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Friday Fives

1. What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done?
Join the Army, attend Jump School and jump out of an airplane.

2. What one thing would you like to try that your mother/friend/significant other would never approve of?
Sex in public. (Hell, this is probably something I might not approve of. But everyone has a fantasy of some sort.)

3. On a scale of 1-10, what’s your risk factor? (1=never take risks, 10=it’s a lifestyle)
(4) I am moderately risky. And I talk a good risky talk, but tend to back out at the last minute.

4. What’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you as a result of being bold/risky?
By joining the army, I received a college education with most of my expenses paid and a bit of life experience to enable me to appreciate the experience.

5. … and what’s the worst?
Taking the job to edit the Gunnison Country Times when I had only been out of college a few months. I was so in over my head.

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You have just won one million dollars:

1. Who do you call first?
My bank to make arrangements for a big ass deposit. Then Julie and Mom

2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself?
A Delorean or somekind of fancy fun to drive car. Then a fancy, fun to drive house.

3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else?
Pay off Mom’s farm and Julie’s college.

4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom?
I would set up a nice trust for the Craig Library, which is having lots of money problems. The library was my Dad’s pride and joy.

5. Do you invest any? If so, how?
I would invest a good chunk to grow for later. Probably in a combination of long term tax free bonds and the Motley Fool’s investment formula. It has shown a decent track record of growth based on the Dow Jones top five stocks. (Man, did I just pull that out of my ass!)

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At this moment, what is your favorite…

1. …song?
The Thrill Is Gone – by – B.B. King (He was on old school Letterman reruns last night and the song has stayed with me.)

2. …food?
Green Chili Smothered Chili Relleno. (I think that is going to be my lunch.)

3. …tv show?
That 70s Show (Damn, that Red Foreman is funny!)

4. …scent?
Vanilla. (Mmmmm, beans.)

5. …quote?
“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out all the wrong words.” Mark Twain. (Actually, my favorite Twain quote goes something like “There are few words in the English language and I will be damned if I can only use some of them. (referring to swear words). However, I cannot find the exact quote.)

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1. What does it say in the signature line of your emails?
It is a rotating collection of booze related quotes from W.C. Fields. Currently, it reads: “I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake–which I also keep handy.”

2. Did you have a senior quote in your high school yearbook? What was it? If you haven’t graduated yet, what would you like your quote to be?
That was 20 years ago, I hardly remember. However when signing a book or card for mass consumption, I was recently given a great line: “//insert another name from the card/book you are signing// appears to think well of you.” That makes me laugh.

3. If you had vanity plates on your car, what would they read? If you already have them, what do they say?
Veerlft (Veer left)

4. Have you received any gifts with messages engraved upon them? What did the inscription say?
A silver mug from a wedding engraved “Groomsman” and a silver champagne bucket engraved: To: Lullabelle, love Snowball.

5. What would you like your epitaph to be?
“Get Off My Lawn!”

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What one thing are you most looking forward to . . .

1. …today?
The weekend and getting some errands done.

2 …over the next week?
Getting in a more stable daily exercise routine.

3. …this year?
Losing weight and getting into to better financial shape.

4 …over the next five years?
Owning a home, starting a business.

5. …for the rest of your life?
Being happy. Being healthy. Being published.

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1. You’ve just won a complete collection of movies starring one actor – what actor would you pick?
John Cusak.

2. What was the last movie you saw in a theater?
Matrix II (?) I don’t get out to the movin’ picture shows very often.

3. What was the last video or DVD that you bought?
The box set of the Indiana Jones trilogy.

4. What movie could you watch over and over again and not get sick of?
Hmmm, so many choices. It used to be Casablanca with It’s a Wonderful Life a close second, but lately that film is probably either Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or Blazing Saddles.

5. How do you plan to spend your weekend?
A late-scheduled Christmas party and watching the Bronco’s in their playoff bid.

