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False. Or true. I remember the last time I chaperoned a youngster trick-or-treatin', with my high school girlfriend and a 5-6 year old friend of her family's. ETA I have no idea when I was last actually trick or treating, as in doing it. Lots of individual instances, but not the last time. I do remember the only time I went "wilding" as a teenager and throwing eggs out of a moving car.

TNP is the master of last-minute laziness in doing costumes. No one got it, so I was stuck being Hawkeye from the movie version of *M*A*S*H -- not my idea, but the hat and shirt kind of work for Hawkeye.

Yes, it's true. I tend to throw things together at the last minute.

TNP is a procrastinator by nature.

Yeah. I like to think before I act, in most things except spouting a bunch of gibberish and playing chess. About the chess, I prefer to think of myself as an heir to Capablanca and his rapid, intuitive style of play. Well, it gets me through the day, anyway.

TNP washed a bunch of dishes recently by hand.

Yes, just on Thursday.

TNP has been in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. (as I was on Saturday).

No. Never been to Virginia or the D.C. at all.

TNP is in a good mood today, because of (a) beer and (b) Luger's textbook *Artificial Intelligence* is much better than others I've read.

In a pretty good mood, though not for those reasons. I could drink a beer, though.

TNP really likes Apple Music.

Yeah. I mean, the studio/record company sounded cool. If it's the computer thing, I don't "get" iTunes and all that -- old school for me.

TNP could use a haircut.

No, I had one about two weeks ago and it's OK for now.

If male, TNP has grown a beard in past three years.

Sexist. No, nothing more than some really overgrown Howard Hughes-style stubble-cum-overgrown-ness. ETA how could I pass up not quoting Robert Lowell, "make the girls love, not war."

TNP has known a female with hirsutism, or whatever it is is when women have a lot of facial hair.

Nothing serious that I can think of, no.

TNP is paying attention to the MLB qualifying offers.

No :(. At least I can follow hockey, somewhat, since I missed an entire or two seasons of big ball.

TNP thinks sports are going to become digitized by nerds and will be a thing of the past soon.

No, since ancient times, they always seem to fascinate a substantial portion of humanity. And I doubt there will never be anything quite like watching a live game.

TNP has seen a live pro sporting event in the past two months.

No.

TNP thinks live television is a better medium than crammed into a stadium seat getting pinkeye and pissing your pants, like you do at a live event. Besides, live sports, chances are the person sitting next to you wants to skull-fuck your favorite team. At least live music, people are there for one cause, or to get wasted.

ETA unless you wear a beaver coat and have a flask for the big Army-Navy game. Wrong sport. I emend to say, football's different, because of the camaraderie, and the only ball games I've seen in persona have been AAA, where there's no opposing people, just old coots keeping score with pencil and paper.

No. There's a lot to be said for enjoying the comforts of home while watching a game, but it's more exciting, immediate and communal to be seeing it live.

TNP has worn a beaver coat.

No. Way too bushy to wear for more than a few minutes.

TNP doesn't like having an itchy feeling.

Sure don't

TNP likes black coffee

Yes. With cream is better, but black is good, too.

TNP prefers coffee to tea (and will explain the reason(s) why).

Yes, generally. I like my coffee as I like my Communications officers: hot, sweet and black.

TNP thinks that's a bad joke.

Yeah, that's pretty bad.

TNP is trying unsuccessfully to recruit a RL friend to join the boards here.

Not at the moment, but I have in the past. Too many people are just too damned busy.

TNP isn't getting enough sleep these days.

No. Sleeping pretty good. My nuclear option is to pop a few mgs of zomg evil horrible drugs, which is better than remaining unrested, therefore a better option, but I haven't needed it for a while (if something important in the morning, it's better to use it than risk sleeping unprotected). I just enjoy the waking nightmares of horror and expect my flesh to fall off at any moment. It's better than bathing in milk for one's complexion.

TNP knows what is, has handled, has in his or her pantry, or eats regularly pink (curing) salt.

No - never heard of it!

TNP thinks that sea salt is overrated.

I don't know. I do know that foodies who swear by it are overrated, not to mention overrate sea salt.

TNP thinks Jackie Wilson is one of the more electric of the live performers out there.

Yup, he's pretty good.

TNP has used the word "shindig" in the past year.

