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Christa, this one had me completely stumped; but, I guess since neither are my type, I'm thinking I'll opt for Halle Barry or Eva Mendes.Okay. Meeting someone interesting or someone famous?
Hahah, sorry I forgot to make an exception for the men :DSomeone Interesting, but if he also has loads of money that wouldn't be bad either :D
A small house in the country or a big house in the middle of a huge city?
Small house in either. Easier to clean, more cozy, less enslavement generally to material things.Someone who is interesting but likes the books you hate, or someone boring but who loves the book you love?
Tough question! I have a very slight preference to the ice tea variety.David Byrne with Talking Heads or after Talking Heads?
Make a speech, I have good stage presence but suck at writing.
Making Bread or buying it?
Making bread, actually. Love the smell! And fresh bread, still warm from the oven and just barely sliceable with 'real' butter might be as close to heaven on earth it is possible to get.Christa, you don't 'suck at writing' at all. Everything you write not only appears to be spelled correctly and put in the correct order, but is creative and interesting.
Reading bad poetry or bad prose?
I'd rather read bad poetry. It tends to be shorter than prose.Huckleberry Finn or The Scarlet Letter?
Scarlet LetterThank you M, It's always nice to hear someone enjoyed my stuff.
Listening to a book on CD or reading it yourself?
Reading it myself. I like being able to hold it in my hands.Ebooks or physical copies?
Reading, although I love reading books out loud. I was reading Moby Dick to my friend Betty because she thought it was hard. Alas, she discovered it isn't and is now reading it on her own. :-(Reading out loud to someone or having someone reading out loud to you?
Snow for Christmas!Breakfast or Brunch?
BrunchClimbing the highest mountain or diving to the deepest depths?
Climbing if it was a force, but neither, really.Al, what would you like me to read to you? Moby Dick was super fun to read out loud. But if I were to choose, I think I'd pick The River Why.
Snorkelling with friendly fish or petting sharks from a cage?
Snorkelling with friendly fish. I'm too much of a coward to do much of anything having to do with a shark, unless it involves shark week on the discovery channel.Science fiction or fantasy?
Oh depends on the author, there are bad apples in each section, but most likely fantasy.To be or not to be?
LoL! Both, because that seems to be an inevitability, so might just as well prefer both. But not at the same time.Tempest or Midsummer Nights' Dream
The River Why is by David James Duncan, a writer from Oregon, I think.And it is EXCELLENT , one of my personal top 20 works of fiction. Maybe top 10. I've read it out loud to my wife, twice, and read it 4 other times (I think) beyond that.
May I continue? Guy wrote: "Tempest or Midsummer Nights' Dream"
Midsummer Night's Dream
John Keats or Robert Frost?
Frost, I think.Robert Frost or Wallace Stevens?
Robert Frost. Though I am only choosing him because of his familiar name, I have never read from either writer.Ernest Hemingway or F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Guy wrote: "The River Why is by David James Duncan, a writer from Oregon, I think.And it is
EXCELLENT
, one of my personal top 20 works of fiction. Maybe top 10. I've read it out loud to my wife, twice, a..."
Just bought it, Guy. With your recommendation I have no doubt I'll love it. Hope it gets here. But the Peruvian post office has been a little more honest lately. I got all my books - and in record time! Amazon should pay you!
I can’t decide between Hemingway and Fitzgerald.Electric guitar or acoustic guitar?
Acoustic guitar. More soul. Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter?
I can't decide between anything. I devour everything that - as far as I am concerned - is high quality stuff. From classical to jazz to experimental, from Gormenghast to Chomsky, from Lady and the Tramp to The African Queen - you put it there, I'll have it.
There’s an interesting contrast of electric- and acoustic guitar in Al Stewart’s “Year of the Cat,” a song that was popular in the late 1970’s, and that I really liked. I love a Spanish guitar! I have an old one made by the Suzuki Violin Company. It’s a Japanese Spanish guitar.A female vocalist with a high, clear voice, or a female vocalist with sultry, smoky voice?
Hmmmm, I think I prefer a high, clear female voice.Root beer or cream soda?
I’m not a beer drinker, but occasionally I don’t mind something really pale with a Reuben sandwich (and I never turn down one of those).A Reuben sandwich or a club sandwich?
Root beer, the soda. Probably a club sandwich.Letters or emails?
Letters were a lot of fun back in the 90s, for me. They're practically extinct now, I suppose. The same: Letters or emails?
Both. I have accepted the reality of e-writing, do it all the time. But I miss taking pen to paper.Reading paper or e books?
I prefer holding an actually book in my hands, so reading paper.Short stories or poems?
Excellent question! I honestly don't have an answer to that! Both when they are good, and neither when they aren't. But if push came to shove, deserted island scenario, then... maybe short stories.Novels or short stories?
I'm not the biggest fan of short stories. I mean, I'll read them but I prefer to read novels. I just enjoy them more.Ham or turkey?
Depends. Is the novel well-written, or does it have a wimpy female protagonist that needs to be saved by her vampire boyfriend every other paragraph? Most times, I'll take the novel, though.Fantasy or sci-fi?
Stephanie wrote: "I'm not the biggest fan of short stories. I mean, I'll read them but I prefer to read novels. I just enjoy them more.Ham or turkey?"
SORRY, I MISSED This One!!! Turkey. XD
Rose wrote: "... Just bought it, Guy. With your recommendation I have no doubt I'll love it.."Now I am nervous! How can any book live up to another's praise? I am, with some anxiety, looking forward to your reaction.
Kyra, I've enjoyed both, equally. So both, for me. Now that I've become decrepit, I haven't read much of either. However I recently revisted the Fritz Leiber Fahfred and the Gray Mouser franchise, as a stroll down childhood. And it was fun read.
Magical realism or fantasy?
Hmmm, they're both pretty good. But I think I read more fantasy.Doctors or nurses?
Guy wrote: "Rose wrote: "However I recently revisted the Fritz Leiber Fahfred and the Gray Mouser franchise, as a stroll down childhood. And it was fun read"Still got one. That's an idea, I haven't re-read that one for years!
meat eater or vegetarian?
Eat the Meat! and the chocolateThe Hobbit or the Two Towers?
The Hobbit. It’s my favorite of what I’ve read by Tolkien.LOTR: the movies or the books?
Hmmm, that's a hard one. I'm going to say the books though because they have everything in them.M&Ms or skittles?
M&M’s. Two M’s are better than one!Cake or pie?
Cake. Although the blueberry pear pie we're making today might get me to reconsider.Pie a la mode or with whipped cream?
That’s easy. According to an elderly friend of mine, who wore out three barrels of a .45 automatic in WWII, you can shoot a man in the heart with a 9mm, and he’ll still live long enough to walk up and split your skull. If you shoot him with a .45, he’ll be down for the count.Which looks better in the sights of a rifle: a deer or a chihuahua?
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