Hey all! So I volunteered to do Top Comments tonight a bit ago. I didn't really have anything planned to write about, but it didn't take me long to find something fun. I do have an English degree, after all. Of course, I suppose I could ask, "who doesn't have an English degree" and get fewer hands. Anyway, welcome to the "Book of Questions" edition!
I have this silly little book because I use it for in-class free-writing assignments with my students, but there are all sorts of fun questions in it that I've always been afraid to use in class. So, due to the large number of comments everyone sent in today (massive thanks to everyone), I'm going to list some questions below and I'm going to give my own short answers and then ask you to pick at least one and answer it below in a comment!
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: Well, I have 2 tattoos already. My first tattoo is actually a bit messed up and I need to get it fixed. I got it illegally, so the guy wasn't exactly good. Ah, the mistakes of youth! Anyway, it's a crescent moon right next to my pelvic bone on the right side (about 1.5 inches tall and .5 inch wide)...could have been super pretty, but the line of the moon is broken, so that sucks. I'll get it fixed soon though. My second tattoo is a lotus flower. It is on my back, upper right shoulder. It's about three inches tall and three inches wide. I love it. It needs some color touchups, but it's still cool. I want two more, a phoenix rising on the other side of my back shoulder...and a really tiny peace sign on top of my left 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: Honestly? Before John...probably. I mean hey, if there's a guarantee of no risk? Why not. After John, probably not, no. I'm not the cheating type. Interesting question though...and even more interesting to consider if the price keeps going up, no? I mean...it'd be a LOT harder to say no to say 1 million dollars instead...and I think John would even stop and maybe say yes to that one...we've got debts and that's a lot of money!
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: Tough question. I think I'd like to know the details of every Republican scandal of the last 75 years to this moment. Then we could put all of those bastards in jail and take back our gorgeous country. This is a hard one though...I might change my mind.
Question 4: This is my favorite "college admissions" type question! If you could have dinner with one person, living, fictional, or dead, who would it be and why?
Answer 4: When I was in high school I would have answered Brad Pitt. Today?? I think I'd go with George Soros. One dinner with George Soros and I think I could persuade him to help me fix the world! First goal, our own media network...we need a hostile takeover of CNN now...I'd re-hire Aaron Brown for starters and fire everyone else. Oh...and I'd pay Anderson Cooper a lot extra to do his show nude. I mean why not? They have that live naked news show in Europe...why shouldn't we have that here? And who better to start with than Anderson Cooper? Heh.
Consider answering a question below...once you're done reading all these fabulous comments, of course!
From Cronesense:
From The Death of the Liberal Media Bias Myth, by the choice is yours, WIds has a media history lesson with creative titles for 'Conservative Pundits'
From Keith Oberman, by TonyInVA, KateCrashes lists the 'saviors' of our democracy.
From Foley-Hastert IMs revealed, by Bob Johnson
Lisa Lockwood presents the 'Dennis Hastert Fan Club- WARNING - spew
alert
Trix Has an old favorite updated. Read down the thread to cathy b's
question.
From It's offical: climate change changes everything, by Jerome a Paris, MD patriot has a to-do list all ready to go.
From Bush 41 Warns of "Gastly" Future, by FWIW:
litigatormom recites another to-do list of clean-up chores. Malachandra follows with definitions.
mojo workin lays down a stinging rebuke of the entire Bush clan.
perro amarillo comes up with an amusing verse.
From begone:
Gooserock has a comment on the heartbreaking diary Little Coffins.
From gloriana:
johnsonwax in last night's TC Diary with an incredibly funny story!
From Ambrosius:
Wertz asks a question that seems somehow very telling (of what, I know not, but telling nonetheless): [Where is Mehlman? http://www.dailykos.com/... ].
anastasia p has a comment about Ohio's religious right that I hope is true... ..
VoteHarder echos my sentiments on Pelosi's first 100 hours. [I want my civil liberties back. http://www.dailykos.com/... ]
irishwitch points out some of the terrible [exegesis of the Christian wrong when it comes to the environment http://www.dailykos.com/... ].
From the ever fabulous nonnie:
President Ronald Reagan, in a diary about rethugs circulating a list of gay GOP staffers elicits the following comments:
Ivan's comment starts off a discussion that examines the different sides of the argument. Read the whole thread. Hat tips to PaulVA, President Ronald Reagan, Xapulin, daulton, suzq, corvo, Big River Badido, goodasgold, and my best friend forevah terrypinder for giving us interesting points of view to ponder. When you are done with that thread, check out corvo's remark, which resulted in an iced-tea-soaked monitor! Another thread starts with a warning from Splicer and quickly evolves into a snarkfest.
A Mad Mad World continues the discussion in his diary, and daulton proves he still has plenty of steam left.
Here we go again! Oxy Moron's diary tells us that voting fraud has already begun. eastvan, shademar, doinaheckuvanutjob, and khereva have a discussion that starts here. doinaheckuvanutjob shows us how much heart democrats have, worrying about the poor diebold techs!
BentLiberal reminds us that there are stories other than the Foley Follies in his diary about the continuing mess in Iraq. ohwilleke concisely recaps the many mistakes made.
From noweasels:
SensibleShoes tells a REALLY HAPPY STORY
Crisis Corps Volunteer on the historic roots of today's War on Squirrelism.
buhdydharma with another method of squirrel control.
buhdydharma on the essential riddle of Iraq
http://www.dailykos.com/...].
My picks:
Stupendousman has a stupendous idea...something to add to Pelosi's 100 hours proposal.
billlaurelMD & Jeffrey Feldman do some Rumsfeld imitations regarding the Foley scandal.
dengre deserves your love for her Tip Jar in her rec'd diary. While you're there, pick a candidate on her list and contribute, write an LTE, phonebank, or canvass to help beat those criminal Repugs!
Thanks for reading!!