What is your favorite literary classic? Why? Do you think you'd enjoy it...
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. "From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, Going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what...
View Article(Sorry if this sends twice!) If you looked at your formspring answers,...
Probably the same way I feel reading the one journal I've hung onto for 10+ years: cringing, sighing, stashing back in my memory box til I get nostalgic again. I basically thought I was an adult when I...
View ArticleQuick fire comedian-off: George Carlin or Richard Pryor? Andy Kuafman or Sam...
George Carlin, Andy Kaufman, Louis C.K. George Carlin perfected the style that Richard Pryor invented, Sam Kinison never really struck me as all that funny (comedy's a peculiar thing), and Dane Cook is...
View ArticleTRUE OR FALSE: Delusions of grandeur are what's for breakfast. (by...
YES. I don't think I could get out of bed without superhero music playing in my head. SOMEONE WRITE A SONG WITH THAT SENTIMENT, STAT. cc @chrisbarmonde
View ArticleDo you think Albert Einstein was more appreciated when he was alive or now...
Oh, definitely posthumously. I read the Walter Isaacson biography; he was a frustrated, third-level patent clerk til he was in his late 30's, if I remember my facts correctly. He couldn't finish his...
View ArticleI was watching the Olympics yesterday and all I got to see on NBC was Mens...
I think the Pinball Wizard is actually in the Paralympics. Everyone else is boring. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AKbUm8GrbM
View ArticleSomeone breaks into your home. You confront them. There's a struggle....
OH HI FORMSPRING Look, I'm from Texas. I was raised to believe that if someone tries to get into your house without permission, and moreover is dumb enough to try to do it while you are inside, it's...
View ArticleI just learned that Swaziland is a country. When was the last time the...
See also: every conversation about science I have with @stephans The man is a genius. Politics, on the other hand... jk! NOT.
View ArticleWhat is something that motivates or encourages you when things are going...
I motivate myself by thinking about how good I actually have it. Some of the good things in my life have come about as a result of hard work, and some are innate advantages; for example, being born a...
View ArticleDo you still write letters? Why or why not? (Photo courtesy of:...
Yes! I love to read letters and get them, too. A person's handwriting is a piece of them, and much more telling than some dumb pixels strung together to make words.
View ArticleCan you have too much of a good thing? Tell me. (by PenelopePuppet)
Having had an instance of surrounding myself with spent, fun-size candy wrappers and suffering the consequences: yes.
View Article@WunderWorld's Ideal Spam: Who's your favorite X-Men character? (by...
Rogue. I relate to everything about her.
View ArticleI was so sure it couldn't get any worse......
Maybe GL will go away and stop being annoying? Honestly, Disney bought Marvel and all the nerds said it was the apocalypse and then the Avengers happened and it was a lot of fun. Everyone cool out.
View ArticleDo you ever write a business email and accidentally end it with "I love...
It has happened to me 2 or 3 times in a 10-ish year professional life. I have always been fortunate enough to catch it prior to clicking "send".
View ArticleHow glad are you that the US election is finally over? (by madkingx)
I am very cynical about political parties, which are the foundation for any election. How can a ballot be fair if the people on it spent a billion dollars trying to get elected? How can an office...
View ArticleWish me luck, friends. (by STG4Dummies)
The co-mayors of Friendship Town don't need luck. o/\o Hug.
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