhere, PA
Posts: 5,619
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 2:54 2. Full Name? I don't have a middle name. Really. 3. What do you fear most? something happening to the kids 4. What do you drive? Ford Explorer 5. Have you ever seen a ghost? I could have... 6. Where were you born? Brooklyn, NY 7. Ever been to Alaska? No, but I'd love to 8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? I plead the fifth 9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Croutons - if I had to pick one 10. Favorite day of the week? Sunday 11. Favorite restaurant? Hmmm, not sure. Perhaps Davidson Bros in Upstate NY 12. Favorite Flowers? tulips 13. Favorite sport to watch: baseball 14. Favorite Drink: White Russians for alcoholic, Coke for non-alcoholic 15. Favorite Food: to many! 16. What did you last eat? Rice Pudding 17. Favorite Place in the World: Home 18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Wendy's 19. Who was your childhood idol? don't remember if I had one 20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero 21. What do you do most often when you are bored? play online 22. What is your bedtime: Weeknights - about 10, weekends about 1AM 26. Favorite TV shows? 24, House 27. Ford or Chevy? I'd have to pick Ford 28. What are you listening to right now? the kids playing 29. What are your favorite colors? blues 30. How many tattoos do you have? none 31. Do you have any pets? Tyson the dog, Hermie the hermit crab and now five fishies known as "The fish" 32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? Yep 33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Greece 34. Where have you lived? Brooklyn, NY, Glens Falls, NY, Daytona Beach, FL, Augusta, GA, Fort Lewis, WA, DuBois, PA 35. What has been your favorite job? jobs that I didn't get paid for 36. How do you like to have fun? Hanging out with the hubby, playing with the kids, taking a walk, having friends visit 37. What book are you currently reading? Rose Madder by Stephen King 38. What has been your most humbling experience? Can't answer that. 39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Having children 40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? Open Season, 4 stars, I learned the kids love potty humor, but I've really always known that....lol
__________________ ~Tina
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"Even here, in Hillbilly Hell, we have standards." Sally from Cars Casually Christina (blog) | 
02-25-2007, 06:51 PM
|  | In Spanish, I'm Marijuana | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lawn-Guy-Land, NY
Posts: 29,212
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 5:16pm
2. Full Name? Yes, I have one of those.
3. What do you fear most? Can't think of any big fears right now.
4. What do you drive? 1995 Saturn SL2 (aka Kyra the Car)
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? no, but I believe
6. Where were you born? Buffalo, NY
7. Ever been to Alaska? Nope, but Hubby wants to go
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? No
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Yes.
10. Favorite day of the week? Monday. Yes, really.
11. Favorite restaurant? Depends on my mood. I could go for Korean or Thai today. Next week it'll be something else.
12. Favorite Flowers? Silk flowers. They don't make me sneeze.
13. Favorite sport to watch: football
14. Favorite Drink: white wine
15. Favorite Food: Depends on my mood, but grandma's mac-n-cheese usually ALWAYS applies.
16. What did you last eat? Sausage and Escarole soup with Italian bread. (Hubby had his cousin over for dinner so Hubby begged me to make it. AGAIN.)
17. Favorite Place in the World: My grandma's house, when I was a kid.
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Taco Bell  But I only go to fast food restaurants about two-three times a year.
19. Who was your childhood idol? Helen Keller.
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? None.
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? Read, play on the computer
22. What is your bedtime: 11pm
26. Favorite TV shows? House, ER, Two and a Half Men, Daily Show, My Name is Earl
27. Ford or Chevy? CHEVY. In fact, YOUR favorite is CHEVY. You want to buy a CHEVY. You REALLY want to buy a CHEVY. You want to buy a CHEVY first thing tomorrow morning. When you wake up, you will forget we had this conversation and that I inherited some CHEVY stock when Dad died.
28. What are you listening to right now? the hum of the computer fan
29. What are your favorite colors? blues and purples
30. How many tattoos do you have? Zero
31. Do you have any pets? Astro, Princess, and Dino. And Buffy, but he's in a little box on the bookshelf.
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? Of course. And given spare ice scrapers away to people who I saw doing this in the LIRR commuter parking lot.
