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Hors D'oeuvres. Always more variety from which to choose.Standard Time or Daylight Savings Time?
(You don't want to know my answer to that one, believe me!)
I like it when it gets dark earlier, and don’t like springing forward and falling back. I wish we were on Standard Time all year.Louis Armstrong or Harry James?
Nuthin' beats "Satchmo" in my opinion! (Louis Armstrong)Ringo Starr's drumming ability or ?uestlove from the Roots?
Oh yeah... and I LOVE the Shells and Cheese. I think that stuff is great!
I can’t remember which one was which!Julie London or Ella Fitzgerald?
Staying home, usually.Hello, Al!
Peanuts or nuts and bolts?
Butterflies, but only because you get to see them in the sunlight.Moonlight or sunlight?
Brunch. I don't drink tea very often, and then only herbal.Tea or Coffee?
CoffeeA few close friends or many acquaintances?
Few friends; life isn't a popularity contest — unless you're a politician.Political correctness or sycophancy?
M wrote: "I like it when it gets dark earlier, and don’t like springing forward and falling back. I wish we were on Standard Time all year.Louis Armstrong or Harry James?"
At last! Let's get married! You are truly a person after my own heart! LEAVE THE CLOCKS ALONE! LOL
Guy wrote: "Few friends; life isn't a popularity contest — unless you're a politician.Political correctness or sycophancy?"
I thought you were supposed to offer a choice between two different things, Guy.
;-\
Although there is a subtle distinction.
Great response, Paula! There aren’t many things I consider more vile than political correctness. As for show or tell, it depends on what’s to be shown or told.Violin or viola?
Guy, we move apart here. . .viola every time. And between viola and cello, CELLO!!!Vaseline - only because it cleans up better.
Paper or Plast. . . nah, too common.
Deaf or Blind?
M wrote: "Great response, Paula! There aren’t many things I consider more vile than political correctness. As for show or tell, it depends on what’s to be shown or told.Violin or viola?"
M: Exactly so! Why doesn't everybody know that by now?
Deaf. I love silence. I don’t even listen to music very often. I would sorely miss my eyesight, however.Ralph Vaughan Williams or Samuel Barber?
RVW in a heartbeat - but I cast no aspersions on Barber. Why would you care anyway - since you don't listen to music? LOLTime or Talent?
Time, I guess. Talent is vastly overrated. I never said I didn’t love music. I just don’t listen to it much. I love books, but I don’t do much reading. Williams and Barber are two of my favorites. I think Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” is one of the most gorgeous things I’ve ever heard.An audiophile or a music lover?
LoL! Does the first refer to having sex with someone while music is playing, and the second just having sex with the music itself? If so, then the first one. Paula, if you LOVE the cello, have you listend to Zoë Keating? If you enjoyed that, you may find her interview with Chase Jarvis interesting.
An acolyte or an agoraphobic?
Whichever offers a club sandwich.Which for a side: cole slaw or fries?
Coleslaw if it doesn't have a cream or mayonnaise based dressing, otherwise, fries.Yam fries or Yukon Gold fries?
Yam I think, that are the only ones I've ever tried.Headphones or ear-buds?
Headphones, definitely :DOne pillow or more than one pillow?
More than one. I use them to prop myself up when I read.Wheel chair or crutches?
Wheel Chair; it seems like that would be more fun, as long as it was permanent at least.Pizza or salad?
Pizza, never really been one for salad.Crickets or Frogs
To eat? Neither. Of course, chocolate covered crickets are good — at least that's what I've been told.Frog legs or rabbit?
Tuesdays.Fridays or Sundays?
I don't have either where I am. So my book place is Renaissance Books, used.Reuben or pastrami sandwiches?
B&N! (Borders was a great place to hang out but was too expensive)And I would like to try pastrami hopefully it is not as stomach-involved (let's say..) as a Reuben lol.
Telephone or cell-phone?
I answered both since they overlapped and I didn't want anyone to feel left out. :)
Telephone.Who would you rather have dinner with: a movie star of your choice or an author of your choice?
Excellent question!Probably author, but with movie stars, you never know. Did you know that Hedy Lamarr held patents for technology that was used in military guidance systems in WWII and that is a part of modern cell phone technology? Her history is fascinating!
Write a script from scratch or transcribe one from a book or story?
Transcribe but only if it was not a well known book. If I had to do something big like LOTR or Narnia or something like that I would rather just come up with my own.A green house or a blue one?
A greenhouse. I’m not much on growing plants, but I like all the glass.It’s getting dark outside. Which would you rather do: curl up in the lamplight, in a comfortable chair, with a good book; or go the mall and watch people?
My Dr. told me yesterday that I had to get an electric wheelchair. Because she knows I am so impulsive she wants me to get one with a stap that hold me in with a key that only my husband can use! FAT CHANCE! (I don't think she was serious about that part!)I tell you this because reading is what I love, and sitting in my hopefully comfy wheelchair and reading a good book will definitely be easier and for me a lot more fun, although I do like people-watching.
OK: Next question - re-read a favorite book, or read a new one you have only heard a little about?
That depends on the phase of the moon. Each have their appeals. Today it is re-read an old favourite. I was just browsing my shelf before visiting to see what old one was calling my name.Read at night or read during the day?
Night. When I have insomnia, a few lines of contemporary poetry usually put me right out.A sedan or a sportscar?
How about a sedan with a hatchback? Station wagons are awesome.Waking up early or staying up all night?
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hors d'oeuvres or dessert?