¿ question of the day ?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

I'll go check.

[lukkucairi]

no. there's no place for a maid in a workshop.

[Brynn]

Nope. Wish I did.

[Frieda]

*new* QOTD:

after a strawberry, blackberry, lychee and blueberry,
what kind of fruit is this?

http://img602.imageshack.us/img602/5656/a1kn.jpg

[MoJoRiSin]

An Apple? AkA Audi A1?

btw that is my new favorite car!!
is that yours Frieda?
:) I LOVE IT!!!!:)

[Frieda]

yeah, picked it up today, gives me so many happys i am totally overflowing with happys right now! :) :) :)

[lukkucairi]

"sexy fruit" ;)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

cherry d'amour

[Marcus Bales]

Cherrie D'Amour? She sat next to me in Algebra class! She had a crush on Sal Monella.

[zero]

bet it's comfy the back ;)

[Odbe]

http://u1.ipernity.com/2/96/20/339620.ecdb018f.560.jpg

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Pepper

[Coffee]

Coffee Cherry

http://dailyroastcoffee.com.au/images/cherry-coffee.jpg






Gratz Freida :)

[Jack Flanders]

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/fruits/images/large/cranberries.jpg CRANBABY!

[xfox]

Woo Hoo! How fast do you drive?

[lukkucairi]

^ relativistic speeds, o'course ;)

[Peregrine]

The speed limit.*

*margin of error ±10 km/h

[Frieda]

as fast as i possibly can with a maximum of 30km/h over the speed limit (which is where the fines turn into extreme fines before turning into license withdrawal)

[zero]

qotd

¿how was it for you?

[brightpearl]

A little nauseating, to be honest.

[Stephi_B]

relaxed, fun, different, kurzweilig (but maybe too short) and double-pleasurably (as my boy happens to have his b-day on the very 25th of december!)

:)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

fulfilling... er, full, filling.

[MoJoRiSin]

Good

btw the sun/moon nightlight was a big hit
with mo's daughter
and she seems keen on regifting the clock
to her boyfriend
which was actually mo's
intent
all along

ps i have decidedwhat i would like as a BELATED
gift :: resurrect
the pikkow talk thread
thanks in advance,
ox Love, Mo :)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

as usual, but a bit better

[lukkucairi]

enlightening, to a degree.

[trisherina]

Uncomfortable.

[Frieda]

strange and loving

[Bman]

Interrupted. We have unfinished business.

[Brynn]

Sick with the flu.:(

[Frieda]

i spent all day at work doing nothing because there were only 7 out of 120 people in my department around. no, let me correct that--

first my colleague discovered a green woodpecker picking at the grass in front of the office, then we spotted two jays in the park across from our office building and then we saw a buzzard fly over.

oh, and we saw the police handing out fines to a bunch of scooter kids throwing fireworks around.

*new* quotd: what do you do on the days between xmas and new years? :confused:

[brightpearl]

I play with my son's toys. :D

[zero]

*new* quotd: what do you do on the days between xmas and new years? :confused:

here in my country it is customary during "the tottering days" as they are called, to only communicate with one another via the medium of whistling.

[zero]

and in case you are wondering - yes, i whislted the above

[MoJoRiSin]

historically I have gone on a five day meditation retreat
This year I worked
(at my workaday job) :p

[lukkucairi]

clean the house of as much dog hair as possible for the new year's eve party :)

[MoJoRiSin]

if one uses ones imagination
one could almost imagine that we were all right
here (http://books.google.com/books?id=qTGkNyM-DFYC&pg=PA461&dq=the+story+of+a+nation+scotland+tottering&hl=en&ei=3WsfTYLZGYO88gaUvcWPDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false)

[Brynn]

around here we just cough up a lung and stay in bed all day.

[lukkucairi]

¿ what do you want to believe ?

[Coffee]

That anything can happen.

[Frieda]

That it's all going to be ok

[xfox]

I am not just background noise.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

That it makes sense.

[MoJoRiSin]

"...but I still haven't found what I am lookin' for"
~UTOO

[brightpearl]

That anything can happen.

Actually, there are some things I'd like to believe can't happen. :o

[Bman]

That all of you are not just figments of my imagination.

[xfox]

QoD

How much sleep do you like?

Very interested in Lukki's answer.

[lukkucairi]

10pm to 7am, roughly 9 hours a night. I can function on far less, but that's the optimal range.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

7 hours, preferably from 9pm to 4am,
or, in "normal circumstances" which belong to the distant past from 10pm to 5am

[Frieda]

Like? 500 hours per day

Usually i get 7 hours if I'm lucky, 23-06h

[12"razormix]

usually 1:00 - 5:30

[zero]

^yeh, i love a wee siesta too!

[MoJoRiSin]

if for some reason mo sleeps more than 7-8 hours
she feels completely horrible when she first wakes up.
She NEVER takes siestas!
(as in, when she was pregnant with her daughter she too 0 naps, during the entire
nine months) she meditates (sometimes)
sitting on a zafu
and that is
when she feels at her best.
......like you care! :P

[Peregrine]

7-8 hours, insomnia notwithstanding. longer on weekends, if I'm lucky.

[lukkucairi]

OK, since I posted that, I haven't been able to sleep past 5am :p

still really tired by 10pm, but this morning I was awake at 3:30 and there has been fwk all I could do about it.

no dreams to speak of.

so:

¿ what's your (new) sign, baby (http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/13/horoscope-hang-up-earth-rotation-changes-zodiac-signs/) ?

[xfox]

^so sorry! If I could make one a , I'd show you. I am graphically challenged. It would have a horse, probably, but not a unicorn.

[MoJoRiSin]

i was An Aquarian now i am A Capricorn

[MoJoRiSin]

if mo's request for an audience wiath the Pope is accepted would you travel with her as part of her retinue (in May)
check the box
yes [ ]
no [ ]

[MoJoRiSin]

New Question of the Day

Would you go on a pilgrimage with a bunch of strangers
to visit Jean-Luc_Godard?

if you are not familiar with him you can watch
Pierrot Le-Fou
(make sure to note all kisses)
or just read about it on wikipedia

[Coffee]

if mo's request for an audience wiath the Pope is accepted would you travel with her as part of her retinue (in May)
check the box
yes please [ ]
no thankyou [x]





New Question of the Day

Would you go on a pilgrimage with a bunch of strangers
to visit Jean-Luc_Godard?

if you are not familiar with him you can watch
Pierrot Le-Fou
(make sure to note all kisses)
or just read about it on wikipedia

check the box
yes please [ ]
no thankyou [x]


.

