I feel like we need a bit of a silly distraction here today because the alternative was me writing a diary ranting (again) about Chuck Grassley's ignorant tweets and inability to spell, or about how the local paper here decided it was a good idea to map section 8 housing in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, all the way down to apt. number. I can't decide if they did this to enable the racists who comment on the blog, or if they wanted to help employers discriminate against the poor. Anyway, before my brain explodes, let's move to something silly.
One of my earliest Top Comments diaries was, Top Comments: Book of Questions Edition. I thought I'd revisit that topic today to see how different my answers would be to the questions I asked and to give you the opportunity to answer some entertaining questions as well. The original diary was posted in October of 2006. Since that time, my life has changed dramatically.
Feel free to provide your own answers to the questions in the comments, or use this as an open thread. Your choice!
Question 1: If you had to have a tattoo, what would it be, how big would it be, and where would you put it?
Answer 1: In the initial diary I noted that I wanted two more tattoos, a phoenix on my back and a peace sign. I never got those and now I don't think I really would get them. Good thing I didn't get them! LOL. clonecone and I got married on Pi day, so at this point if I had to get another tattoo, I'd probably get a Pi symbol somewhere - maybe my foot.
Question 2: On an airplane you are talking pleasantly to a stranger of average appearance. Unexpectedly, the person offers you $10,000 for one night of sex. Knowing that there's no danger and that payment is certain, would you accept the offer?
Answer 2: I'm married, so no.
Question 3: If a crystal ball would tell you the truth about any one thing you wished to know concerning yourself, life, the future, or anything else, what would you want to know?
Answer 3: Last time I answered this I said I wanted to know the truth about Republican scandals of the last 75 years. This time I think I'd want something a bit different. I'd like to know all of the personal/political/economic details of every elected Republican's life. I would gladly gather this information and use it against them every single time they badmouth a Democrat or an issue. Yeah, I know this is a little unethical, but I don't really care.
Question 4: This is my favorite "college admissions" application question. If you could have dinner with one person, living, fictional, or dead, who would it be and why?
Answer 4: Today I have to say Barack Obama. I think the reasoning is pretty obvious.
Here are tonight's Top Comments:
From carolita:
Besdeekian gets it, and explains how the GOP exemplifies Lamarkian evolution.
From captainlaser:
Cathiefromcanada describes in a youtube her story about Canadian healthcare. A must watch.
From Neon Vincent:
shpilk with a top comment on the birthers and other nuts.
From sardonyx:
In Tara the Antisocial Social Worker's welcome (and very funny) Grading System for Conspiracy Theories, Dauphin helpfully gives a list of additional opportunities for adding extra points prior to final calculations. (Neither, however, tells us what kind of curve to use—probably not the Laffer curve—nor the going rate of grade inflation.)
alefnot reminds us that Antarctica is a very large continent with many environments.
From Elise:
blueyedace2 talks about his plans for activism this coming cycle and what we need to do to keep winning.
DemocracyLover in NYC talks about volunteering for various races. Good stories.
captainlaser talks about his experiences on the campaign trail and just how easy it is to volunteer a few minutes of your time!
teacherken discusses volunteering long before the intertubes came along in a big old truck.
kath25 makes casperr blush. And rightfully so. casperr rules!
Tonight's Top Mojo is brought to you by sardonyx, please give him lots of mojo for his work!
Top Mojo (cskendrick/sardonyx-style) excluding search-identifiable tip jars and first diary comments:
1) Screw the snark...this could seriously work by eltee — 218
2) I have an idea for helping with his medical bills by Stroszek — 121
3) Perhaps it's time for the administration to yank by rontun — 110
4) The Emerging Option by JekyllnHyde — 107
5) They didn't say incorrigible by Wayward Wind — 97
6) Congrats on taking them on directly. by Simian — 96
7) Indeed, the melding of Birchers, KKK, by shpilk — 92
8) Negotiation for Democrats usually means by Do Tell — 89
9) Hilarious by Kristina40 — 88
10) What a great approach - taking on the stupid by MRA NY — 86
11) Hold on. Are we talking about the guy in the by Crashing Vor — 83
12) I talk to a lot of people who oppose the plan by Dallasdoc — 82
13) As much as I hate it by blueocean — 82
14) The difference between law and justice by Dallasdoc — 81
15) Painful, painful concessions, but... by Benintn — 79
16) Kiss your husband by the girl — 76
17) How bout one by litho — 76
18) Do you think nothing is by lgcap — 75
19) We are a nation divided by race and class by FishOutofWater — 73
20) This is similar to an issue that I've given a lot by nicweb — 72
21) AS the dairist notes by missliberties — 72
22) Since I Live Outside St. Louis I've Been Watching by webranding — 67
23) This is not snark to Republicans... by wyvern — 66
24) I too was sent to a juvenile detention by panicbean — 65
25) Please, call Trig by his real name by Dump Terry McAuliffe — 64
26) geez. i am like all the other tippers and by Christopher Preston — 64
27) whew...we are a very young nation... by ezdidit — 63
28) Yes, you can hold them accountable by Walt starr — 61
29) Love the line about the Republican banker by Dallasdoc — 61
30) That actually covers . . . by Shadan7 — 57
31) Oddly, by leeleeFL — 57
Top Mojo with No Exclusions:
1) Tip Jar by Stroszek — 798
2) Tip Jar by Meteor Blades — 567
3) Tip Jar by IndySteve — 558
4) Tip Jar by nyceve — 499
5) Tip Jar by Walt starr — 405
6) Tips for going into the fire and Yelling Louder by MinistryOfTruth — 375
7) Tip Jar by jaxhpfa — 300
8) Tip Jar by ShadowSD — 285
9) Tip Jar by Eclectablog — 272
10) Speaking of the title... by wiscmass — 220
11) Screw the snark...this could seriously work by eltee — 218
12) Tip Jar by buhdydharma — 181
13) Tip Jar by Ellinorianne — 179
14) Control his own nutcases? by KingOneEye — 176
15) Tip Jar by James Paton Walsh — 152
16) Tip Jar by GreenSooner — 152
17) Tips by Trix — 144
18) I hope this adds to your understanding by teacherken — 141
19) Tips / Mojo: 9 August 09 by A Siegel — 131
20) I have an idea for helping with his medical bills by Stroszek — 121
21) Perhaps it's time for the administration to yank by rontun — 110
22) The Emerging Option by JekyllnHyde — 107
23) They didn't say incorrigible by Wayward Wind — 97
24) Congrats on taking them on directly. by Simian — 96
25) Tip Jar by gdalpert — 94
26) Indeed, the melding of Birchers, KKK, by shpilk — 92
27) Negotiation for Democrats usually means by Do Tell — 89
28) Hilarious by Kristina40 — 88
29) What a great approach - taking on the stupid by MRA NY — 86
30) Tip Jar by WarrenS — 85