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? St. Thomas.
34. Where have you lived? Buffalo suburbs & Long Island.
35. What has been your favorite job? The one I've got now. In fact, most times the job I had at the time was my favorite job of all time (at the time). Life is good.
36. How do you like to have fun? being an out of town friend visiting someone, going for long drives with Hubby, hiking trails in Ithaca
37. What book are you currently reading? Sleeping Beauty by Judith Michaels. A brief foray away from The Classics I Never Read in High School.
38. What has been your most humbling experience? Hitting ice and smacking a car into a guard rail while answering my cell phone, after having spent years b!tching aoubt how drivers increasingly use cell phones while driving and how unsafe it is. Although I guess I helped prove the point. Well, if you can't be a shining example, at least be a cautionary tale.
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Standing up with friends and professional colleagues against an unjust situation.
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? Good grief, the last movie I watched was The Object of My Affection on cable. Three stars out of five, and I'd say it reinforced what I knew about relationships being complicated, and in many ways.
__________________ MJ It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono | 
02-25-2007, 08:29 PM
|  | Got my hands over my eyes | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Maryland
Posts: 6,805
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 1904
2. Full Name? Middle given name is Marie, but I use my maiden name. When my dad found that out, he said, "We gave you a lovely middle name." to which I responded, "Yes. You did."
3. What do you fear most? really screwing up at work and killing a baby.
4. What do you drive? 1997 Honda Accord
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? Seen? No. Been in the presence of? I think so.
6. Where were you born? Charlotte, NC
7. Ever been to Alaska? No, but I'd love to go in the summer.
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? Waste of perfectly good paper.
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Both.
10. Favorite day of the week? Monday. Comes of working weekends.
11. Favorite restaurant? Rock Creek Diner. I used to like Glory Days until they fired my favorite future daughter-in-law for nothing. Dummies. Good food, though.
12. Favorite Flowers? Azaleas
13. Favorite sport to watch: Duke Basketball, but not this year.
14. Favorite Drink: water
15. Favorite Food: depends on who's cooking
16. What did you last eat? Chicken, Caesar salad, and baked sweet potato
17. Favorite Place in the World: NC outer banks in the spring
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Einstein brother's
19. Who was your childhood idol? don't remember if I had one
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? DS games
22. What is your bedtime: usually around 9am on Saturdays, midnight, sometimes later during the week.
26. Favorite TV shows? House, 24
27. Ford or Chevy? Um, no.
28. What are you listening to right now? stupid TV show that the kids are watching.
29. What are your favorite colors? red and navy
30. How many tattoos do you have? got some temporary tattoos in the drawer and some tattoo pencils.
31. Do you have any pets? Missy, my very bad Australian Shepherd who just threatened to take fingers when I petted her while she was gnawing on a bone. Bone is currently in the freezer. Dog is very apologetic, but she's not getting it back tonight.
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? No.
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Bahamas
34. Where have you lived? Assorted sites in NC and MD.
35. What has been your favorite job? The current one, most days.
36. How do you like to have fun? Outdoors in good weather.
37. What book are you currently reading? got about 5 books going right now.
38. What has been your most humbling experience? I'm too tired to answer that one properly.
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Watching babies take their first breath. It gets me every single time.
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it?
Bridge to Teribithia. Most of the stars. I learned to check out whether or not someone dies before taking kids to the movies.
__________________ Judy | 
02-25-2007, 08:43 PM
|  | Mistress of Mayhem | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: New York
Posts: 17,174
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 7:17 pm
2. Full Name? The same as Tina.
3. What do you fear most? Not being afraid. Yeah, I know, it doesn't make much sense, does it?
4. What do you drive? 2007 Ford Fusion aka Whitey. Whitey Ford. #16.
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? Ghost, no. But I've seen other weird stuff.
6. Where were you born? Tel-Aviv, Israel
7. Ever been to Alaska? No, but I'm hoping to go for my 50th birthday
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? No
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Croutons. Preferably garlic ones.