[Brynn]

Interesting idea, but no thanks - I can think of about five or six loved ones I'd rather travel to see first if I could...so yes, I'd be happy to watch him on YouTube or something, and probably have a good enough time doing that.

[Frieda]

QOTD 6 feb 2011:

what's for dinner? :confused:

[brightpearl]

When in doubt, stamppot!

[lukkucairi]

superbowl turducken

[Odbe]

Leftovers of a very unique lentil stir-fry.

[zero]

QOTD 6 feb 2011:

what's for dinner? :confused:

now lucille we both know your ¿uestion was merely a thinly disguised incitement for someone to do yet another posting of this

here you are:

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but honestly it's ok - any time you feel the need in future, just ask!!

[Frieda]

^geez haven't seen that one in a year or so? it was about time! :p

[zero]

wimmins, which do you crave?

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgx7p0eyxh1qzdi59o1_500.jpg

[brightpearl]

Looks are a plus, but personality is a must. I like a bit of character, actually -- some lines and imperfections...like the way I prefer Tom Waits' voice to Josh Groban's.

I dunno, it often seems that people get more attractive the more I come to love them. And then if it starts to seem like they're mean, their face may start to look mean and harsh to me, even if most people would call them beautiful.

Beauty is as beauty does, I guess. No choosing required. :)

[MoJoRiSin]

Mu
There were no haikus
that I was able to find
in your pasted text.

[lukkucairi]

B

though mine's pretty good-lookin' akshally...

got the best of both worlds :)

[xfox]

QoD Mar 3

How many times in your life have you moved? Favorite place?

[Marcus Bales]

Twenty. Here.

[Coffee]

Only 10 times here, seemed like more than that. Current home is my favorite...on my sailboat.

[MoJoRiSin]

how many times have i moved?
too numerous to count !!:o
that will be changing
any day now.....

Tulsa
Ft Lauderdale
Stillwater (OK)
Marblehead Ma
Concord Ma
lexington Ma
Cambridge Ma
Martha's Vineyard
West Newton Ma

Beaverton OR
Lake Oswego OR
Houston
(as i am not actually LIVING here):)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

once
in my head

[Bman]

7. Her house.

[Frieda]

9 times. I like best where i live now, especially the balcony :)

[lukkucairi]

something like 28 times? I lost count.

we have lived in the same house for going on 5 years now - I love it here :)

[12"razormix]

12

http://www.abita-re.it/phpThumb.php?src=uploads/facciata-20100528-170116.jpg

[madasacutsnake]

Seven.

Here. What's not to love?

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/148331_140917922625880_100001230182968_214748_7012 661_n.jpg

[Brynn]

21 times.

The place with the best weather that I had the most fun in and felt most excited for the future was in the Hollywood hills in Los Angeles, but I do love my garden and neighbors and neighborhood here in Portland, so it's a toss up.

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[zero]

qotd


i was walking along a footpath today and started thinking about paths. footpaths. footpaths i've walked along in my life.

please may you talk a little bit about a favourite or memorable footpath from your past or present - the one that springs into your mind just now when i say the word 'footpath'?

[MoJoRiSin]

Yes : )

The one that comes to mind first is the one we used to walk up to the swimming pool at the country club my folks belonged to. The road abrubtly ends (as to keep the riff raff from drivinsimply driving on to the property?? :( at any rate it was probably only about 75 feet long or so and there was an enormouse ant hill that my brother used to put firecrackers in to no avail.... :)

This was a pleaseant reminder of the good ol days
Thank you Zero

[lukkucairi]

There was a gate between my mother's back yard and my Aunt Sheila's. They lived on opposite sides of a hill near Lake Cunningham on New Providence, and we would often walk the path of coral limestone rocks and fallen leaves between the houses. Once after a rainfall I saw a red-and-black fungus that looked like an alien brain, and I was so afraid of it that I made my mother destroy it. Another time I was sitting on the path while my mother worked in the garden not far away, and a hummingbird buzzed by and startled and delighted me.

[12"razormix]

i take a wee 10 minute footpath to the train station every morning. it runs behind a row of houses and every day i meet two elderly ladies walking their dogs on the path. one is heavy and grumpy and has trouble walking, just like her dog: an old german shepherd. he trots in front of her while she, in her own loving grumpy way, talks to him or explains to me that he's old while throwing random insults at him. the other one is a bit younger with fluffy white hair, big glasses and always smiling, just like her dog: a young white terrier who bounces happily along the path, glad to be alive. she chats to me about the weather, the changing seasons or, occasionally, what i'm wearing.

[Frieda]

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the path they took to isengard

[brightpearl]

There is a little path through a small church garden. I don't get to walk it very often, but I've known of it so long that I've walked it many times. It's crushed granite, mostly, and sand, and it crunches just a little. I secretly like it best when it's covered in pomegranate blossoms.

[Bman]

It's about 20 feet from her front door to the gate. There is a pen of box turtles I never got acquainted with, a wooden door that is as much a scratching post as anything else, cats that will stand or sleep on the door even when you swing it open, boxes of lettuce, boxes of disassembled plastic flower pots and plastic chairs (usually occupied by cats), all between the sidewalk and the porch where I made a really good decision a sort-of long time ago.

[Brynn]

I love the little flagstone path that goes from my back yard gate, under a mock orange bush near a stone fountain, past an arbor of clematis, some lilac trees, and under the grape arbor. If I continue, I go past a garden swing and around in back of the garage where we have the hammock set up next to the neighbor's bamboo fence. I lie there and watch hummingbirds make trips back and forth. But if I pause under the grapes and stand on a certain stone, there's a stepping stone that says "you are here" right in front of it. My mother-in-law gave it to me before she died. I stand in front of that, look through a window pane that's hanging on the arbor, and see the tiny garden beyond. I like to think of her there.

[zero]

hello

qotoday:

sunrise or sunset?

