Appetizer What is the weather like today where you live? Digusting. There are hundreds of wildfires burning throughout California and the smoke has been hanging in the air for days…
Appetizer Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist? 100% optimist, sometimes to my own detriment. Soup What is your favorite color of ink to write with?…
Appetizer When you drink soda/pop/coke, do you prefer to drink it from the bottle, a can, or after pouring it into a cup? I always have a bottle of water,…
Appetizer Name something you would categorize as weird. Peanut butter and tuna sandwiches. My oldest son used to eat them every day. In fact, for awhile, I had to make…
Appetizer What is your favorite vacation spot in the United States? It might be a place I haven’t gone yet! Odds are it has a beach and I’m longing to…
Appetizer What does the color dark green make you think of? The beautiful green hills of Northern California.
Appetizer On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how much do you like your own handwriting? 7. I don’t write much any more, so it isn’t as neat…
Appetizer If you could be any current celebrity for one whole week, who would you want to be? Sarah Jessica Parker. I’d like to know what it feels like to…
Appetizer Who was the last person you hugged? Last night I had a dream about a person who once meant a great deal to me, but I haven’t seen for…
Appetizer Have you ever played a practical joke on anyone? If so, what did you do and who was your victim? Wow, I can’t remember playing a practical joke on…
Appetizer How many times per day do you usually laugh? Well, it depends upon the day, of course. But on average, I’d say dozens. In my profession, you learn to…
Appetizer What is your favorite beverage? White mocha — hot or cold. Soup Name 3 things that are on your computer desk at home or work. Home: A pile of…
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When was the last time you received a surprise in the mail, and what was it?
We received a lovely Christmas gift from friends. Totally unexpected, but delightful and appreciated.
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If you could have a summer and/or winter home, where would you want it to be?
I’m actually shopping for a rental property in Pismo Beach. I will enlist a rental agent to manage the property for me, reserving a few weeks for our family in the summer and over the holidays.
Appetizer Name 2 things you would like to accomplish in 2008. I plan to reach my ideal weight before December 31, 2008, and intensify and maximize my flute rehearsal and…
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What was the last game you purchased?
An online game subscription for my kids. They have to maintain good grades or I will discontinue it.
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Name something in which you don’t believe.
Reincarnation. I just can’t buy into it, particularly since I find no support for the theory anywhere in the Bible.
Appetizer What is your favorite carnival/amusement park ride? Anything at Disneyland, especially Space Mountain, Big Thunder, the Matterhorn Bobsleds, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, and Indiana…
Appetizer What was your first “real” job? The first job for which I earned money was working in the music department at my high school. I organized and filed music…
Appetizer How much money do you plan to spend this upcoming holiday season? Enough. My definition of “enough” is minuscule compared to what a lot of people spend, but I…
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When was the last time you were surprised?
About five minutes ago when I walked into my house, sat down to read my e-mails, and saw that Ann Coulter once again opened her insensitive, bigoted mouth. You might think that, given my profession, I would not be surprised by such behavior. But the opposite is true: Just when I think I’ve heard it all . . .
Coulter draws fire over remarks about Jews
Conservative author offends CNBC host Donny Deutsch with comment
From CNBC and MSNBC
Oct. 11, 2007
Conservative author Ann Coulter finds herself in the middle of a firestorm once again after remarks on a CNBC television show in which she said Jews need “to be perfected” and suggested the nation would be better off if it were all-Christian.
Appearing on “The Big Idea” with host Donny Deutsch on Monday, she said Christians were tolerant of racial diversity but that it “would be a lot easier” for Jews if they were to become Christians.
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On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you look forward to your birthday?
5.
I have a love-hate relationship with my birthday because it is December 21: So close to Christmas that insensitive friends have often carelessly written “P.S. Happy Birthday” in Christmas cards, it is difficult to plan celebrations because everyone is busy with Christmas parties and events, and as a child, I felt cheated because I never had a classroom party (my birthday was always during what was known in those days as “Christmas break”). Thankfully, by the time my kids started school, teachers had “wised up” and all kids whose birthdays fell during breaks picked another day for an “un-birthday” classroom celebration.