10. Favorite day of the week? Saturday.
11. Favorite restaurant? I can't choose one.
12. Favorite Flowers? Peonies.
13. Favorite sport to watch: Baseball.
14. Favorite Drink: coffee
15. Favorite Food: Ice Cream
16. What did you last eat? Grilled salmon, asparagus and a glass of chardonnay. In fact I hear another glass calling my name.
17. Favorite Place in the World: Anyplace but the office.
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Chipotle
19. Who was your childhood idol? Jacques Cousteau.
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Once. The car overheated.
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? Fill out questionnaires
22. What is your bedtime: Anywhere between 9 pm and 2 am.
26. Favorite TV shows? What's TV?
27. Ford or Chevy? Ford. I have a Ford salesman in the household.
28. What are you listening to right now? the hum of the computer fan and a too loud TV in the other room
29. What are your favorite colors? black
30. How many tattoos do you have? None.
31. Do you have any pets? No.
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? No, but I've used a key tag as a chisel.
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Israel.
34. Where have you lived? Israel (for a few months), then Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens. I'm a BBQ.
35. What has been your favorite job? Any one other than the current.
36. How do you like to have fun? Laughing with friends.
37. What book are you currently reading? Jane Smiley's, Moo. I'm still trying to figure out why.
38. What has been your most humbling experience? Can't really think of one.
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Gotta ponder that for awhile.
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? Little Miss Sunshine.  I learned that it's really possible to have a more dysfunctional family than mine.
__________________ Stress: What happens when your gut says no and your mouth says, "Of course, I'd be glad to." | 
02-25-2007, 09:10 PM
|  | A Has Been | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Farmersville, TX
Posts: 6,512
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 6:53
2. Full Name? Middle name is Richard
3. What do you fear most? Tracy leaving this earth before I
4. What do you drive? ’99 Chev extended cab p/u
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? No, but I’ve been married to a monster
6. Where were you born? Dallas, TX
7. Ever been to Alaska? Yep, and the good Lord willing Tracy and I will take a cruise back someday
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? Yep, plenty of times
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Both.
10. Favorite day of the week? Friday. It’s the busiest time at the restaurant
11. Favorite restaurant? Like George, mine
12. Favorite Flowers? Rose
13. Favorite sport to watch: Football
14. Favorite Drink: Sweet tea
15. Favorite Food: Steak
16. What did you last eat? Steak for lunch today
17. Favorite Place in the World: Coastal areas of Mexico
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Long John Silvers and Whataburger
19. Who was your childhood idol? Didn’t have one
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? Computer or T.V.
22. What is your bedtime: Usually around 10:30
(what happened to 23, 24 and 25?)
Thought I was going batty too.
26. Favorite TV shows? American Idol, M.A.S.H. or a good cooking show
27. Ford or Chevy?
28. What are you listening to right now? Silence. Tracy is reading the paper and we’re alone.
29. What are your favorite colors? blue
30. How many tattoos do you have? none
31. Do you have any pets? One dog and grandkids
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? Yes
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Alaska
34. Where have you lived? Dallas, Blue Ridge, McKinney, Allen, Princeton and Farmersville, TX. Never lived more than 45 miles from my birth place.
35. What has been your favorite job? Cop. It’s also been my least favorite.
36. How do you like to have fun? My idea is times like right now. Alone in the house with my bride.
37. What book are you currently reading? I’m not a reader, but a couple of months back I read “I Ain’t Dead Yet”. A book about my pastor and how he became a paraplegic.
38. What has been your most humbling experience? I’m not sure I’ve had it yet.
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Finding my religion.
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? I can’t tell you when I last sat through an entire movie. | 
02-26-2007, 10:35 AM
|  | Insert witty comment here | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Alabama
Posts: 18,832
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 8:05 AM
2. Full Name? My middle name is LaRissa. Y'all know the rest.
3. What do you fear most? Something happening to my kids.
4. What do you drive? 1995 Nissan Sentra, white.
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? Nope, and I'm a non-believer.
