This week’s Sunday Stealing is part of the 200 questions that Bev used last week. Here are 15 more from the same source, so I dubbed it 200.02. Next week, it will likely be 200.03.
1. What takes up too much of your time?
Getting rid of email. However, I tend to rid myself of the “promotional” items on Gmail 100 at a time, and that’s satisfying.
2. What do you wish you knew more about?
How Artificial Intelligence works.
3. What’s the best way to start the day?
I tend to put on some music—I’m currently listening to 18 Tracks by Bruce Springsteen. Unless I have difficulty posting, I post my blog on Facebook. I check my primary email and phone messages to ensure nothing catastrophic happened overnight. Then, I tend to start a blog post while my wife takes a shower. I’ll go downstairs, make oatmeal for two, empty the dishwasher, feed the cat, and feed the humans.
4. What mystery do you wish you knew the answer to?
How has a certain presidential candidate been embraced as being called by God to run?
5. What’s your favorite genre of book or movie?
Books tend to be non-fiction. I watch a lot of movies but I tend to avoid gore.
6. What’s the farthest you’ve ever been from home?
3536 miles (5691 km) – that would be Paris, France, not to be confused with Paris, Texas.
7. Where is the most interesting place you’ve been?
That might be Las Vegas, a place I absolutely would NEVER want to live. When I went there, I felt like a sociologist.
8. When was the last time you climbed a tree for fun?
I was always notoriously bad at climbing trees.
Music-related, of course
9. What do you consider to be your best find?
A series of books from Record Research by the late Joel Whitburn about the music charts: I refer to them nearly every month.
10. What’s special about the place where you grew up?
I went to one school from kindergarten through ninth grade. Nine of us went all the way through together; eight of us graduated from high school together. I’m still in touch with three of them. In fact, I had lunch with the three near Albany on April 6, 2021, after we had all gotten our two COVID-19 shots.
11. What age do you wish you could permanently be?
37, old enough to know stuff, young enough to want to learn more still.
12. What fictional place would you most like to go?
Emerald City. I’ve never seen a dancing, singing scarecrow.
13. Where is the most relaxing place you’ve ever been?
No doubt, Barbados, 1999. Seven nights, six days, eating at one of three places. The weather was lovely.
14. What’s the most interesting piece of art you’ve seen?
I have written about it but haven’t posted about it yet. I will in good time. It was in Washington, DC.
15. Who has impressed you the most with what they have accomplished?
I played against Amy Roeder on JEOPARDY in 1998. She’s now a Maine state legislator with an impressive record.
Your query on #4 is a great mystery to me, too.
Barbados sounds lovely!! Las Vegas is indeed an interesting place. I’ve been one time and unless someone gave us a free trip, I probably wouldn’t return. On the other hand, our son and daughter-in-law LOVE going to Las Vegas and go at least once a year.
Oh yes.. the great email disposal. I could add junk mail to that too. I hate it! As for number 4.. it’s an evangelical thing I think comparing him to Cyrus. but it does not fit at all. America is adrift and those kinds of delusions don’t help anyone on either side.
Oh #4… sigh
HA HA. I heard about what Trump said. He’s barking mad!
It always makes me chuckle that you guys always add the state to city names but still add the country for foreign places. I guess it makes sense since you have a Paris, Texas and an Athens, Georgia. You also have a Manchester, New Hampshire of course (and I am tempted to visit one day just for fun).
I’ve been to Barbados – beautiful place.
:o)
Cheers
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Oprah had an hour long special on AI, asking people to explain in the simplest terms. I still don’t understand it!
I watched it! Ditto.