A blog on science, politics, religion, music, and pretty much whatever else strikes my fancy. First time guests may want to read this page to get an idea on who I am. Then read this one to get an idea on how I view blogging and informal writing in general.
Currently based in Springfield, MA; attending school in Greenfield to get moving toward an Astrophysics degree and looking into freelance writing. First step: a frequently-updated column on the Examiner that you should check out.
A: I forget to check my own kitchen before going half the time.
4: Blue, black, or some other colour pen ink?
A: I use black, except when I don't.
5: Do you use your parking brake?
A: Not in this car. It's an automatic. It feels like it would be a lie.
6: Look to your left. How many framed pictures are on the wall?
A: One painting, but it isn't framed and isn't really on the wall.
7: Do you know how to play chess?
A: Like a boss.
8: How often do you clean the interior of your car?
A: I use my cleaning schedule to measure geological epochs.
9: Do you ever read the last few pages first?
A: No. Well, not with stories, anyway.
10: Ever fallen in the shower?
A: I dunno, probably.
11: On a scale of 1-10, how likely are you to swear at other drivers?
A: A lot more now than I used to, I'll tell you that.
12: What's the worst thing you've ever called someone you care about?
A: Someone else's name.
13: Do you have a Snuggie?
A: No, I wear normal non-fancy blankets.
14: Are you allergic to anything?
A: Nothing known to man.
15: Do you have any TV shows on ?
A: Not generally.
16: How many times do you hit the snooze button before finally getting out of bed?
A: I don't trust that thing.
17: Ever driven away in anger?
A: Yeah, once or twice or so.
18: What's your favourite freezie colour?
A: No idea what that is.
19: Are you a vegetarian?
A: I would DIE.
20: Do you have a garbage receptacle beside you? What's on top?
A: A flippy lid and half a towel.
21: Do you cross out your mistakes or erase/whiteout them?
A: On paper, I pretty much just write over it.
22: Ever torn something up that you instantly knew was too important for such treatment?
A: Once, a book I had finished writing two weeks earlier.
23: Do you think that things will get better?
A: Onwards and upwards, my friends.
24: Do you have an unpopular opinion? What is it?
A: Most of them, depending on the context.
25: What's your favourite quote?
A: "If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing." - Benjamin Franklin.
26: Did you/are you going to go to prom?
A: I went to three, I think.
27: What's the most physically painful thing you've ever experienced?
A: Probably the time I cut my face in half, but I don't really remember.
28: What's the most emotionally/mentally painful thing you've ever experienced?
A: The leadup to my nervous breakdown a few years back.
29: Have you ever legitimately saved a person's life?
A: Yup.
30: What's your favourite book genre?
A: Christian apologetics
31: Did you like "Gigli"? Be honest.
A: That's a movie, right? I'm pretty sure I've heard the title before.
32: Have you ever walked out of a movie at the theatre?
A: Many times for errands, once because my date couldn't handle it.
33: Do you peek between your fingers during the scary scenes?
A: Horror flicks bore me.
34: What was your reaction to Tatum getting killed whilst stuck in the pet door in Scream?
A: Horror flicks bore me.
35: Do dogs like you?
A: Incredibly so.
36: Would you say that you project an air of authority?
A: Always.
37: Do people listen when you speak?
A: Yeah.
38: How are your elbows? Are they okay?
A: Currently protected by a nice layer of hoodie.
39: What is one thing that you do exceptionally well? Be honest.
A: Do I really have to pick just one?
40: Do you use torrents?
A: Not that you know of.
41: When was the last time you paid for music?
A: A Christmas gift card.
42: Are you addicted to technology?
A: I asked my wife and she laughed.
43: Pick a person (you don't need to give their name). How do you feel about them? Be as honest as you can get yourself to be.
A: She is second only to God Himself.
44: Do you check your computer's dictionary for the definition of words you'd otherwise feel confident about using during in-person interactions? Just to be sure?
A: If I can't define them, I feel it would be morally wrong to use them. Except in Scrabble.
45: How heavily to you rely on spellcheck and autocorrect?
A: I give it a token pass before I print. It generally finds something.
46: Have you ever gotten into an argument on the internet? Did you win?
A: I've been in many, but really, does anyone ever really win internet arguments?
47: Do you pause movies/TV shows if you have to go to the bathroom or the kitchen, or do you just let them keep playing?
A: Depends on what it is, but usually I let it play.
48: If you use a regular alarm clock, do you have it set to music or that obnoxious beeping?
A: I use my phone.
49: Peter Pan?
A: To die would be an awfully big adventure.
50: How often do you fall up the stairs?
A: Every time we shut the gravity off to save on the electric bill.
51: Do you pronounce "anti" as ant-eye or ant-ee? (Example: "That scene was very anticlimactic.")
A: annie
52: Do you pronounce "via" as vee-uh or vie-uh? (Example: "We can get there via Tremont Street.")
A: Depends on what comes after it.
53: How often do you forget to close your parentheses?
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