6. Where were you born? Clayton County, GA
7. Ever been to Alaska? No, but I would love to visit during the warmer months.
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? No, but I was in on Saran-Wrapping the band director's car the last week of high school.
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? BOTH!
10. Favorite day of the week? Sunday
11. Favorite restaurant? That's a tough call - I like just about everything!
12. Favorite Flowers? I like Calla Lilies for special occasions, but in general my favorite is the Peace Rose - the pink and cream ones.
13. Favorite sport to watch: Baseball, although I haven't watched a game in years. I grew up on the Braves.
14. Favorite Drink: Root ber
15. Favorite Food: You want me to CHOOSE? Depends on my taste bud's moods. But I guess either a good meaty pizza or a hamburger with plenty of stuff on it.
16. What did you last eat? Pringles.
17. Favorite Place in the World: Georgia
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Chik Fil A
19. Who was your childhood idol? Mr. Spock.
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? Read
22. What is your bedtime: Usually around 10:30
(what happened to 23, 24 and 25?) How should I know?!
26. Favorite TV shows? House
27. Ford or Chevy? Ford - My dad worked at the Atlanta plant for about 40 years, I think.
28. What are you listening to right now? The clock ticking.
29. What are your favorite colors? "Royal" shades of blue and green, but my favorite is green. Kelly green, not emerald green.
30. How many tattoos do you have? Zero, but I do occasionally like to slap on a temporary one
31. Do you have any pets? 1 goofy cat.
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? Hmmm. I can't remember. As a kid, my mom was always too well prepared with scrapers to have to do that. As I've grown, the weather has warmed up enough that we rarely get any ice that needs scraped.
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Ohio, I think. I think that's probably the furthest away. Or maybe Illinois, I'm not sure which.
34. Where have you lived? Riverdale, GA - Zebulon, GA - Springville, AL - Mt. Olive, AL - and now here.
35. What has been your favorite job? Mom. Even if the pay is lousy.
36. How do you like to have fun? Reading a book, listening to a good soundtrack, watching a funny movie, just being out with hubby and the kids, getting together with church friends for lunch or dinner, especially when it's a big potluck!
37. What book are you currently reading? "Homeschooling the Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3 - 8 Year Old Child" by Linda Dobson. Review coming soon, George.
38. What has been your most humbling experience?
Can you plead the 5th when you've already served your sentence?
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Having children.
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? The last thing that I watched with purpose was Pirates of the Caribbean 2. 4 stars, I guess. Maybe just 3 1/2. And I don't think I learned a thing from it. 
__________________ Melanie  | 
02-26-2007, 12:02 PM
|  | Yes, I am just this cute! | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Gem State
Posts: 7,331
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 8:42 am
2. Full Name? Middle name is Lynn
3. What do you fear most? Something happening to one of my children
4. What do you drive? A 1989 Toyota pickup or a 1995 Suburban
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? no
6. Where were you born? Rexburg, ID
7. Ever been to Alaska? Yes
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? Sure
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Croutons
10. Favorite day of the week? Depends
11. Favorite restaurant? I don't know
12. Favorite Flowers? Yes, love flowers
13. Favorite sport to watch: basketball (esp 7th grade basketball when my son is playing.)
14. Favorite Drink: Diet Coke with real lime and crushed ice
15. Favorite Food: Homemade carmel popcorn with nuts
16. What did you last eat? String cheese
17. Favorite Place in the World: Home
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Taco Time
19. Who was your childhood idol? Can't think of one
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero but I almost did the first time I took it. Dad was humiliated, he was the driver's ed teacher.
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? Read the newspaper
22. What is your bedtime: 9:30
26. Favorite TV shows? I don't watch TV, but Oprah sometimes
27. Ford or Chevy? I don't care
28. What are you listening to right now? Coworkers talk
29. What are your favorite colors? greens
30. How many tattoos do you have? none
31. Do you have any pets? 2 dogs
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? Yes
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Hawaii
34. Where have you lived? Parker ID, St. Anthony, ID, Salt Lake City UT, Mt. Pleasant UT, St. Anthony ID
35. What has been your favorite job? Current job, current boss
36. How do you like to have fun? Talking with my kids, going out with friends, family get-togethers.
37. What book are you currently reading? Been trying to read "Crucial Conversations" for a while now.
38. What has been your most humbling experience? Hmm, I probably had lots.
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Lots of those, too
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? The Aviator. 3 stars (it was a little long) I learned that mental illness is a sad thing.