[zero]

( ps thankies all, for the nostalgic & thoughtful footpaths )

[Jack Flanders]

sunset...

[Jack Flanders]

I love the little flagstone path that goes from my back yard gate, under a mock orange bush near a stone fountain, past an arbor of clematis, some lilac trees, and under the grape arbor. If I continue, I go past a garden swing and around in back of the garage where we have the hammock set up next to the neighbor's bamboo fence. I lie there and watch hummingbirds make trips back and forth. But if I pause under the grapes and stand on a certain stone, there's a stepping stone that says "you are here" right in front of it. My mother-in-law gave it to me before she died. I stand in front of that, look through a window pane that's hanging on the arbor, and see the tiny garden beyond. I like to think of her there.
My smile with a sob... thanks Brynn.

Sorry Zero, had to add.

[lukkucairi]

sunrise! :)

[Frieda]

Sunrise. Especially in summer when the sunset was only a few hours earlier, and there's a fog hanging over the fields and the river, and you can only vaguely see the cows breathing in the orange light of dawn.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

sunset, only because I'm around for it.

[MoJoRiSin]

sunset
(this sunset)

[brightpearl]

Sunrise, or more specifically, just before.

[Brynn]

sunset, only because I'm around for it.
yep. what he said.

[lukkucairi]

QUOD 20110619:

¿ what kind of an idea are you ?

http://www.vanityfair.com/images/politics/2009/02/hitchens-0902-02.jpg

[Bman]

A not-so-bright idea

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_135/1175245375464jJ3.jpg

[Coffee]

http://static1.bonluxat.com/cmsense/data/uploads/orig/ingo-maurer-seven-off-the-wall-lamp_1dd7.jpg

[brightpearl]

a pragmatic if a bit old-fashioned idea
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VxfYhPvfE4E/TKdY77TrD5I/AAAAAAAAACM/h7lGhEU1cu4/s1600/2lightbulbs.jpg

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

i've no idea

[Frieda]

almost out of the box

http://www.froot.nl/wp-content/uploads/ninja-katten-froot14.jpg

[Brynn]

Not pithy. Pithiless.
http://onbloggingwell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/wordy.jpg

[Frieda]

New qotd:

1a. what is the current % of humidity in the air?

1b. do you think the # of hidden nuts affects this %?

[brightpearl]

1. I think the humidity was in the 30 or 40% range today. We're having a bit of a drought.

2. I feel that the data are correlated, but I can't confirm a causative relationship with current information.

I can confirm that the squirrels are hot. They keep digging out little dusty patches under trees and lying in them spread-eagled, trying to cool off.

[Frieda]

http://www.froot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/beach_01-590x438.jpg

what means do you use to keep an eye on the weather?

[MoJoRiSin]

"If we were nomadic would these be conditions that would
make us think -- It is time to start taking down the tents??
fill in the blank with the area in which you live
for instance
San Antonio Texas
drought
(hay is being shipped from New Mexico for the horses as we speak)
Portland Oregon
not even a rose bud in time for
the "rose festival"
Toronto
no cherry blossoms during correct month
4.
5.
6,>>>>>
and so on
you get my drift no?

[trisherina]

The place (http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/canada_e.html) you check before going out on a flight is reliable enough for me.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR022.loop.shtml#skip

[zero]

i keep an eye on the weather by means of my tempest prognosticator

[trisherina]

i keep an eye on the weather by means of my tempest prognosticator

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2423/3744971726_44a6796cf4_m.jpg

[zero]

^get the cows in the barn, trisharama!

[Bman]

Where did everyone go yesterday?

You took the board with you o_o

[Frieda]

Where did everyone go yesterday?

You took the board with you o_o

i was off to ring the bell, there was a storm coming

[Klynne]

What a work day. It was totally taken over by cockroaches and second hand smoke.

[Brynn]

New QOTD: What was the last thing that made you cry?

[Frieda]

general feelings of hopelessness and hurting

[MoJoRiSin]

page 66 of the August 1 People Magazine

i c
ry practically on a daily basis

[lukkucairi]

gee, really?

remembering my father's dementia.

[xfox]

What is the record for the longest time to judge the DG?

[Brynn]

I thought that thread was dead

[Odbe]

Don't assume until you cut off its head and burn it.

[xfox]

Where is Lukki?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

she's on tour

[brightpearl]

Just about 10 years ago, I was home with my son, and I turned on the TV for the morning news. For the next hour, I would alternately break into sobs and then force smiles for the boy, as he would look confused and then cry reflexively in response. I made myself turn it off to avoid scaring him to death, but I kept checking the news online, and tried to fill in friends who were stuck at work with fewer ways to find out what was going on.

I've had many awful, awful days since then for me personally, but that was easily the worst day of my life even though I knew no one directly affected.

Here I am now, 10 years on, with another infant son whose birth could not have then been predicted. How that day will ultimately prove to have changed the world my sons will inherit is similarly unpredictable.


Where were you? What was it like? Does it matter now?


People still talk about how beautiful the sky was.

[xfox]

Yes, it was a awful time. I was also looking at the Today Show and Matt and Katie seemed stunned to the point of disbelief at such an occurrence. I find it hard to believe the Marines who were blown up in Beiruit were not avenged, among other terrorist activities prior to the WTC.

My thoughts and prayers go out to those who lost friends and family.

