True! It makes little difference at my age, though.
TNP is eating Chinese food tonight.
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True! It makes little difference at my age, though.
TNP is eating Chinese food tonight.
False. I had consomme loco, made from a recipe I got from a Mexican restaurant in Vegas.
TNP has watched It's a Wonderful Life in the past month.
False. But I really should have.
TNP will soon be tucked in his or her bed for a long winter's nap.
True! Headed off right now, in fact. :)
TNP has stuff to return in the next few days.
Hmm. Not sure yet. One of my son's gifts might not be quite right after all.
TNP has had eggnog today.
False, but it's only 10:15AM. Give me time. :)
TNP knows where he or she will be at 12:00AM local time on 1-1-2012.
True, barring accidents, catastrophes and Acts of God, it will be at home celebrating the New Year in.
TNP overate over Christmas?
True! We don't really celebrate Christmas here - artifex is Jewish and I am a heathen - but that certainly didn't stop me from overeating. It doesn't help that we bought a fryer to accommodate the fact that virtually all special Hanukkah foods (latkes, sufganiyot, etc.) are deep-fried. :D
TNP has ridden in a helicopter.
Correct - several times, now that I think of it: on a short Pan Am hop into Manhattan when I was on a family trip as a kid; on a Hawaiian tourism aerial jaunt; and in a police helicopter for a ride-along program (the pilot insisted on taking me to see my house from the air, even though it was out of his jurisdiction!). I love riding in helicopters.
TNP has seen his or her house from the air.
True - But only if Google Maps counts.
TNP has made a new year's resolution.
No, the few times I've tried, it hasn't worked out.
TNP has had a beer today.
False so far. Doubt I will later, either.
TNP still has Christmas cookies in the house.
False, but I do still have fudge. Delicious, evil fudge ...
TNP likes maple-flavored candy.
True! I like maple in general, though I didn't know it until I escaped my parents' house and the evil clutches of Mrs. Butterworth. Now, I love real maple syrup, maple nut clusters, etc. Yum.
TNP has been to see live comedy (standup, improv, etc.) in the past year.
False, although I have, in years past, seen Sam Kinison, Steven Wright, Gilbert Gottfried, Eddie Murphy and Jerry Seinfeld live. This spring I hope to see Mike Birbiglia, my new favorite, when he comes to town: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYl9BSiV-P4
TNP expects to see live comedy this year.
False. I like comedy, but it's just not a thing I do.
TNP expects to go to the ballet or symphony this year.
Probably not, sadly. I always love it when I go, but I never think of it on my own.
TNP took a non-prescription drug within the last 24 hours.
True, if you count aspirin, which I guess you should.
Why are we using boldface all of a sudden? A carryover from the "Name five" thread?
TNP has a digital timepiece in the same room with him or her.
True only for values of "digital timepiece" that include my cell phone and laptop. Also, yes, I started bolding because I forgot which thread I was in. :D
TNP owns a piece of velvet clothing.
False. Don't think I ever have. Velour is about as close as I can get!
TNP knew Jimmy Stewart had an impressive war record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_S...litary_service
True! I'm a fan of the man's life. Also, seems like it's just you and me in here, EH. :D
TNP owns a video game console.
True, my family has Wii and PS3 consoles. I rarely play, though.
TNP wishes Orual, Rube and Cat would come back.
Definitely. I don't need any sort of "critical mass," and I certainly don't need heavy traffic for the sake of traffic, but I like each of those three people very much, and I miss interacting with them here.
TNP is good at making houseplants flourish.
Hmmm...not a plant person, really, but I've got a couple tricks, so tentative "yes".
TNP has been to Barbados.
False, I haven't been to any Caribbean islands.
TNP has been to the Hebrides.
(I guess I've been sketchy with the posting over the holidays.)
False, sadly. They look beautiful.
TNP has handled a bill with a denomination greater than 500 [your currency].
Yeah, I'd my memory can be trusted. Back when Canada had $1000-dollar bills, my brother-in-law got paid for a job with one and passes it around.
TNP could eat soup three meals a day.
False. For one meal daily, sure, in cold weather; for two maybe occasionally. But soup for breakfast? Um... no, thanks. Favorites: tomato, seafood (or crab or lobster) bisque, chicken noodle, clam chowder, cheddar potato, hot and sour.
TNP would eat at least one piece of chocolate a day if calories weren't an issue.
False. Calories aren't an issue for me, and yet my chocolate craving still only amounts to one one- or two-ounce piece of very dark chocolate one or twice a month, preferably enhanced with something cool like hot peppers or nuts.
TNP has good natural pitch; i.e., could sing a reasonable facsimile of middle "C" right now without any reference tone.
Hah, no. I couldn't sing middle C if I had both a reference point and a .357 magnum pointed at me.
TNP has owned an exotic pet.
I owned an orphaned joey (baby kangaroo) as a kid.
TNP has eaten french fries this week.
False. Last week I think was the last time.
TNP has touched a kangaroo before.
Not really, I guess -- I've eaten kangaroo sausage, but that's probably not the kind of touching you were looking for.
TNP got up groggy this morning.
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 I have always loved baby kangaroos. When I was a toddler, my favorite random factoid to tell people was: "a baby kangaroo is called a JOEY."Quote:
Originally posted by spitz
True. Monday, what can you do?Quote:
Originally posted by Rube E. Tewesday
TNP enjoys watching Shakespeare plays.
Correct. One of my fondest memories of visiting London in late 1985 is seeing Troilus and Cressida done by the RSC as if it were a Crimean War drama.
TNP knows quite a lot about the Crimean War.
True, compared to most people and not historians of the period. Then again it did give us the Charge of the Light Brigade and Florence Nightingale.
TNP wears shoes indoors.
In cold weather, definitely. In hot weather, rarely.
TNP owns at least three pairs of slippers.
I wish. I like slippers, but generally get by with one pair at a time.
TNP had never played handball.
True, I don't even know how it's played.
TNP has dived into water from a height greater than ten feet.
False, I never really could dive properly.
TNP had swimming as part of their gym class in school.
Nope, no pool at the school.
TNP has been in a foursome or moresome.
False.
TNP has attended a geek convention (comics, cartoons, sci-fi, RPG, cosplay, whatever) before.
True. I've been to several Star Trek conventions (and got to ask a question of Leonard Nimoy at my first one!).
TNP hates Sugarland's song "Stuck like Glue" as much as I do.
That's difficult to say, since I don't know exactly how much you hate it, but I suspect I'm right there with you. :D
TNP has had a field sobriety test administered to them by a police officer.
False, I've had very limited interactions with the cops.
TNP has witnessed a shooting.
False, although I was once on a police ride-along while in law school and arrived at the scene of a shooting within a minute or so of the fatal shot.
TNP has participated in a formal debate.
False. I've witnessed an armed standoff that resulted in a shooting shortly after I cleared the area, but I've never seen someone shot in person in real life.
True, I had to do several debates for a public speaking course in college.
TNP once walked in on their parents doin' it.
False, praise Jebus, but there were times when they asked my sisters and me to go entertain ourselves for awhile, and we knew what was up.
TNP hates getting ninja'd by a just-ahead-of-you simulpost.
No, thank God.
TNP has had their kid walk in while they were doin' it.
True, a few times when they were really little. Never past the age of four or five, so here's fingers crossed that they don't realize what was going on. :D
TNP likes sashimi.