Just recently, I was musing what to call it when the daytime and the nighttime are the same lengths. Used to be that, in March, I would describe it as the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere. In September, it would be reversed. But that meant too many words. Recently, though someone, I forget who, though I have a guess, suggested calling them the September equinox and the March equinox; brilliant in its simplicity! And it works as well for the June and December solstices as well.
Anyway, this is an occasion when I get REALLY lazy. I decide, “Hey, I write this thing every day; the LEAST my vast š audience can do is help me along with the content once in a while.” It is not entirely selfish, either. If I ask you, and you respond, then I answer, I am giving the people what they want. It also gives my fellow bloggers the opportunity to retaliate for the nasty questions I ask them.
Here are the rules: you get to ask me (Roger) any old thing you want to. No boundaries, no limits. Moreover, I have to answer it, and I must do so honestly. Now this does allow for me to engage in obfuscation – “depends on what the definition of ‘is’ is” – but I can’t duck it altogether. You may ask in the comment section or, if you’d rather, e-mail me. I will say that responses to e-mails of people who wish to remain anonymous will probably be murkier than those from people who own their requests.
I will begin replying next week. Here’s a recent example; yes, I promise I won’t take two months to reply.
With most blogs, you get a sense of a life, but not necessarily a sense of place, apart from hints here and there. Could you describe the area where you live, what you like and/or hate about it, its history, the places you like to visit and things you like to do? Pretty much a blank cheque really!
1. Now that the baseball playoff teams (except for the NL West) are pretty well set, who do you see getting to the World Series and who wins it?
2. How long have you been reading/collecting comics?
3. If you still read them often, is there a new series that really interests you?
4. Of the comic book superheroes, who do you think has the coolest logo?
5. What do you think the eventual outcome will be for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and the DREAM Act?
6. If you could go back in time and choose a different career, would you and what would it be?
7. A bit cliche, but I can’t remember anyone asking this before, if you could have dinner with three other people, whether they are currently living or have already passed on, who would they be and why?
In the chinese culture, the autumnal equinox coincides with what we call the “mid autumn festival”. During this time we get together with close friends and relatives to play a dice game and give mooncakes to each other –Tanya Bayo
I like this very much. “J’aime beaucoup” like we says in French.
Did the fact that Fantaco was publishing some pretty gruesome, {and selling some even more gruesome}, books have a part in your leaving Fantaco when you did?
You recently switched from Blogger to WordPress, how do you like WordPress compared to Blogger?
Why did you choose to be a librarian?
Hi Roger,
Pretty cool blog! Thanks for the visit. Its almost midnight and must confess that I’m to tired to be witty (that’s my excuse…). My question is: When should someone retire from a job? Should we wait till we are physically too tired to perform or retire early while we still have some life left in us?
Anne-Marie
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