[Stephi_B]

i was sleeping till late and then procrastinating from learning for my first pre-diploma exam (organic chemistry, which i HAT). then around 1pm (it happened at 3pm our time) my best mate from uni called and we chatted away for almost two hours. just when i hung up my grandma called me and urged me to turn on the TV. what i saw was the first plane having hit, and i thought "shit, that looks like 'independence day'...". and while granny and me just watched in disbelieve and shock the second plane hit and my grandma muttered "...terrorists". just then my mate called again, on the cell phone, asking me breathless if i had on the TV, "yes".

i spent most of the following 3 days in front of the TV, i fell asleep in front of it and woke up to it, and i phoned a lot with my family, and when the next day there was a condolence speech at the parliament i had to cry when it came to the sentence "today we are all americans".

i figure that day was and is for my generation the same as the fall of the berlin wall (which i CAN remember, i was 9 and allowed to stay up late to watch it on TV, although i live right at the former border and where it broke through first and as heartwarming and GREAT and POSITIVE the old footages are, it's definitely further away for me, more "historic"-like) for the previous one: it changed how the world was like before. but maybe the time period from '89 to '01 was just a little break from the world being the same with a different flavour? dunno :confused:

[Bman]

...I was in middle school. 2nd Period. Kind of hard to comprehend what was going on at the time. Few weeks later, veteran uncle demands that we take a trip to Disney. To show the terrorists whatfor.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

I'd been out for a long evening walk. I got home it was 10:45. I dithered a bit between going straight to my bedroom or sitting in front of the late news for a bit while I cooled off. In the end I opted to watch the news for a few minutes. So I watched. About 12:15 I really needed to call someone but I didn't really want to wake up anybody for this. I remembered my friend working in Paris, so I called her at her office. "Are you watching?" she said. "Yes" I said. In the end I watched til about 3 in the morning when there was nothing left to say.

Sometimes I still think of it and say to myself "Geez that actually happened."

[brightpearl]

I also remember seeing this, which helped a little bit.
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Any fool can destroy; it takes real courage and conviction and effort to rebuild one 5-gallon plastic bucket at a time. And the dream can be realized; hopefully for more than a moment, someday.

And then 5 years later, I saw this, which also helped. It was the first Show I ever saw, and then I started watching, and then I started participating, and eventually I stopped numbing through life. In retrospect, there's been a long chain of connected events...from massive scale destruction and rebuilding to very small...that lead to the way things are for me today. So strange to see from that perspective.

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I'm so grateful for so many things.

[craig johnston]

how long did it take to go from 'we are all american' to 'freedom fries'?

[Stephi_B]

18 months and 8 days.

[brightpearl]

That's what I meant by asking whether it mattered. We paid so much for the opportunity to understand what it all means, and a lot of people missed it. It really compounded the sadness for me.

A lot of other people, though, never made that awful jump. The Daily Show, among other things, helped me maintain a sense of sanity by highlighting how nuts it was.

I still don't feel I can say what society will ultimately take away from it, how future generations will change, but I hope for some progress.

[Stephi_B]

also the sh!t that happended caused, or better said, accelerated change on a global scope. let's see how this will all turn out.

hopefully more multipolar, less divergent into extremes and less neo(-liberal, -conservative, -dumbassed) than the world has turned out in the last decade or some years more.

[Brynn]

That was a day when I talked to strangers I had never talked to before in my neighborhood. I lost a big fear of talking to strangers in general that day, as a matter of fact. It's just not a problem for me anymore.
As the buildings collapsed on live TV - and I can't believe that I am the only idiot on earth to admit this out loud - my mind involuntarily flashed on the Death Star pulverizing Alderon, then I immediately felt ashamed for thinking of Star Wars. But a vacuum open up inside me and I felt like something in me was being crushed lifeless too. It's the closest thing to true horror I have ever felt.
I hadn't equated the years-long depression I felt that followed with 9/11 per se, but I do find it strange to realize how much lighter I finally feel this year, the same year that Osama bin Laden was captured and killed. And I don't know what to think about that - feeling better that someone is dead now.

[Stephi_B]

the OBL thing was totally surreal to me, whereas 9/11 felt very real, despite the geographical distance and the cineastic live pictures (that made me deeply think about emmerich's "independence day", the scene where the white house gets kawoomed by the starship... hearing about a plane also hitting pentagon gave me the shivers in connection with my very initial thought about that very film)

[MoJoRiSin]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (18 POSTS BACK)
LUKKU i SHOULD HAVE RESPONDED TO YOU QUESTION!
I have been paying attention and the truth is I do NOT cry
on a daily basis, sometimes music or poetry makes my eyes
water a little but that is about it...yesterday a friend died and i didn't cry but when I laid down to go to sleep and i felt tears started rolling down the sides of my face but not really with grief, my husband sort of felt it and tried to cheer me up by telling me that when he was searching the internet for "iron head" which apparently is some sort of Harley Davidson Motorcycle he stumbled onto a story about some Iron Head Monks (http://kaleidoscope.cultural-china.com/en/9Kaleidoscope3565.html) and then i laughed and said "yea if you have a young son that is rather crazy you could just drop him by there... or threaten such and he replied that when he was a little boy he would have definitely run away to join such a group.... Lukku I sure hope you are laughing and not crying.... Please check in and let us know you are
doing fine...
ox Love, Mo

[Coffee]

Qotd: 9/25/11.
Which is nuttier?
Believing one sees ghosts, or believing in ghosts despite zero evidence they exist.

[brightpearl]

Hmmm.
Well, perhaps having the feeling that there are ghosts, even in the absence of thinking you see something, is a kind of evidence.

I'm of two minds about the whole thing. Part of me is a hardnosed skeptic, but I have a couple of friends and family members that have had odd things happen, and I've had the occasional odd thing myself. So the other part of me doesn't think either option is nutty.

In general, however, I think basing belief on one's own observations of anything is the better strategy, so seeing would be slightly less nutty. :D

[MoJoRiSin]

neither is sillier to the other in my opinion

[xfox]

Methinks ghosts exist in dreams and, hence, in life.

[Coffee]

I think both positions are nutty (obviously based on my clearly biased question of the day) :P .

But I find it odder that society in general thinks it is nuttier to believe one has actually seen (or talked to or talked with) a ghost than to simply believe in them based on "hearsay"/third party accounts/fuzzy indistinct photos (which are notoriously easy to make indistinct even without trying).

I agree with Brynn's last sentance actually, that in general it is more reliable to believe based on personal observation than upon hearsay...yet most people that believe in ghosts have never seen one. Even direct observation however isn't perfectly reliable due to clearly documented cases of people with mental disorders clearly seeing things/people/imaginary pink elephants/whatever.

And, if the question wasn't obviously seen as a repetitive coffee theme, the situation is of course a metaphor for belief in any metaphysical entity without direct observation/conversation with said entity...which perhaps 90% of the human population is prone to do.

Of course you are all bright people and see that the question is actually "Is it nuttier to believe in god because he apeared to you in a flaming bush? or is it nuttier to believe in him based on an old nutter coming down from a hill with a bunch of new laws supposed dictated to him by a burning bush."