__________________ Margo | 
02-26-2007, 12:44 PM
| | Epinions Members | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Colorado
Posts: 15,133
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 9:21
2. Full Name? I don't think so.
3. What do you fear most? needles
4. What do you drive? Jeep Liberty and Chevy Malibu
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? I see ghosts when the TV reception gets a bit wonky, but if you mean paranormal stuff, um, no.
6. Where were you born? Hollywood CA
7. Ever been to Alaska? Nope but the wife was born there. Alaska has been on my list of places to visit before I'm dead for about a decade.
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? Not trees, no.
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Mmmmmmm... BACON.
10. Favorite day of the week? I don't have one.
11. Favorite restaurant? John Holly's Asian Bistro
12. Favorite Flowers? The kind that don't stink up the whole house.
13. Favorite sport to watch: hunting
14. Favorite Drink: Colorado Bulldog
15. Favorite Food: Cheesecake. Is there some other kind?
16. What did you last eat? Last night I had french onion soup, flank steak with veggies and carrot cake for dessert.
17. Favorite Place in the World: New Zealand
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Qdoba
19. Who was your childhood idol? I didn't have one.
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? Surf the 'Net, but I find these days I have very little time to be "bored."
22. What is your bedtime: I'm in bed at 9pm, I'm asleep, according to my wife, at 9:05pm.
26. Favorite TV shows? Supernatural
27. Ford or Chevy? Ford sucks rotten eggs sitting in the hot Arizona sun.
28. What are you listening to right now? Some carpet cleaning truck next door.
29. What are your favorite colors? Green
30. How many tattoos do you have? Apparently you missed the part where I said my biggest fear is needles.
31. Do you have any pets? Sam the Springer Spaniel Dog.
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? Nope.
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Not sure on the mileage, but either New Zealand or Israel.
34. Where have you lived? Colorado, Wisconsin, Florida, Pennsylvania, California
35. What has been your favorite job? Interning in Congress
36. How do you like to have fun? Spending time with my wife, playing with the dog, writing, skiing, mountain biking, hunting/shooting
37. What book are you currently reading? Marketing Research: Methodological Foundations. Yeah, I know, real exciting, but it is for school.
38. What has been your most humbling experience? Finding God.
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Getting married.
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? Music & Lyrics, on an A-F scale, a B+, and I learned that Hugh Grant actually can act. | 
02-26-2007, 02:50 PM
|  | Registered Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri
Posts: 2,621
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 12:30 pm
2. Full Name? Cheese Snow White Pantyhose - heehee
3. What do you fear most? Being alone
4. What do you drive? 2002 Kia Spectra
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? Yup, we had one in our house growing up, and there were two in Nick’s house when he first moved in
6. Where were you born? St. Paul, MN
7. Ever been to Alaska? nope
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? nope
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Bacon Bits, I’m not a big crouton fan
10. Favorite day of the week? Wednesday’s are good, but Saturday’s are better just because I don’t have to work
11. Favorite restaurant? I actually really like Applebees, and nothing much else sticks out right now
12. Favorite Flowers? Orange roses
13. Favorite sport to watch: hockey
14. Favorite Drink: milk or orange juice
15. Favorite Food: mac & cheese
16. What did you last eat? Right now I’m eating fettuccini alfredo
17. Favorite Place in the World: someplace warm with family and friends
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? White Castle
19. Who was your childhood idol? I can’t remember
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? none
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? Bored, what’s that? Watch TV or read
