1. What is the best thing about the city in which you live? What is the worst?
Denver, and especially its climate, is one the best kept secrets in the world. A really nice piece of heavan. One of the worst things about Denver? No real water. How perfect would this town be if it had a waterfront!
2. Describe an idea or invention of yours that you would like to see turned into reality.
A lot of good stuff is already out there. But in a real Rube-Goldburg way, looking much like a Dr. Suess machine, I envision a morning, grooming, breakfast making, coffee brewing system that flings from bed, to shower, to closet to the table and ready to eat some breakfast and start the day – with no effort on my part whatsoever.
3. If you could strike one word from the English language, which word would you choose and why?
Well, there are so many arent’ they. But the word that should be striken, because in fantasy world it would no longer exist would be Cancer. Either that or Murder.
4.If the world had a front porch, what would you do on it?
Stare at the stars and wave to my friendly Martian neighbors. Delightful Martini always on hand.
5. Did you think that being an adult would be cool?
I have always anticipated the next stage in life. I am 41 years old now and have no problem accepting the new challenges, wonder, limitations and prospects with being a full fledged adult.
1. The best thing about [central] Denver is that it’s a bastion of evolved thinking that happens to be at the epicenter of the “red states.” The weather’s also great, the view of the mountains is beautiful, the plethora of good dive bars is an embarrassment of riches, and most of my friends are here as well. The worst? The fact that prices have gone soaring much faster than wages have grown. Thus, real estate and dining are obscenely expensive.
2. (this is possible today—just more trouble than it’s worth. . .) It would be great have the means of monitoring your home when you are away. Never again worry about leaving the iron on, the water running, unauthorized entries, etc. . .From some simple device, we’d be able to visually and systematically check on home whenever one was away.
3. Irrelevant. For a long time, it wasnÂ’t a word, and then grammarians went all soft on us and let it be a word. LetÂ’s abolish it once and for all.
4. Make love under the stars. What the hell kind of question is that?
5. No. In fact I was fairly certain that I would be dead in my mid-20Â’s, so I never gave adulthood much thought. Thus explaining my prolonged arrested development.
!) Denver’s climate is faboo but we do need a real beach as opposed to the one in Sleazeman Park.
@) A teleporter. I’m a BIG fan of instant gratification & zipping from one place to another that quickly would be neat.
#) I guess I would rid the world of “ain’t.” Ain’t ain’t a word so don’t use ain’t. I’m more prone to slapping bad grammar out of people during conversation though.
$) I’d make sure the welcome mat was clean for visitors.
%) I’ve always looked forward to being an adult & just told my nephews recently that college & life in general are much better than high school so long as you don’t fuck it up. They stared at me blankly.
you know the drill………
1. The climate is the best. The lack of good culture the worst.
2. Hover craft cars. enough with the gasoline and wheels already.
3. Dude. I hate the word, dude?
4. Sit and drink lemonade with my shot gun across my lap and shoot all humans.
5. I did think so, and am SO happy to be an adult!
I’m sitting here on a Monday, feeling dull-witted and over-heated.. and only am up to answering one of the above questions. So I give you, “My Monday Ones”:
3. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE REMOVE “CARB” FROM THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE?! Jesus H. Christ. “Lo-carb” this and “carb-sparing” that. I’m enraged with it. It’s all marketing bullshit. Fabricated. Voodoo math. “Oo! This only has 3 net carbs per serving! I’m SO buying that!” Fuggoff.