90% of humans, and most of this board are prone to believing an old nutbag with an agenda...that bothers me.

[Coffee]

since the board won't let me edit let me clarify....and that last sentance of mine sounded negatively judgemental upon rereading it...not my intent.

the reason it bothers me that u all are also prone to beliving in ghosts/gods/ufos/whever is that you are all brilliant people.

It bothers me that brilliant people are capable of believing in fantastic stuff based on hearsay and unexplainable (ie. IDK) incidents even from people who have clear agendas...Kings, Clergy, paranormal reality shows, psychics, astrologers...etc.
It makes disproving those things harder than it should be because we all have 9 friends out of 10 who believe at least some of your fantastic beliefs...whatever they might be.

[Coffee]

*Pearlies sentance, not Brynn's...im having hard/tard typing day...sorry.

[brightpearl]

Well, I don't know what is fantastic any more. Everyday life has gotten a bit spooky. Radio waves would probably have sounded pretty out there to Galileo, for instance. And the purist viewpoint would argue that there is as little evidence disproving life after death as there is proving it.

There's actually not much truly objective proof of consciousness arising in the brain, actually. I mean, we have printouts of electrical activity of brains, but how do those prove consciousness outside of our own subjective experience of awareness? Someone from another planet might be skeptical -- maybe we only appear to think and perceive, or maybe our consciousness exists but is housed in extra dimensions, rolled up in superstrings, and is just transmitted through the brain.

That's all moot, though, because so much of human thinking is influenced by emotions regardless of any proof. And as my two minds reflect, most of us are perfectly capable of maintaining separate and contradictory viewpoints without much trouble. We have a strong need to rationalize our contradictions and mitigate our fears in order to lead pleasant lives and get things done for one another. This seems natural to me -- even healthy in many cases, when it leads to compassion and comfort -- and so it is okay whether it is supported by objective evidence or not.

I share your frustrations, however, when beliefs are used to limit or hurt other people. That response is so insidious, and so common.

[Frieda]

new QOTD:

i attended a gender diversity meeting at work today, apparently there's only 18% women in middle management and 3% in higher management.

IT has always been a thing for men so i never thought of it as weird to be the only woman around in a department, but apparently this is also a trend in management regions. i'm not sure how i feel about recruiting people to join a company based on their genitals instead of their skills.

how gender diverse is the company you're with? do they have any gender diversity plans or goals? how do you feel about the gender thing? issue or not?

[brightpearl]

There are more women than men working in health care, but the different jobs in the industry are dominated by either men or women -- most nurses and family practice docs are women, most surgeons are men. So, the higher the pay, the more likely it is that there are more men. I think this is only okay if it's the pattern that results from a lot of individuals choosing what they think is best for them -- if it happens because more women happen to feel happier working in nursing or family practice than they would as surgeons, it's fine, but if it happens because there are subtle forces like discrimination or negative expectations preventing women from considering higher-paying positions, it's not so good.

Probably there are still problems, but they are slowly getting better.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

1. ghosts for coffee (http://t-squat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/james_squire_comic_art_t_squat_04.jpeg)

2. I work at a training institution. There are two types of jobs: professional teachers and civilian teachers. The latter group earns only mumbles. There's one woman in the well-paid group, the rest are men. There's one man in the other group, the rest are us.

[Brynn]

Coffee's question:

I've seen ghosts. I can't remember to what extent I've chronicled it here. There was one in my manager's luxurious house in the Hollywood hills. The ghost had dark hair cut into a page boy, a white shirt, and tan khaki's. She was in the laundry room, doing laundry, plain as day, her back to me. Then she slipped into the bathroom ahead of me as I was headed there too. She was in there and didn't come out for 15-20 minutes before I finally knocked on the door to see if she was okay. When I finally opened the door, the windowless bathroom was empty.
When I asked my manager Janice if she'd hired some new help, she said "Did she have dark hair, a white shirt and khaki's?" I said yes.
She said "Oh. You saw her."
Janice had seen her too, and asked her landlord - a 17 year old kid - about her. He told her she had probably seen his mother, who was murdered along with his entire family by an uncle who went postal one night. He survived as a ten year old by hiding under his bed when he heard the screaming. I met him too, and remember wondering why he didn't live in this gorgeous house himself. He was shy, very quiet, spoke very softly and kept his eyes averted.
I am not brain-damaged or mentally ill.
Several years later, in 1992, I lived in a house that was full of paranormal activity. Several very specific things happened over a relatively short space of time, including injuries to my one-year-old daughter. I was terrified. I converted to Christianity because nothing - and I mean NOTHING else got that dark, rotten thing out of there. My husband witnessed the same thing, confirmed it, but did not convert to Christianity. In the years since, we have not seen anything remotely related to ghosts, and I hope and pray we never will again. Whether anyone believes me or not is their business - my personal experience does not and never will translate to people who have never had an experience like that, and I would never wish it on anyone. The closest thing I could point to to give anyone a sense of what emotional turmoil we went through would be the "Paranormal Activity" movies, which are remarkably spot on as far as questioning one's own sanity, living with the feeling of being "watched" and witnessing some pretty freaky things.
Nowadays, I don't talk about it anymore unless asked. If you think I'm nutty for having gone through that I'm fine with that, but I just don't see why anyone would feel the need to put that label on me personally. It's just something that happened to me. It's not like I'm a Republican whack-job running for president or anything :) What I think is nutty is if I decided one day that the moon is made of cheese just because I myself didn't get into a space ship to check it out personally. I believe NASA, I believe the astronauts and I think they are credible in spite of the fact that their agenda to make me believe them would enhance their funding.
Coffee, over the years we've disagreed about things, but still manage to find common ground. I respect you and like you for your sense of humor, and your views on social justice issues, and lots of other things that have nothing to do with this. But if the cognitive dissonance is too great to accommodate this "nuttiness" in me I can fully understand why you might need to distance yourself. I can't change what happened to me, and I won't gloss over the truth of how my own life was affected by it.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

It's not like I'm a Republican whack-job running for president or anything :)

Really? Then what's your position on ghosts in the military? ;)

[Coffee]

Didn't you ever watch Scooby Doo?! That was a real estate developer trying to scare the kid out of the property. There is asecret trap door in the laundy room. ;-)

H.F. : only if there is a Don't See, Don't Show policy :-P

[Peregrine]

Years ago while I was still living with my parents, I was the last one up watching TV. Someone had chips, and left the half-full bag on the floor by the couch under the mantle. When my mom got up to go to bed, she said "make sure you put those chips away before you go to bed".

