Sunday Stealing
1. How has your life most benefitted from the Internet? Whether it’s meeting people, cutting business overhead, finding rare collectibles, or simply sharing funny cat pictures, share how the web has made life easier.
A. It has allowed me to work from home, to make money, to connect with people (for good or ill) and to shop. Mostly, though, it is a large time consumption machine and sometimes I wish I didn't have it.
2. How do you deal with negative comments on your blog?
A. If they are not profane or pornographic, I usually leave them. If they are spam, I delete them. If they fall into the first two listed categories, I delete them. If they upset me for some reason, I delete them. Fortunately this does not happen often, except for spam.
3. There’s never enough time, is there? What would you do with an extra three hours today?
A. I have no idea. I am tired enough as it is with just 24 hours in a day.
4. The getaway car is waiting outside – where is it taking you?
A. To the airport so I can fly to Norway.
5. Who was your "arch enemy" in high school? Do you have any enemies today?
A. I don't know that I had an "arch enemy" in high school. I was not one of the popular crowd but I also didn't go around with a chip on my shoulder. My brother can correct me if I am wrong about that. Today, I am sure I have enemies that I do not know about simply from my work with the newspaper - I could not have made 20,000 readers happy all the time. There are people I avoid because they are not nice, but I don't consider them enemies. They're just assholes.
6. You’re giving the keynote address to the graduating seniors of a high school today. What’s your advice to them?
A. The thing that you are most worried about will not be the thing that most interrupts your life. So don't worry. Be happy.
7. Thinking of words of wisdom: What's the worst advice you've ever received?
A. To follow my heart in matters of career.
8. Tell us about the best summer vacation you EVER had.
A. The best vacation I ever had was one year when my husband and I went to Myrtle Beach and for once had money to spend on activities. We were able to go to Ripley's Museum, ride the go-carts, spend time at the Pavilion, and eat out at nice restaurants. We have since had nice vacations but that was the first one where we felt financially stable enough to do the things we wanted without worrying about how to pay for it later.
9. What do you have to have with you when you travel? Why?
A. I have to have a slanted wedge to sleep on, because I can't rest flat on a mattress due to a scar tissue issue in my abdomen.
10. Would you accept $1,000,000 tax free, if it meant you had to leave the country and never come back?
A. Yes. I wouldn't hesitate at all, so long as my husband comes with me.
11. Do you believe the world will be a better, or worse, place 100 years from now?
A. I don't believe the world will be here in 100 years. We will have blown it up. Or maybe the Vogons will have blown it up to make a freeway for alien space traffic.
12. Do you expect to buy a new winter coat this year?
A. No.
13. If you could spend one year in perfect happiness but afterward would remember nothing of the experience, would you do so?
A. Do I get an extra year added on because I don't remember that one I lose? If so, then yes. If not, then no. I spend enough time in a fog as it is.
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These were great answers! I am not sure what is going to go on 100 years from now...will i even be around?
ReplyDeleteAgreed on the internet...there are two sides to the coin. My answer for #6 was a lot wordier, but pretty much the same idea. It does relieve a lot of stress so you can enjoy vacation when you aren't feeling guilty for every penny you spend (been there, done that!). We are a pessimistic bunch, most of us don't think the world will be here or at least will be worse than it is now.
ReplyDeleteMy best vacation was partly because of the same reason, though on a grander scale because I had my father's life savings to spend (we were not on good terms when he died and I wanted NONE of his money and it would have killed him to see that we squandered it on a vacation!) Not having to worry about money was the first time we ever took a vacation like that as a family (also the last)
ReplyDelete#6 - YES!!!
ReplyDeleteThe internet is a great place to meet up with like minded people. I rejoice in it.
ReplyDelete#5. Yes to the A word. lol If it's in-laws, I've learned to tune them out. Nothing but surface communication.
#11. It's hard to think the Earth doesn't make it. But, "we" won't is my thought. We are already killing off the pollinators at an alarming rate. The earth will go chugging along with whatever sentient beings escape the poison and the guns. Maybe a truly sentient and benevolent being will evolve and gain ascendancy. You never know?! ;o) But, like you, I doubt it.