It was late this week, but not as late as I am…..

1. What foods did you eat growing up that you later found out were regional items? (specific brands or recipes that you thought everyone could buy or make)
Hamburger macaroni and cheese. My mother used to make this long before there was ever Hamburger Helper and I was surprised that very few people outside of The South had heard of it before it was boxed.

2. Ham or turkey at Christmas and Easter? Or was there some other main course not typical for your area or religion?
I like turkey were as everyone else in the house wants ham on Christmas. Sometimes we have both on that holiday. On Easter, it is strictly ham. Trouble is I don’t digest ham very well.

3. What was your favorite meal served at your elementary school?
I took my lunch to school for as long as I can remember. My school’s lunch sucked big time.

4. What family recipes have been handed down to you, and have you tweaked any of them a little bit to make them more yours?
Homemade chocolate cake with homemade chocolate candy icing and home style chili. I haven’t changed the cake recipe, but I do now make the chili with no beans and with more spices.

5. Are there foods/recipes you wouldn’t eat as a child that you now regularly enjoy?
Asparagus. I used to think they were the pits of inedibility along with mustard greens. Now I eat both with glee. I guess my taste buds matured, I just wish I could say the same about my kids.

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1. At the cinema: advertisement at the beginning or in the middle of a movie?
Here in the U.S. it is customary to put the ads at the beginning of the movie, I can image the uproar of movie goers if the movie was suddenly stopped to show an ad (though it seems many movies these days are just flimsy plots to fill in the gap between product placements). There is already complaints that there are too many ads before the movie starts.

2. Which movie have you seen at last?
At the theater was Batman Begins in which I took my son. That was probably two days after the general release. The last movie I have seen would be Boogeyman 2, a truly messed up film.

3. Which movie have you seen nearly alone in the cinema?
None that I can remember.

4. Cinema or DVD?
For the scope of the movie, I like the theater. You get the sounds and the sites that was intended, but I prefer DVD as I can watch them in my home.

5. Which movie would you like to see on a cinema-screen?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in November.

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1. Complexion:: skin
2. Teach:: math
3. Back to school:: sale
4. Months:: till Christmas
5. Nominate:: a new president
6. Favorite curse word:: freakin’
7. Concerned:: look
8. Better:: Than Ezra
9. Escalate:: hostilities
10. Unveil:: new clothing line

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Yes, I know I am way behind……

1. If you could invite five people to dinner from history, living or dead, who would they be?
Albert Einstein, Jesus Christ, Dr. Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and Rachel Welch.

2. Why have you chosen these five individuals?
Albert because I would like to discuss his theories, Jesus to talk about faith and today’s problems, MLK to talk about racial integration and tolerance and how we can improve, Gandhi to talk about peace and his views on smoothing relations with Muslims, and Rachel just so I can drool over her.

3. What would you serve for dinner?
I would probably lean more toward a vegetarian menu like salad, steamed wild rice, flavored noodles, local vegetables, and a fruit melody and I would try to cater a favorite dish for each guest.

4. What would you like to ask them?
See answer number 2.

5. Do you think everybody seated at the table would get along? Why or why not?
Yes, I think they would all get along well. I would be most interested in the dialogue between Albert and Jesus on religious matters, though I think Rachel would be the center of attention from all the males at the table.

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1. It´s winter, and outside there´s -15°C – which clothes are you wearing?
Pretty much what I wear to work everyday, slacks and shirt (maybe a long sleeve one). The only difference is that I will have on a jacket. My wardrobe at work doesn’t change very much. At home I will wear warm-up pants and a sweat shirt as opposed to t-shirt and shorts during the summer.

2. Now it´s summer with +35°C, which clothes now?
As above, I don’t change my wardrobe to suit the seasons. At home I wear shorts and t-shirt. I would prefer to go naked, but my neighbors would go blind if I did.

3. Are you sweating or freezing?
Neither, unless I am doing heavy work outside. I keep my home and office about 70°F year round. I’m always sweating when I’m outside doing heavy work.

4. Have you ever been in a sauna? If yes, did you like it? Or, why didn´t you like it?
Nope, never had. But you don’t need one with the high humidity and temperatures around here.

5. Which piece of clothing is so embarrassing that you´ll never wear it again?
An old muscle shirt that went only to my belly. It was fashionable about 20 years ago, but I found it in my trunk and promptly disposed of it a year ago.

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Sometimes I can resist reading spam, especially when I get tickled over the title…

Subject: Make your wife happy
..or how to commit yourself to a sanitarium.

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So I guess I’m feeling like, say, an amoeba right now?

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Not around here. Everyone seems to be talking about hot showers.

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Unless you have kids, which you need to swallow the whole bottle and grease the door handle.

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You can have sex, drink, and drive all at the same time. Sounds like my teenage years… well except for the sex.

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…. cause the only doctor that would prescribe it lives on the Amazon in a reed boat that sunk two days ago.

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As if this would be sold at a pharmacy.

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Except to towns named Toledo, Salem, and Devil’s End, and to Jimmy Buffet’s cellar.

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Exactly… I can joke about 36 hour erections for only so long.

Spam people, you make it too easy. And before you try to sue me, you sent me this crap so I under obligations to make fun of it.

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2. Abdominal:: pain
3. Radiant:: beauty
4. The usual:: suspects
5. Mix and match:: clothes
6. Wireless:: network
7. Remedial:: math
8. Mile:: high club
9. Long lost:: brother
10. Only one:: there can be

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1. What was your first job?
Are we talking about first full time job or first paying job? My first paying job was in mowing lawns, my first full time job was as an architectural draftsman.

2. How much did you make?
In the lawn service, about $5 per hour, in the AD, job about $7 an hour. This was a long time ago people and $7 an hour bought a lot back then.

3. Describe your least favorite co-worker of all time.
Since I refuse to name names, I will just say it was that blatant a-hole that made my life a living hell.

4. What is your dream job?
To design web sites and web applications, which I do as a part time gig.

5. What do you currently do and do you like it?
I am a programmer and yes I like it very much thank you… except when I thrown these poorly thought out projects.

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