Naturally, I'd completely forgot about the chips. An hour or so later, when I got up to go to bed, I turned around, and just then, a birthday card fell off the mantle, and landed right on the bag of chips.

I'm not saying that it was a helpful ghost, reminding me to put the chips away. But... it was convenient.

[Bman]

I have to grade papers for a class. Now every day I am reminded of the ghost of the english language.

[xfox]

What was the best day of your life? (so far)

[brightpearl]

Easily the births of my children, by far, but people often say those shouldn't count because it is too obvious. :)

There was a day several years ago, when I had a moment of clarity or insight -- I suppose most would classify it as religious, although I'm not sure I would define it thus myself. It was such a relief, and it helped me a lot on subsequent days, so whether or not it was my best day ever, it resulted in a lot of good days later. Worth a lot.

[Brynn]

Hmmm...good question! Lots of wonderful days to choose from, but I'd have to say it was definitely one particular day.
I was a horse-crazy 12-year-old walking my dog one day in the field behind my school. I had read every book there was, I had begged for horse lessons, had horse posters all over my room blah blah blah - but I had never ridden a horse, only read about it.
Out of the woods came a teenage girl on a giant horse!
She saw me run up and stare. She smiled, hopped down, and asked me if I wanted to ride her horse, just like that.
Of course I did. She gave me a leg up, and told me to take him for a run around the football field.
It was wonderful. I've never galloped on a horse since. It came at a really important time in my life - if grownups weren't being mean and abusive, they were totally ignoring me, so it was nice to meet this girl and her horse.

[MoJoRiSin]

eureka eureka eureka p=PILGRIM !!

[xfox]

^?. My most memorable day was nearly identical to Brynn's. I did not know we shared this passion. It's Saturday and I am free to do whatever, after the usual errands and tasks.

What shall I do?

What would you do?

[zero]

20111024qotd

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OPBbk_WMbNA/TqSgTOPqBEI/AAAAAAAAG88/ueAMxK0YfVk/w121/scaredmouse.gif

what did this wee mouse see?

[12"razormix]

this (http://statenislandpictureframes.com/Oil%20Paintings%20we%20carry%20in%20Staten%20Islan d/Landscape%20Paintings/slides/CHAPMAN%20LS%20WATERFALL.jpg)?

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

or this? (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/8845649/Pictures-of-the-day-24-October-2011.html?image=8)

[brightpearl]

I'm pretty sure it was this (http://theworldaccordingtojesse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/painted_cats_17.jpg).

[Frieda]

you're all wrong. it was this (http://www.celinedion.com/).

[MoJoRiSin]

(am i way off?)


It was Minnie in her Halloween costume
(Nataraja)
:) :) :)

[12"razormix]

THIS (http://www.celinedion.com/)


http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg159/angelOFtheFUTURE/ScaredMark.gif

[Frieda]

told you.

:p

[Frieda]

QOTD ***new***

http://media.nu.nl/m/m1ezxdqas0hm_700.jpg

is she a robot?


yes
no
shut UP

[brightpearl]

yes -- not even trying to hide it (http://gadgether.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pink-gundam-robot.jpg)

artificial compassion program's got a few bugs in it, obviously

[Frieda]

i think she's got the same programmer as the pope

http://www.kijk.nl/files/2011/02/paus_benedictus_xvi-300x138.jpg

[zero]

robot?





<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SqBw7XapJKk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
robot?




<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rhu2xNIpgDE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

yes!!

[xfox]

Which human qualities generally come to mind when thinking of engineers?

[Coffee]

Sexy brains!

[Peregrine]

Opposable thumbs.

[xfox]

How about integrity. Engineers like working with each other.

[Frieda]

^structural integrity

[Bman]

I have to write a bio for myself an upcoming performance and I HAT writing those. Can you write one for me?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

^^flannel shirts

[MoJoRiSin]

smart, nice (those children who when very young do not make eye contact or play with others so much .... too busy figuring everything out! :)
these days those children are practically lables
special needs!!
....good husbands, good fathers.... especially to daughters

[brightpearl]

I have to write a bio for myself an upcoming performance and I HAT writing those. Can you write one for me?

Born in 1883 as the youngest son of itinerant clamdiggers, Bman learned to enjoy linguine con le vongole from an early age. As a child, he often frolicked with the walruses, making them jaunty hats out of kelp and discarded milk jugs. The otters were jealous and plotted an assassination attempt in the spring of his 10th year; although it did not succeed, he retains the jagged scar curving starboard above his left ear to this day. His brothers and sisters craved his company and the amusing traditional Cantonese operas he would compose and puppeteer himself. Although he did well in school, he was frequently bored, and his record was marred in his sophomore year by a poorly described incident involving the infamous Albuquerque Salisbury steak protests.

With the modest sum he had saved from an early business as an aardvark impressionist, Bman funded a trip to Paris to further his classical education in ballet. Spending his days dancing and his nights listening to experimental Tyrolean Pan flute maslenitza carols, he soon resolved never to leave. He was an imposing figure, rarely seen without his riding crop and otter tooth necklace. However, during a torrid love affair with Josephine Baker he revealed that he prefers kiwi fruit to bananas. She struck him repeatedly in the ankles with a first edition of The Etheric Double and Allied Phenomena, by Arthur Powell. The injury and subsequent heartbreak drove him back home, to our benefit.

Despite his advanced age and debilitating involuntary cringing disorder, he can serve a four course meal in three courses, holds the world record for speed rose gardening, and can solve quadratic equations in six languages. None of these skills can hold a candle to his impending performance tonight. Please join me in welcoming....

Mr. Bman!

[MoJoRiSin]

^^ obviously mo answered the question from the OTHER day...
((i am fairly embarrassed)) :o

[MoJoRiSin]

^^ :D :D :D

[Bman]

^Both are uncanny especially in regards to labels, walruses and jaunty hats, I will never write another bio again.

