Archive for the ‘blogging’ Category
QotD: Primetime Emmys
What do you think about Ryan Seacrest being chosen to host tonight's Primetime Emmy Awards?
LOL – what?! This is really the QotD??
Vox Hunt: Check Out These Shoes
QotD: Take Me Away…
Where do you go to get away from it all?
Submitted by Hops.
Nose-first into a novel.
QotD: Also Known As
What's in a screen/user name? Tell us how you found yours.
Submitted by Bill.
be = First two letters of my first name; ba = First two letters of my last name
Vox Hunt: Under 17 Not Admitted
Video: What was the first R-rated movie you saw (or were allowed to see)?
Submitted by Lisa.
When I was 11 or 12, my best friend and I saw Amityville Horror (1979) (I read the book, too). I don't know what our parents were thinking. That movie scared the crap out of me, because, you know, it's a true story.
I freaked myself out for years afterwards whenever I had the misfortune of waking up randomly in the middle of the night at 3:15 am. And the slime oozing out of the walls and the glowing red pig demon eyes in the window. Shudder. That movie really traumatized me. (So much so that even today, I could only watch 58 seconds of the 2:32 trailer below!)
Oh, and I could NEVER live in a house with creepy pie wedge windows; the glowing red ones at 112 Ocean Avenue has forever ruined that architectural element for me.
Haunting or hoax, the true story of the DeFeo murders is horrifying enough.
Speaking of murder (redrum REDRUM), then, when I was 13, I saw The Shining. More trauma. I don't watch scary movies anymore. One recent exception was The Sixth Sense and I could barely handle it.
Here's a "trailer" I WAS able to watch all the way through. 
Drawing personality test
The results of your analysis say:
You tend to pursue many different activities simultaneously. When misfortune does happen, it doesn't actually dishearten you all that much.
You are a thoughtful and cautious person. You like to think about your method, seeking to pursue your goal in the most effective way.
You like following the rules and being objective. You are precise and meticulous, and like to evaluate decisions before making them.
You have a sunny, cheerful disposition.
That seems basically true, although I'm probably more impulsive than this test indicates… (especially when compared to Scott who takes meticulousness and precision in decision making to art-form levels! I love him for that.)
Vox Hunt: An Interesting Life
Book: Show us a great biography or memoir.
Scott got me this pair of books about Mary Kingsley for Valentine's Day (after hearing NPR's featurette about these books on his way into work one day that week).
She was a remarkable woman – self-educated as well as incredibly insightful and enlightened, particularly considering the times (Victorian). I just finished reading Hello to the Cannibals (a fictionalized account, blended with another story) and will soon start in on the travel memoir she wrote recounting her adventures (cannibals and crocodiles and leopards, oh my) – all while wearing corset and crinoline!
Looks like NPR also has an excerpt form Travels in West Africa.
QotD: I Dunno, Where Do You Want To Go?
When you go out to eat, how do you pick where to go?
Submitted by Kristine.
Scott: "Where do you want to eat tonight?"
Me: "Ahhhh, I dunno. What sounds good to you?"
(Translation: How about you make a bunch of suggestions and I'll shoot them all down?)
It's amazing how land mine-infested this simple decision can be! Especially if we're actually hungry by the time we've arrived at this point. Munching on protein bars while discussing the problem is usually well advised.
It's all much easier when we're taking the kids out to eat. Then it's all about affordability!!
Vox Hunt: Shhh!
Book: Show us a book that made you laugh out loud.
Submitted by Red Pen.
Overall, not on my list of favorite books ever – and ultimately the story is quite sad – but there are passages in this book that had me laughing nearly to the point of tears. And then I'd read them out loud to Scott and we'd both be cracking up. Fun memory! (The movie really couldn't do any justice to this, so I found it disappointing in that way.)
QotD: Dude, where are my keys?
What's the story behind a time when you got locked out?
It was a balmy 50F day in January 1991. The place: a Columbus, Ohio car wash. The car wash line: VERY LONG.
So I'm getting my car ('89 Ford Festiva) washed – de-salinized, if you will – like every other Midwestern car-owner does on a beautiful winter day. Everything is going swimmingly until it's time to go and I notice that the roller brush thing is still resting on top of my car.
I get out to investigate and automatically – ack! – lock the door behind me. Keys? In the ignition. Vehicle running… and locked up tight.
Had to call a locksmith. And endure the glares of everyone waiting in line for the carwash.
(Yeesh, apparently I've always been an airhead… !)
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