the Man about Murphreesboro had a survey, which is a great excuse for not writing an entry!

1. Would you take the fall for a crime committed by a sibling or parent?
Well, since the folks are dead, there's one sibling to consider, she's on her own. But ask me about my spouse or any of my kids, in a heartbeat.

2. What's your favorite picnic food?
KFC, no doubt. I love potato salad, though.

3. What television show did you like that got canceled way too soon?
MURDER ONE comes to mind. JAMES AT 16. I like it, it's gone. NOTHING SACRED, which I absolutely loved. MY SO-CALLED LIFE. And, darn it, the Taster's Choice commercials.

4. Ever get caught picking your nose?
I don't think so, but that may be because I'm not in society much.

5. By which school picture are you most embarrassed?
My HS freshman year, I was soooooo geeky. And I just knew having a roll for bangs was wonderful. What was I thinking?

6. What was your first computer?
A VIC-20. What, 1982?

7. What are you completely and irrationally stubborn about?
Hmmm. I suppose it's my Constitutional right to write what I want on this page. Not that I think that's so irrational.

8. You're offered the political appointment of your choosing. What job do you take?
Hmmm. National Parks Administrator, maybe. I'd get to go to all of them free.

9. How would you like to die?
"Like to die" is a major oxymoron.
Oh, well, I suppose I must, some day, Long long LONG in the future. Quietly in my sleep. At at least 103, preferably longer, as long as I'm still compos mentos.

10. You get to plan your own funeral. Who speaks? Who sings? How do you get sent off?
Ah. In the first place, I want to be parted out. Best song, Eagles Wings. I would hope there'd be a huge crowd, but at the moment, Rich would pull a lot more than I would, no question. He is a lot more involved.

11. You and a date finish an expensive dinner at a fancy restaurant and discover the waiter has charged you for only one lobster. Do you a) point out the mistake. b) keep quiet and leave a huge tip. c) quickly pay the tab and leave.
a. as if I liked lobster all that much anyway. I don't. In any case, I keep wondering what my price is. It's more than a lobster dinner, fershure.

12. To whom are you most likely to lend money? a relative, a friend, a business partner, or the author of this survey.
Most relatives. We have, and they have been great at payback.

13. Ever changed your website just so you could join a ring?
No.

14. Ever written on a special topic, just so you could qualify for a web award?
Yes, if being in Al's Linkzine counts.

15. Ever submitted your own site for a web award?
Of course, back in those times.

16. Ever offered a web award of your own conception?
Al sez too much work, and I must agree.

17. What's your favorite flavor of toaster pastry?
They've developed breakfast ones with egg and sausage. That would be it.

18. Ever paid one credit card with another one?
No.

19. Ever been hoopsnaked by a home equity loan ad?
No. (At least, I don't THINK so. "Hoopsnaked?")

20. To what magazines do you currently subscribe?
CIVILIZATION, SMITHSONIAN. We just dropped NEWSWEEK and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.

21. What's your guilty pleasure?
Watching the Democrats run around squawking everytime Clinton messes up. I wonder if they're regretting their deal with the Devil.

22. What do you do that you do not enjoy simply for appearance sake?
Clean house. Sort of.

23. Have you ever taken out a singles ad?
No, but as Al says, they're fun to read.

24. Have you ever lied in a singles ad?
See above.

25. When was the last time you bounced a check?
Never in recent memory. But I recall sometime in 1979 or so when I found I didn't have the cash for a purchase because a kid (one of mine) had cleaned out my wallet. I had to leave the groceries and go next door to the ATM (this before the store had them at the counter.)

26. Have you ever camped out for concert tickets? If so, for which concert?
No, the last thing I stayed in an incredibly long line for was a preschool place for Bernadette.

27. What's the most embarrassing name ever given to you by a significant other?
My Mom's nickname for me was Stinkpot or Stinky.

28. Ever played truth or dare in an effort to get into someone's pants?
No.

29. Did you have sex in high school?
Heck no. I was a virgin when I married.

30. What's your favorite drinking game?
N/A

31. What bad habit do you have that no one is supposed to know about?
Hold on, I could n't even answer the guilty pleasure question.

32. Are you completely honest in situations where your name isn't used?
Yes. Darn it.

33. Ever urinated in public?
No. However, I recall some times in geology camp, out in the woods, on my own, when nature called.

34. Which celebrity would you most like to see drop off the face of the Earth?
Alec Baldwin, since he threatened Henry Hyde.

35. Which celebrity would you most like to bring back from the dead?
Jim Hensen. For Sure.. Maybe Jimmy Stewart.

36. If you found out who really killed JFK, who would you tell first?
Rich. Then CNN.

37. What's your favorite comic strip?
Currently it's a tie between FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE and BOONDOCKS. But POGO is the all-time fave.

38. What was the last thing you purchased at Wal-hyphen-Mart? When was that?
Where? Who? (I've been in one once. And am unlikely to rush back.)

39. If you were afforded the opportunity to sleep with one of your friends, who would it be?
Rich is my best friend.

40. To what superstition do you most adhere?
I automatically bless sneezers.

41. Elevators or escalators?
Escalators, no question. The Hyatt Regency in SF has these glass elevators... and while I never thought I had fear of heights, I face the back in these.

42. How many justices of the U.S. Supreme Court can you name? No cheating (there are nine).
Sandra Day O'Conner, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, William Renquist, Suter, Kennedy,
hey, I got six!

43. What is the name of your congressman? (or similar government representative for those living outside the US and not in some fascist country that doesn't have a representational government).
Doug Ose. Hey, I was at a funeral and he was in the same pew.

44. What are you a big old geek about?
I always cry at Peter Pan, among other silly sentimental stuff.

45. Who makes you laugh?
Terry Pratchett, Tom Holt, Xeney.

46. Have you ever been in a band? If so, what was it called?
No, but back in the dark ages, I sang for fun with a folk song trio called the Circuit Riders.

47. Herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore?
Yes. 48. When playing tic tac toe, which square do you always fill in first? Do you prefer "X" or "O"? If I'm "x", upper left.

49. Does the time 4:20 have any significance for you?
Only as the time clockmakers set to show off their timepieces.

50. What was the biggest prize you ever won?
I think 5000 nickels ($250) last April in Reno must qualify. I'm most proud of a "Student of the Year" thing from the Bishop of Wyoming in 1965, though.