[zero]

<iframe width="440" height="260" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UcV47As3SwQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

¿when was the last time you... watched tv? ... ehh, i mean..
like..PHYSICAL: television set; you PLANTED your CHUBBY ARSE
in front of the set.......?





.

[brightpearl]

I watched part of Rachael Ray the other morning, where Mario Batali made a robust-looking jalapeno pesto.

Our TV (admittedly mostly for gaming and netflix) is that new-fangled ridiculously high definition, so I got heartburn.

[Frieda]

i'm watching tv right now

[MoJoRiSin]

i have not had a show that i sat down regularly to watch
since i dream of jeanie
i watched the DVDs of the sopranos and
with my husband
we basically watched on show a night right through all the episodes
not sure if i enjoyed it or not
later when i was sick i watche big love
more or less went right through all the seasons
in a few days mostly i did it because
i love Tom Hanks :)
other than that, no real tv whatsoever
i have sent a lot of money to the cable provider
throughout the years
though

[Coffee]

Actual TV set?
Not in a couple years...don't even own one.
I only watch Netflix and that doesn't even carry current shows.
Last TV series I watched was the complete SOAP series from the 70's(?) What a fabulous show btw.

[Brynn]

I watch a lot of TV. Hours and hours and hours of it sometimes. With snacks, weed and a snuggie. And a cat. It's wonderful. Sometimes I fall asleep watching it. It's replaced almost all of my most meaningful relationships.

[xfox]

^i would if I didn't have a full time job! TIVO is great for Curb.

[Bman]

^Brynn should open a spa, this sounds fantastic

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I like that post, thanks, zero.

I never watched too much TV. Now I watch it with irregular frequency, at about once in two months. I hate ads. I think it will be those that will eventually put me off the internet, too.

[Brynn]

^ That's what TiVo's for!

I watch a lot right now since I'm employed by a television-watching company of a dubious nature that doesn't exist.

[Frieda]

i am enjoying an xmas holiday of 2 weeks :eek: :eek: :)

so far, i've done the following:

laundry
bought xmas gifts
declogged the shower drain
refilled the central heating thing/boiler/furnace/whatever it's called with water because the pressure was low
rewired the bathroom electricity

i've got more rewiring planned for tomorrow. what exciting things are you doing this xmas holiday?

[Coffee]

I believe I shall be starting a new job this Xmas holiday, after a month plus job hunt. Not getting hopes up because all jobs seem to suck these days, but some work is better than no work. At least it is in a field I have enjoyed working before.

I shall be:
-sending good job juju to several also out of work friends this season.
-spending xmas day with mother and that other person.
-snuggling my cat (shut it Marcus, that is not a metaphor).
-trying to stay warm on my boat.
-phoning friends since I'm way to disorganized to send cards (TYVM dear, you know who you are...PM a current # if you would like a call to :) )
-being thankful for the positive things in my life, and trying not to be too negative about the other stuff.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I'm going to have a happy holiday.
I'm planning to:
- read and re-read (Larsson, Pratchett, and some yet to be received for Christmas books)
- watch all James Bond movies then Shrek, Lion King, Ice Age, the Prince of Egypt etc.
- learn a bit of Russian every day
- visit my sister
- do a bit of cleaning
- go to the zoo (if the weather permits)
- cook and eat good things

[lukkucairi]

I am judging the Dictionary Game :p

I am looking forward to washing the dog hair out of my bathrobe, and taking lights down from the front yard that were lit all year until they shorted out right as the holiday season started.

We are happily planning to do fwkall for xmas and new years. I have some presents to mail off at some point in the next week or so (deadline prioritization - DG gets judged before xmas gets posted). I have also received a few lovely cards from various corners of the globe, which I will answer in kind :)

[Jack Flanders]

i am enjoying an xmas holiday of 2 weeks :eek: :eek: :)

so far, i've done the following:

laundry
bought xmas gifts
declogged the shower drain
refilled the central heating thing/boiler/furnace/whatever it's called with water because the pressure was low
rewired the bathroom electricity

i've got more rewiring planned for tomorrow. what exciting things are you doing this xmas holiday?

You win!!

[zero]

qotd20111230

¿are you a biter or a sucker?

(this is of course with specific regard to your hard candy eating technique. when you get or are given a piece of it and you pop it into your mouth, do you bite it or suck it...

or what?)

[Frieda]

bite

[Coffee]

Both

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

depends on the type of candy and momentary mood

some are sucked until they're ice thin then crushed by the tongue against the palate

those with some filling can be sucked a bit then crunched to get to the gooey goodiness

[brightpearl]

I chew unreservedly regardless of the type of sweet.

[xfox]

One piece of toffee is never enough. I savor it slowly, especially if it's chocolate (http://www.chapelhilltoffee.com/#!) covered.

mmmmm.

[brightpearl]

^The Russell Stovers chews assortment has this Roman nougat thing that I love beyond all reason. I simply cannot pace myself. It's pitiful, really. :D

[lukkucairi]

chomp chomp chomp

[zero]

i am reminded of occasions when i have given a piece of barleysugar or similar hard candy to lazy manfred. the sound of his mahoosive molars crunching up a lump of barleysugar is one of the best sounds in existence. should you ever encounter a horse at such time as you happen to have some hard candy in your pocket, i urge you to offer forth a piece of it in the palm of your hand and then stand back and enjoy the marvelous sounds that will ensue.

:)

[12"razormix]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2466/3762801652_616ed46917_z.jpg

zero ( out loud )
i am reminded of occasions when i have given a piece of barleysugar or similar hard candy
to lazy manfred. the sound of his mahoosive molars crunching up a lump of barleysugar is
one of the best sounds in existence.

razomrix ( thinking )
milk
bread
butter
...
fresh parsley
tomatoes
...
oh and soap!
soap and toothpaste..

[Brynn]

YES

[funkytuba]

(which one is which?)

[brightpearl]

New Q of the Day:

For me, it's BubuLubu, hands down.
http://www.candycarton.com/images/productimages/Bubu_Lubu.jpg
Faintly fruity silicone caulk and melted styrofoam peanuts, layered with a brown coating so waxy I can only conclude it to be...brown wax. I had it once in Mexico and had told my older one how awful it is. He insisted on trying it just to be contrary. He's never asked for it again.


