1. Do you squeeze the toothpase tube or roll it? What’s the advantage of your method?
Squeeze. Well technically it is like a roll. I have a thingy, sort of a toothpaste squeege that does the squeeze roll thing for me and also serves as a convienient toothpaste hanger upper.
2. How many siblings do you have? What’s your birth order?
1 sibling, Julie. Oldest. Three step siblings. Second oldest in that group.
3. What is something you won? How did you win it?
In high school I won a coveted Voice of America trophy from the VFW for a speech on patriotism that I presented. I was such a right wing patriot in my younger days.
4. What is one of your nicknames? What do you prefer to be called?
Wah. R-dub. Rdubya. I think I like R-dub, although I rarely refer to myself by a nickname. I hate being referred to by my last name. Sounds all Army like or “Coach” like and I am hardly a jock.
5. What’s something your parents used to say to you as a child that you promised yourself you’d never say – but now you catch yourself saying it?
Slow down! Do you have to drive so fast!
1. Combination…squeeze, roll…and repeat.
2. 1 brother, younger.
3. I won tickets to the Butthole Surfers in 1988. (won tickets to Red Hot Chili Peppers the next year…I was on a roll). I haven’t won anything since.
4. Bug, Baby T., Wenni, Yenni…I guess I like Bug or Jenny best.
5. “understand your options”, “education is very important”, “set yourself some goals”…yada yada yada.
1) Squeeze and FOLD! The darn metal stuff they make the tube out of doesn’t really roll, but folds like a charm.
2) Two. Sister – oldest, Brother – middle, and then Baby Tony.
3)I won the Minemen of my class award for being the best at building and disarming large underwater mines…no lie.
4) Tony Mo or Toemo. I prefer Tony Mo.
5) I have forgotten all important sayings of my parents…but I am sure I say many things they did. Those subversive bastards.
1. My valet, Pedro brushes my teeth for me. I have no idea what method he uses to appy paste to the toothbrush. I can’t be bothered with such triviality. I’m terribly busy.
2. Sheesh Nall. You know this. I’m the youngest of three–brother, sister, eddie.
3. When I was 8, I won a spiffy orange bicycle in a drawing. I actually didn’t remember entering the drawing, so when the bike showed up, it was a lovely surprise.
4. The Rev. Reverend. Fun Eddie. I don’t mind any of them. The only name I won’t respond to is “Edward,” as I’ve never gone by Edward.
5. “Just do the best you can.” I always thought it was a cop-out when my Mom would say it, but now I realize that not *every* battle requires your “A” game. I find myself saying it to employees more often than I used to.
!) I mash the tube from bottom up using whatever “utensil” is at my disposal at the time.
@) I currently have 3 half siblings (used to be 4) & I’m the youngest by 10 years. I was raised as an only child for the most part.
#) I’ve won lots of stuff & to prove I’ve not let it go to my head, I’m unable to recall what any of it was…
$) The only nickname that I’m verbally addressed as is Eddie. I introduce myself as Edward & generally smile pleasantly at whatever the individual comes up with from that.
%) “Are you going to wear that in public?”
Friday Fives
1. Do you squeeze the toothpase tube or roll it? What’s the
advantage of your method?
I have this thing my brother gave me which was a tchoczky (free giveway thingy) which rolls the toothpaste with a gentle crank and so maximizes all that tartar fighthing goodness. In fact, I am still on the same tube from 1994!
2. How many siblings do you have? What’s your birth order?
I have two older brothers, and I am at the very lowest on the totem poll. Gee, thanks for reminding me.
3. What is something you won? How did you win it?
It has been a long time since I ‘won’ anything. However, I have the greatest and most satisfying life right now… so I ain’t lookin’ for any handouts.
4. What is one of your nicknames? What do you prefer to be called?
Lono – it is an old Hunter Thompson reference. Allow me to go deeper for once on this. Lono is a Hawaiin deity. Apparently he was a crazed and surly bastard towards the end of his life… after he lost his wife. He told his minions he would one day return to Hawaii as their proper king.
Fast forward a few hundred years and you have Captain James Cook exploring the Hawaiin islands for the Brits. Somehow, the island folk got it into their head that this Cook dude was the return of Lono. Since they treated Cook and his crew as deities… Cook was in no hurry to correct them. Eventually, they found out the truth and killed him… rightfully so.
Fast forward again a couple hundred years and you have Hunter Thompson traveling to Hawaii in 1980 to write about this new fad of running. For whatever reason, he again injusts WAY too many drugs of every kind and somehow decides that he too is the incarnation of Lono. The locals were less amused this time and banished him. Out of this came my absolute favorite Hunter Thompson book, Curse of Lono. Long story longer, I am a big fan of the doctor and my college roommates dubbed me Lono.
5. What’s something your parents used to say to you as a child that you promised yourself you’d never say – but now you catch yourself saying it?
ah, there are so many. I guess I find myself saying the most “Goddamnit Kevin, if you shit on the couch one more time I am selling you to the gypsies for wood.” Yeah, we had a complicated relationship.
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1. Okay not to be weird or anything, but I have the same thingy that Roy does for my toothpaste. They came two to a package at Bed, Bath, and Bea Arthur.
2. Roy older Bro. I am the youngest(even the youngest grandchild, both sides)that is until the second husband and I am now smack in the middle of the pecking order with the step siblings (I think I liked being youngest best)
3. I have one blue ribbons in the Fair (I am quite domestic when I have the time), and I won a $25.00 gift certificate at City Market for guessing the weight of an enormous pumpkin one year. I was only 2 oz. off.
4. Julz, M.J. Malibu, Malibujulz, Queen of Aquatics, that damn serial killer: I don’t mind any of them, but M.J. and Julz are most common.
5. If ________ jumped off a cliff would you do it too? (I work with a lot of children).
1. I have a special method for ekeing out the last of my toothpaste. Using the 90 degree edge of the countertop, I grasp the end of the tube and, using steady pressure, run the tube along the edge toward the cap end. The result is a paper-thin empty portion. If anyone is having trouble grasping this technique from this blog, I shall be happy to hold a demonstration at the next party. I’ll be a hit.
2. One older brother, Evans.
3. I once won a pound of crappy coffee when I worked at Encoda (not-so-affectionately called ‘Ebola’).
4. Bing, Snowball, Sagey-poo, Bobos, Ma Trailer, Sagelet, Soggy Mahoo and probably several others I’ve likely forgotten. I don’t mind any of them, but the oldest and favorite is Snowball.
5. “Don’t pick at it, you’ll only make it worse.”