Actually, pretty sure that's a big affirmative. Either me, whipped into a frenzy for corny words by my uncle, or my uncle must have said it -- we're like the Borg. Hard to tell who says what.

TNP can't believe how fast the last year went. Autumn is truly the season of death and decay.

Sigh, yes. My kid and I went to the Royal Winter Fair today, and it doesn't really seem like a year since the last one.

TNP gets bored easily.

My life is one giant (well, human-sized) struggle against boredom, ireelevance, and melancholia.

TNP thinks the circulatory system of humans is pretty mysterious.

It is an amazingly complicated and ingenious system, to be sure. I'm not enough of a medico to really understand it.

TNP agrees with me that the spleen is the funniest internal organ.

Not really. I think of melancholia and the expression "to vent one's spleen."

TNP ate too much this weekend.

No, I don't think so. I'm trying not to overdo it.

TNP could drink a beer right now.

Nah. Off to bed soon, and in no mood for a beer.

TNP will tell us what he or she thinks is the funniest internal organ (if not the spleen).

I don't know. It's either Fallopian Tubes -- something about cram them in a plastic tub and you have instant pork rillettes. Or else some part of the brain. Yep, probably the medulla oblongata, or whatever -- the one that kind of looks like a jellyfish. Nope. It's the cervix. It really does feel like the end of a human nose. Probably shouldn't be picking it, though, unless the chemical rag has been freshly dipped in solvent.

TNP is always shocked and surprised whenever he or she wakes up in a good mood.

No, although I can't say that I tend to wake up in either a particularly good or bad mood.

TNP likes to get up the same time every day.

Yes, except on weekends, when I like to sleep in. I know what they say about not being able to "catch up on sleep" and so on, but it does feel awfully good to sleep in.

TNP would take a nap every day if possible.

Yep. In fact, I do on most days, lie down for a few minutes. Good for the back.

TNP finds checkers/draughts to be a very frustrating game.

It can be, but I win often enough that I like it.

TNP hasn't played chess in at least a year.

True, can't even remember the last time.

TNP is fond of board games in general.

Some. I prefer card games, all in all.

TNP loves Uno.

I guess. I haven't played that since I was a kid (and not just a twenty-something, like a greasy little teenage or younger kid).

TNP likes gin rummy a lot.

No, never played it.

TNP has been out in the rain today.

True, on the way to work today

TNP always carries an umbrella when it might rain

Yeah - then the umbrella keeps it from raining, which is nice.

TNP tends to overprepare.

Yes. Sometimes it even works out. For example, that time you spill something and need to use a vacuum cleaner? Glad to have earplugs in my wallet. Not any kind of master strategy, just I like to know what I'm getting into ahead of time. That's why I can't swim, except maybe dogpaddle or tread water.

TNP hates surprises.

Mostly. I could take a pleasant surprise, but can't remember the last time I had one of those.

TNP likes canned ravioli just fine.

Yeah. What is that stuff Beefaroni Chef Boy-R-Dee? That's been quite a few years since I've had some, but I remember it being very adequate stuff. Meat+veg+starch+"mamma mia at's a spicy sauce!"=pretty good.

TNP is doing a few household chores today (laundry, dishes, that kind of thing).

Cleaned the house yesterday, but laundry today, yes.

TNP usually does at least three loads on Laundry Day.

No, I stick to two loads. I don't have a washing machine at my place, so I use the one across the street provided by the HOA, like pretty much all my neighbors. Those machines suck. I would like to put in an under-the-counter machine in the kitchen, but there's not really enough room. Also, hassle, expense, and I don't think I've ever seen that type of machine in the US, although I'm sure they can be bought.

TNP has paid for something entirely in loose change/coins/monnaie/whatever-you-call-it recently, if not today.

No, it's been a long time. My loose change tends to go in the coin jar pretty much immediately, for later redemption at the bank.

TNP has spoken to a bank teller in the past month.

Hahaha. No. That's false. My only checking account now is an internet-only bank. I have to scan checks with an "app" to deposit them, which fortunately I very rarely have to do these days. I guess technically I still have a checking account across the street at Chase, but I haven't been over there in at least three or four years.

TNP despises smartphones.

I don't have one, and they can be annoyingly intrusive in the hands of others, but "hate" is probably overstating it.

TNP has secretly yearned for a smartphone of his or her own.