his kids<\/a>, when they were really little.\u00a0<\/p>\n“Holding babies” is a long story for me; I used to be terrified of it, when I was in my teens and early twenties.\u00a0 They hated me; I never held a baby that didn’t immediately start squalling like I was jabbing it with a knitting needle.\u00a0 Then I had my own, and got very comfortable with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
13. Unlucky #?<\/strong>
\nNone!\u00a0 But eight is my favorite.<\/p>\n14. Do you like Cinnamon toothpaste?<\/strong>
\nI’ve never seen or tried it.\u00a0 But I think I would.\u00a0 The hotter the better.<\/p>\nBut then I’d dig garlic toothpaste, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mmmm.\u00a0 Garlic.<\/p>\n
\n15. What kind of car were you driving 2 years ago?<\/strong>
\nThe same one I have now.\u00a0 A Ford Taurus.<\/p>\n16. Pick one: Miami Hurricanes or Florida Gators?<\/strong>
\nThe Bears.<\/p>\n17. Last time you went to Six Flags?<\/strong>
\nNever been to a Six Flags.\u00a0 We have Valleyfair here, and the last time was probably two years ago.\u00a0 I’m due.<\/p>\n18. Do you have any wallpaper in your house?<\/strong>
\nBathroom – some fairly atrocious stuff that’s peeling faster than I\u00a0can keep track of it.\u00a0 I need to remove it.<\/p>\nAnd some stuff in my kitchen that everyone hates – yellowish off-tan with zillions of tiny stylized flowers.\u00a0 When my daughter was little – like, two – I asked her what they were.\u00a0 She said “suckers”.\u00a0 I’ve been sentimentally attached to the stuff since then.\u00a0 It DOES have to go, but I’ll probably keep a square of it in a little frame, for my own purely sentimental reasons.<\/p>\n
19. Closest thing to you that is yellow?<\/strong>
\nMy collection of legal pads, mostly full-up with notes.<\/p>\n20. Last person to give you a business card?<\/strong>
\nSome GOP operative at Keegans one night.<\/p>\n21. Who is the last person you wrote a check to?<\/strong>
\nRainbow Foods, when I lost my check card a few months back.<\/p>\n22. Closest framed picture to you?<\/strong>
\nMe and my kids, from about ten years ago.<\/p>\n23. Last time you had someone cook for you?<\/strong>
\nOutside of a restaurant?\u00a0 Good question.\u00a0 Probably the last time I was dating someone halfways seriously.\u00a0 Getting toward a year now.<\/p>\n24. Have you ever applied for welfare?<\/strong>
\nNo.\u00a0 I’ve been on unemployment three times (once for just one check), but never welfare.<\/p>\n25. How many emails do you have?<\/strong>
\nCounting everything, including a few I never use?\u00a0 Probably seven or eight.<\/p>\n26. Last time you received flowers?<\/strong>
\nOpening night of Lion in Winter<\/em>, my sophomore year in college.\u00a0\u00a0I played Henry II, and if I say so myself, I was mighty good.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n27. Do you think the sanctity of marriage is meant for only a man & woman?<\/strong>
\nI don’t fundamentally see marriage as a civil contract; it’s a religious thing.\u00a0 I’m not opposed to civil unions (a contract).\u00a0 I used to actually try to find a reason to support gay marriage – but I can see no reason congruent with my religious beliefs that it makes sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n28. Do you play air guitar?<\/strong>
\nAir guitar, air keyboards (Hammond B-3, usually), air drums (and finger-drumming), and, lately, a HELL of a lot of air bass.<\/p>\n29. Has anyone ever proposed to you?<\/strong>
\nYes.\u00a0 But not marriage!<\/p>\n30. Do you take anything in your coffee?<\/strong>
\nTwo Splenda and a dash of half and half.\u00a0 Always.<\/p>\n31. Do you have any Willow Tree figurines?<\/strong>
\nIs this a message to terrorists?<\/p>\n32. What is\/was your high school’s rival mascot?<\/strong>