22. What is your bedtime: 9:30ish
26. Favorite TV shows? Grey’s, Desperate Housewives, Gilmore Girls, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
27. Ford or Chevy? Chevy
28. What are you listening to right now? People chatting
29. What are your favorite colors? Orange and brown
30. How many tattoos do you have? none
31. Do you have any pets? Raven!
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? yup
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Somewhere in Mexico
34. Where have you lived? MN, SD, IA, MO – various cities
35. What has been your favorite job? Probably Payless
36. How do you like to have fun? Anything relaxing with friends
37. What book are you currently reading? River of Doubt – it’s about Theodore Roosevelt
38. What has been your most humbling experience? Nothing specific comes to mind
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? See above
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? The last full movie I watched as The Guardian. It was really good, probably 3 ½ or 4 stars. Didn’t learn much, except not to go boating in the ocean when a storm is coming. 
__________________ And for every useless reason I know There's a reason not to care If I hide myself wherever I go Am I ever really there? | 
02-27-2007, 12:30 AM
|  | Law Talkin' Guy | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Trenton, NJ
Posts: 6,338
| | Re 40 questions and answers | | 1. What time is it? 11pm
2. Full Name? C. Douglas Edmonds, B.A., J.D., State Bar of Texas, State Bar of Georgia, State Bar of New Jersey.
3. What do you fear most? Idiot drivers.
4. What do you drive? beat-up '97 Ford Taurus
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? Just in the movies, love.
6. Where were you born? San Antonio, Texas, three steps from the Alamo
7. Ever been to Alaska? No
8. Ever been toilet papering rolling in decorating trees? No; had it done to me, though.
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Yes, please.
10. Favorite day of the week? Saturday night's alright for fighting
11. Favorite restaurant? Mi Tierra in San Antonio, in the Mercado
12. Favorite Flowers? Bluebonnets
13. Favorite sport to watch: Baseball live, football on TV
14. Favorite Drink: Dr Pepper
15. Favorite Food: A big ol' plate of steamin' enchiladas, with lots of cheese and onions, guacamole salad, and you can get 'em at the LaSalle Hotel in old downtown with iced tea and a waitress who will smile every time.
16. What did you last eat? Potato skins from TGI Fridays
17. Favorite Place in the World: Texas, baby, Texas
18. Favorite fast food restaurant? Whataburger, Whataburger, just what a burger should be.
19. Who was your childhood idol? Roger Staubach. (Still is.)
20. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Failed the parallel parking, but did well enough on the written that it didn't matter.
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? Reading blogs and suchlike.
22. What is your bedtime: 11pm (that is to say, now)
23. None of your business.
24. Seriously.
25. I mean it.
26. Favorite TV shows? Law & Order, House, Friday Night Lights
27. Ford or Chevy? Ford
28. What are you listening to right now? Robert Earl Keen, "The Front Porch Song", see #15 above
29. What are your favorite colors? Navy, dark green
30. How many tattoos do you have? Zero
31. Do you have any pets? My wife has a cat that I get to pet sometimes.
32. Have you ever scraped the ice off your car with a credit card? Heck no. I live in Jersey. We have big-ass ice scrapers for this kind of thing.
33. What is the furthest you've ever traveled? Either Barbados or Vancouver, have to do the math
34. Where have you lived? Dean, TX, Edmonton, AL, Mansfield, TX, Grand Prairie, TX, Waco, TX (college), Austin, TX, Atlanta, GA, now in Central Jersey
35. What has been your favorite job? Writer for Gov. Bush
36. How do you like to have fun? Local minor league baseball games, playing dominoes
37. What book are you currently reading? "Lords of the North" , by Bernard Cornwell
38. What has been your most humbling experience? Writer's conference in Ohio a couple of years back, and showing my manuscript to professional editors and agents, and all of them telling me that my first novel sucked.
39. What has been your most uplifting experience? Honeymoon in Barbados, probably.
40. What was the last movie that you watched, how many stars would you give it & what did you learn from it? "The Astronaut Farmer", two stars, and that you probably shouldn't marry an engineer that has unlimited access to spare parts.
__________________ "Last time I checked, this was a free country."
Curtis Edmonds
curtis@txreviews.com | |