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1. What was your biggest accomplishment this year?
Getting a job and ending my unemployment.

2. What was your biggest disappointment?
Getting a job and ending my unemployment.

3. What do you hope the new year brings?
Getting a better job and not going into unemployment.

4. Will you be making any New Year’s resolutions? If yes, what will they be?
Lose some weight and make exercise a regular part of my day.

5. What are your plans for New Year’s Eve?
Slim Cessna and his Auto Club will be playing his annual New Year’s Eve show at the Bluebird. I will be there, right up front with the gang.

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1. List your five favorite beverages.
Denver Pale Ale, Bombay Gin and Tonic, Ice Tea, Coca Cola, and a life long devotion to seek out the perfect cup of coffee.

2. List your five favorite websites.
Fark; Metafilter; altercation at msnbc/Slate; Top 10 Conservative Idiots; Harper’s Weekly Review And the sites listed on the right hand side of this page.

3. List your five favorite snack foods.
Popcorn. Sante Fe Gold tortilla chips and salsa, Red Vines, Gummy Bears, Pringles.

4. List your five favorite board and/or card games.
Pinochle, Chess, Domino Train; Scrabble, Risk.

5. List your five favorite computer and/or game system games.
The Age of Empire Series; Empire Earth; Black and White; Hoyle Solitaire/Mahjong; Chessmaster 8000.

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1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays?
Generally, yes. I like winter and the severe harshness of the elements, the peaceful calm of a snow storm, the whistle of the wind and, as the song says: “Walking in my Winter Underwear.”

2. What is your ideal holiday celebration? How, where, with whom would you celebrate to make things perfect?
My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. My dad was 35 year Postal Service veteran and as a result, Christmas to him was all drudge, muck and mire, filled with weeks and weeks of mandatory overtime and stress. This translated into a much bigger deal being made around the house for Thanksgiving rather than Christmas. Although I still dig midnight Christmas Mass services.

3. Do you do have any holiday traditions?
Recently, I have added Champagne Mimosa’s to the holiday tradition. But seriously, since my father has passed away and my mother remarried, the family is both adding new traditions and holding on to traditions. Thanksgiving is still a big, big meal with family and Christmas is becoming a catch as catch can affair celebrated in smaller groups. The biggest holiday tradition for me is The Memorial Day weekend/Birthday Affair wherein I try to host a huge meal somewhere surrounded by as many friends as I can rustle up. Plans are percalating for this year’s affair.

4. Do you do anything to help the needy?
Each year I send a check of $30.00 or so to the Denver Rescue Mission. And I shop at the thrift stores a lot. That counts, right?

5. What one gift would you like for yourself?
A really, really nice pair of gloves. (Sorry, it was cold out this morning and I am a bit obsessed.)

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1. What’s your favorite piece of clothing that you currently own?
My “Desert Storm” suede combat tanker boots. Buckles, tan, suede, boots. They have it all. I must get them resoled someday and sport them with pride once again.

2. What piece of clothing do you most want to acquire?
A really nice, big, well fitting London Fog tan rain coat, like the kind Bogart always wears in the movies. Either that or paper hats and name tags for the office.

3. What piece of clothing can you not bring yourself to get rid of? Why?
My “United Airlines Ramp Service” Employee shirt that I bought as a joke at a thrift shop. It is really, really comfortable.

4. What piece of clothing do you look your best in?
Turtlenecks. Olive green, burgandy or black turtlenecks. They make me look dreamy.

5. What has been your biggest fashion accident?
Black socks? No, really. In high school, there was this outfit in the men’s fashion section of the Speigel catalog – A white cardigan sweater, a red shirt and baby blue pants. All from Izod. I just had to have it. I ordered it, wore it to school and honestly looked dorkier than Mr. Rogers at a high school rodeo dance. A bad choice – about ten years older than 1981 fashion should have been – and way to expensive. It may be part of the reason I tend to avoid real fashionable looks and expensive clothes to this day.