\nThe Magicians.\u00a0 Not sure what their actual mascot was, but every time Minot came to town to play hockey, some of the locals would toss dead rabbits on the ice.\u00a0 Magician…rabbit…<\/p>\nOh, ask Kouba.<\/p>\n
33. Last person you spoke to from high school?<\/strong>
\nWell, I have a gratifying number of high school friends who read this blog.\u00a0 Does that count as “speaking?”<\/p>\nMark showed up at the demonstration on Saturday.\u00a0 We go back to about ninth grade:<\/p>\n
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\u00a0He’s on the far right.<\/p>\n
34. Last time you used hand sanitizer?<\/strong>
\nThe company I work for manufactures the stuff.\u00a0 I get it for about 70% off at the company store. So while I almost never used it (outside of Satellites) before, I have it in the bathroom today.<\/p>\n35. Would you like to learn to play the drums?<\/strong>
\nI play the drums.\u00a0 Not well, and it’s been a while, but with a little practice, I’d be serviceable.\u00a0 My only “professional” experience was playing in a summer-stock production of Cabaret<\/em> one year.<\/p>\n36. What color are the blinds in your living room?<\/strong>
\nWhite.<\/p>\n38. Last thing you read in the newspaper?<\/strong>
\nI flipped through the Pioneer Press<\/em> the other day; I forget what I read.<\/p>\n39. What was the last pageant you attended?<\/strong>
\nMy entire life is a rich pageant of wonder.<\/p>\nOtherwise, I’ve never been.<\/p>\n
40. What is the last place you bought pizza from?<\/strong>
\n“Checkerboard Pizza” in the Midway.\u00a0 Not bad.<\/p>\n41. Have you ever worn a crown?<\/strong>
\nIn ninth grade, German Club threw a “Karnaval” party.\u00a0 I wore the “prinz” crown for a bit.<\/p>\n42. What is the last thing you stapled?<\/strong>
\nUser research forms for a meeting I have to run tomorrow.<\/p>\n43. Did you ever drink clear Pepsi?<\/strong>
\nOne time.\u00a0 Yick.<\/p>\n44. Are you ticklish?<\/strong>
\nAt times.\u00a0 It’s mostly psychological.<\/p>\n45. Last time you saw fireworks?<\/strong>
\nAs the State Fair wrapped up.<\/p>\n46. Last time you had a Krispy Kreme doughnut?<\/strong>
\nMonths\u00a0ago – maybe last May?\u00a0 Bought it at a gas station.\u00a0 I don’t think I’ve had any since I started biking to work.<\/p>\nI think all the KK stores in the Twin Cities are closed now.<\/p>\n
47. Who is the last person that left you a message & you actually returned it?<\/strong>
\nI usually return messages.\u00a0 The last one was probably on my cell phone, from my son.<\/p>\n48. Last time you parked under a carport?<\/strong>
\nNever have!<\/p>\n49. Do you have a black dog?<\/strong>
\nOrange.\u00a0 And before that, white with brown globs.<\/p>\n50 . Have you had your mid life crisis yet?<\/strong>
\nHow do you define this?\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, I’ve been divorced for seven years, now, so it’s not like I’ve had forbidden longings I’ve had to sublimate to save my marriage.\u00a0 I can’t afford to dash out and buy a Mitsubishi Eclipse.\u00a0<\/p>\nNot sure how you’d tell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
51. Are you an aunt or uncle?<\/strong>
\nYes, three<\/strike> four<\/a> times over.<\/p>\n52. Who has the prettiest eyes that you know of?<\/strong>
\nMy daugher’s.<\/p>\n53. What kind of soap or body wash do you use?<\/strong>
\nSoap:\u00a0 Whatever’s on special.<\/p>\nBody Wash:\u00a0 Whatever comes out of the faucet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
54. Do you remember Ugly Kid Joe?<\/strong>
\nGawd, yes.\u00a0 I was at KDWB at the time, during their heyday (1991 or so).\u00a0 Loved loved loved them.<\/p>\n55. Do you have a little black dress?<\/strong>
\nWhere “dress” equals “handgun?”<\/p>\nSure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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