If you were close to death, what would you choose for your last words? To whom would you want to say them? Submitted By |
"I Love you" to
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humanpacifier
Stargazer
A tower of stone to take him straight to the sky
"I Love you" to
humanpacifier
Yes, but the evolution is so slow we can't really see it. This is something Ray Comfort just doesn't understand.
Oh, you didn't mean real evolution in terms of real (bio)chemistry, did you?
Huh? My web homepage? For which website? Or is this a Yahoo-centric thing?
What are your favorite web or mobile apps? Which ones do you use everyday? |
Being a musician always helps :-)
I'm not as concerned about politics or religion, although seriously doubt I could be with someone who was a creationist or a New Age crystal healer who claims to be a reincarnated Atlantean or a member of the Klan or someone who could only talk about makeup and clothes and was ultra-gossipy.
Most of all, though, she has to be able to put up with me and my neverending "hobby of the week" syndrome. Luckily I have found that person!
I would be furious, especially if that celebrity were, say, Jim Carrey.
But I know
humanpacifier wouldn't even dream of doing something like that, so I have nothing to worry about.
How do you use the Internet to stay informed about the things that matter to you? |
Ummm... by reading stuff on the Internet that interests me? It's kind of a vague question to begin with. 20 years ago one might have answered with "I use archie and gopher and WAIS and USENET" but in this day and age it's just "open your browser and go". It's like asking "How do you use your TV to keep up with current events?"
"Stop that."
"Stop what?"
[timidly] "Stop that. My hands are dirty."
"My hands are dirty, too. What are you afraid of?"
"Afraid?"
"You're trembling."
"I'm not trembling.
"You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life."
"I happen to like nice men."
"I'm a nice man."
"No, you're not. You're... "
[They kiss]
My life is always in transition... I start each day off as an uncarved block of clay, ready to sculpt into something new and exciting.
There isn't a single hour I could pick, there are far too many. Every step you take is the beginning of a 10,000 mile journey.
If you could go back in time to another decade, which decade would you choose and why? Would you want to return or stay there? What if you could bring one other person with you? Submitted By |
Oh, I don't know... maybe the decade 540 - 530 BC, in the Persian Empire, under the rule of Cyrus the Great, who was the first of the Zoroastrian Shāhanshāhs
Have you ever participated in a seance?
Not seriously, and not in recent memory
If not, would you consider it?
No
What spirit would you summon and what question would you ask them?
The Spirit of Enlightenment and Reason... luckily, a seance isn't needed for that!
Do you believe we can get messages from the dead?
No
If you could give a secret gift of any value to one anonymous recipient, who would you choose and what would you give them? Submitted By |
If the recipient is anonymous, how do I know who they are?
Do you think your moods are controlled by your brain chemistry or that your brain chemistry dictates your moods? Do you believe people are born with particular emotional temperaments or that they are primarily shaped by environmental factors? Submitted By |
Do you think your moods are controlled by your brain chemistry or that your brain chemistry dictates your moods?
Aren't you asking the same question twice here? Of course our moods are controlled by brain chemistry (a more accurate way of stating it than "dictating"). What else would be controlling it? I am sure the reality is far mroe complex than that, since our body chemistry is controlled by more than just the brain.
Do you believe people are born with particular emotional temperaments or that they are primarily shaped by environmental factors?
What I *believe* is immaterial here. I havent' doen enough research into this to formulate an opinion one way or the other, but I am sure the reality is far more complex than what this question is asking.
Which character from any film, television show, or book would you most like to take on a date and why? Submitted By |
Susan Calvin... I don't "date" anymore but we'd at least go out for beers and talk about robots all night.
Luckily I have not been put into this position as none of my friends or relatives (or co-workers), as far as I know, are homophobic or racist, or if they are, they keep their mouth shut about it.
If you could say anything you want to the person who has hurt you most in life, what would it be? Did you ever confront them? Why or why not? Submitted By |
Sure did! I said to him "Brett, you lazy sack o' sh*t! Stop sitting around feeling sorry for yourself! It's your own fault things are this way! Just get out there and do what you need to do!"
If a friend cracks a corny joke, do you force yourself to laugh politely? What about if it's your boss or teacher? Do you get annoyed if someone else pretends to be amused? Submitted By |
There are only two people I know of that could ever out corn me in the joke realm, and that is
humanpacifier and my father. My father died last year so the competition has been cut in half now. Corny jokesters don't seem to be in vogue these days anymore, hardly anyone has the timing and the talent for it.I've never seen anyone laugh politely at my stupid jokes and puns, they either groan in pain or laugh their pants off.
Many countries require all citizens to fulfill a mandatory period of service in the armed forces. Do you agree or disagree with this policy? Do you think the current recruitment system creates or sustains socioeconomic inequality? Submitted By |
Having a volunteer military is ideal, because the people who are in the military want to be there and they will make better soldiers. Having a world where armies are completely unnecessary is even more ideal, but I am not so naive to think that this will happen in my lifetime.
The problem with transferring the contents of one bookshelf to another (actually, splitting across several bookshelves in a novel attempt at re-organization) is the temptation to read through every single book I have arranged in piles... and worse, they are all music books and I keep discovering books I forgot I had.
Not even really forgot, I knew i had them, I just hadn't touched them in a while.... books on jazz guitar and bass, Middle eastern music, Celtic music, Renaissance dance music, classical guitar... the list goes on...
One new shelf is nothing but books I plundered from my dad's house, mostly books on composing, orchestral scores, etc, to add to my own collection of music theory and composition books .... I will plunder his vinyl record collection next month, and hope to bring back the Beethoven Bicentennial Collection (a HUGE boxed set of darn near everything Beethoven wrote) and his boxed set of the Ring operas, among other things.
Not even really forgot, I knew i had them, I just hadn't touched them in a while.... books on jazz guitar and bass, Middle eastern music, Celtic music, Renaissance dance music, classical guitar... the list goes on...
One new shelf is nothing but books I plundered from my dad's house, mostly books on composing, orchestral scores, etc, to add to my own collection of music theory and composition books .... I will plunder his vinyl record collection next month, and hope to bring back the Beethoven Bicentennial Collection (a HUGE boxed set of darn near everything Beethoven wrote) and his boxed set of the Ring operas, among other things.
What's the best pick-up line you ever heard (or tried)? What's the worst? If you're instantly attracted to someone, will a stupid pick-up line dampen your interest? Submitted By |
"Is that a Unix manual?" Not that anyone has ever used this with me, but it would be the *only* pickup line I would respond to, or something related like "I know how to use bash" or "I coded the HTML for my webpage by hand in pico".