Regular Sunday Stealer Shannon W. from Moments of Introspection took on 43 questions. The Gal Herself purports to be lazy, so she pared it back to 15. Actually, 14.
1. What book are you currently reading?
60 Songs That Explain the ’90s by Rob Harvilla. Actually, I read it a while ago, but I will be rereading it because I’m doing a book review of it on June 3 at the Washington Avenue branch of the Albany Public Library.
2. Have you ever smoked?
Yes, but probably one pack in my whole life, mostly in Charlotte, NC, in the first third of 1977 when I was pretty miserable; I wrote about it here.
3. Do you own a gun?
No, and I categorically will not. On Tuesday, March 25, I attended a book review about Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution by Priya Satia. Jonathan Skinner, PhD, retired statistician and amateur classicist, reviewed it.
During the Q&A, there was a question of who in the audience would own a gun. I commented about the Good [Black] Guys With Guns phenomenon and how E.J. Bradford ended up dead for trying to do the right thing. As I wrote in 2017, the Philando Castile homicide wrecked me; I reread it, and it still does. So, hell no, it would not make me feel safer and could get me killed.
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4. What is your favorite candy?
A Mounds bar. Fortunately, I only got one for Christmas and my birthday. The second fave would be York Peppermint Patties.
5. Hot dogs: yay or nay?
Yay, but I tend to only have them – with mustard, of course – on July 4 and Labor Day.
6. Favorite movie?
This is always difficult. If it is my favorite, oughtn’t I see it more often? I loved Casablanca but haven’t seen it in half a century. Here’s a list I made in October 2024. I might add Conclave, which I liked well enough to recommend it highly to my wife.
7. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Every morning, I pass the refrigerator and see bottles of wine. I have a lot of booze in the pantry, yet it’s 1% milk that I consume most often.
8. What do you drink throughout the day?
Water, ginger ale, occasionally orange juice.
9. Do you do push-ups?
No, and I never really did, especially as a kid.
10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?
My wedding ring, though honestly I can’t think of another.
11. Current worry?
12. Current annoyance?
My messy office
13. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
Not especially. They seem slippery and cold.
15. Can you whistle?
I was at a talent show at my old church, and I got to sing Anyone Can Whistle from a Sondheim musical I’ve never seen. So anyway, yes.
Casablanca is a fave in our house! Many of the flicks on your list are ones we either own or have seen multiple times. My absolute FAVE is Dead Poet’s Society although on my sunday stealing i listed it third.
I’m with you on guns and authoritarianism
Happy sunday!
I loved Casablanca, too, and like you, haven’t seen it in over 40 years. Why? I don’t know.
You should check out “Lennon, Dylan, Alice, and Jesus” by Greg Laurie. I’m really enjoying reading about the spiritual journeys of rock stars. They all seemed to have been seeking something. Some found it and some didn’t.
I simply do not understand the US obsession with guns. We have them in the UK but I would say that 99% of people do not own them.
I think this sentence from your Authoritarianism post: “The world’s most admired democracy is being held hostage by a clique of far-right thugs. ” Trump has been invited to the UK on a state visit. I hope we change our minds but if we don’t, there will be protests and he won’t be made welcome by anyone but politicians. Do you remember the last time he came, this thing was floating around?
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/trump-baby-blimp-museum-scli-gbr-intl/index.html
:o)
Cheers
PM
I couldn’t find the 43 questions on that blog as I wanted to see number 14.
I enjoyed the article on authoritarianism. The whole world is going that way I think.
I was thinking about how my husband would answer these questions -especially the jewelry one. He doesn’t wear a wedding band – hates jewelry. He does have a lovely watch that he wears sometimes. My office (at the church) is a nightmare and I tried to clean it up some this past week!
My classroom is undergoing The Great Purge (as my students have called it). Twenty-seven years of accumulated treasures are being unceremoniously dumped! It’s liberating.