What's your least favorite candy?

[zero]

it's unavailable in this neck o' the woods but that's prolly no accident because, as i once discovered to my initial disappointment and subsequent disgust, the taste of hershey's chocolate bears an uncanny resemblance to that of vomit.

[brightpearl]

^Ooooh, I've never had a Hershey's chocolate bear!! Are they special for Easter? I imagine once you pick the hairs out they're quite tasty.

[zero]

you like the taste of vomit?

[brightpearl]

You're right; Hershey's bear vomit probably doesn't hold a candle to my usual Whizzo's lark's vomit (http://youtu.be/Dy6uLfermPU).

[xfox]

Is a truck a conventional passenger automobile?

[brightpearl]

Here in Texas you can be incarcerated for merely entertaining the idea that it isn't.

[Brynn]

No, it is not. A truck is for mounting gun racks on and hauling other people's couches in.

[Coffee]

A truck is a work vehicle used to haul work stuff around in and get dented and dirty regularly.
A truck used to commute in becomes an automobile. Putting low profile tires and blingy rims on a truck reduces it to permanent non-truck status.
Regular washing and waxing of a truck is suspiciously car like activity and should be regarded as potential automobile usage.

[Brynn]

Agreed. We shall ignore the deeper Freudian implications that are associated with constantly polishing a bigger vehicle than one actually needs for daily commuting...

[Frieda]

no.

[Frieda]

?? Do you play wordfeud ??

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

n/a

[brightpearl]

My phone isn't smart enough. :(

[xfox]

No, but I found this on Google Fights (http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=word+feud&word2=words+with+friends)

BTW thanks all for your answers on my last question. Really good, and funny! I'm in agreement with the no group, anyway.

[MoJoRiSin]

As of this minute yes


However,
I am no good at scrabble :)

[Brynn]

New question of the day:

Do some people really judge each other by their shoes? What information do shoes impart?

[Brynn]

(which one is which?)

oh - a little and a lot of both
Sorry. Back to the shoes.

[Frieda]

New question of the day:

Do some people really judge each other by their shoes? What information do shoes impart?

I look at people's shoes because they tell me stuff and i have a thing for shoes, there's not necessarily judging involved though. Shoes tell me a lot about the wearer's personality and mood. i check whether they match the outfit, are appropriate for the occasion, worn out or brand new, too high or not high enough. It's all a reflection of someone's choices at that point in time. and sometimes, shoes can be quite offensive.

[Coffee]

http://blog.pallspera.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Clown-Shoes.jpg
This person is a fvcking Clown...that sounded kinda judgmental though.

http://www.ingolfwetrust.com/golf-central/content/binary/Steve-Elkington-FootJoys.jpg
Whoever this is, he is forbidden to set foot on my boat...nothing personal though, just don't want leaks through my decking.

[brightpearl]

Sometimes I think shoes are the most salient part of a person's outfit in terms of what their clothing choices say, but this probably depends on how a person feels about shoes...some folks think of them as pretty utilitarian, an afterthought, and other people just may not have the cash to buy the shoes they'd like to have, and while that may say something, it doesn't say a lot. Shoe-loving people with a little disposable income are maybe more likely to reveal something by their choices.

Earlier this evening I saw a lovely young lady attending a school function, and she chose a dress that was too short and stilettos worthy of a Vegas stripper, but I think she was just trying to look grown up. Probably some people will think she's trashy, though, poor baby. :(

I confess that although I am a cheapskate and haven't spent more than 30 bucks on a pair of shoes in a really, really long time, I love them and have too many. I have to dress conservatively at work, but I let my goofy streak show in my socks and shoes sometimes. I just bought a pair of these:
http://i.tfcdn.com/img2/hAt-l1IAY8r5y8CQWFCQWJSaw5BRUlJgpa9fXl6uV5CTmJdaUpyRn1 qsl5yfq5-bCxHRz8xNTE8t1jc0Njc2hZDxTgEm8SmpJYmZOXpZBekA/fyVMtP8A

I'm not sure what they say, but they met my criteria by being funky and $14.99 on sale.

[brightpearl]

PS Coffee made me laugh. :D

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I often judge people by visible clues (shoes, hair, nails, teeth, gestures, clothes, etc.) Often, I am very wrong about them.

[Coffee]

^ x 10

[zero]

what's going on here?

[MoJoRiSin]

that's
hard to explain

[brightpearl]

There's a hole in the bucket, I guess.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

wouldn't you like to know.

[Frieda]

everything!

[xfox]

Yes, shoes, socks, or not tell a lot, and everything in between.

New QoD, unless Brynn's great conversation starter wants more.

What does a hairstyle say?

[Coffee]

-I am disheveled and require combing
-I am combed satisfactorily
-I need a trim
-more gel please!
-less off the bangs next time
-remind haircutter about the sides sticking up if cut too short...i can't do it for you.

[brightpearl]

high maintenance
http://hairstyles.thehairstyler.com/hairstyles/images/11683/icon/Zac-Efron.jpg

high opinion of himself
http://hairstylesandcuts.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Robert-Pattinson-men-hairstyles-with-curls-for-oval-face.jpg

high
http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2011/08/17/matthew-mcconaughey.jpg

[MoJoRiSin]

where do you live?

[xfox]

Mostly on land, sometimes on sea and occasionally in the air.

New ?qotd?

Of the classic books you've read, which was your favorite?

[Bman]

The classic "books that I have read":

-ALL the zoobooks
-The Long, Dark Teatime of the soul
-ALL the books that are like zoobooks, but with planes
-Cat's Cradle

[brightpearl]

Oohhhh, like Bman, I can't pick just one.

Also like Bman, a Vonnegut is on my list, but it's Slaughterhouse Five, and the Douglas Adams for me is Hitchhiker's - a cliche perhaps, but I just love it so much.
And Catch-22, The Master and Margarita, and A Movable Feast.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

From this list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Classic_Book_Collection) of classic books I like the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde the most.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

It's hard to say, I'd have to read them all again.

From the list, maybe Bleak House. Certainly one of my favourite first pages of a book.