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this-or-that: potpourri
1. DVD or VHS? DVD..duh.. digital video disc
2. Best Literary/Movie Villan: Voldemort (Harry Potter) or Sauron (LoTR)? sauron
3. Meat: rare or well-done? well-done. no moving on my plate.
4. High Speed Internet-Cable or DSL? cable, but only because that's all that's available for me.
5. Women: 1-piece bathing suit or Bikini? depends on the woman
6. To be fair--Men: Boxers or briefs? boxers
7. Beer or Liquor/Wine? dr. pepper
8. Coke or Mountain Dew? well mountain dew though!
9. In honor of my 10/18/03 nuptials: Morning or Afternoon/Night Wedding? afternoon
10. Carpet or Hardwood Floors? depends on the room. hardwood is nice but noise sure does travel and i'm not a big fan of unnecessary noise.
11. American cars or foreign? whatever i can afford that's not a kia or saab
12. Cutest TV Twin: Mary-Kate or Ashley Olsen? aren't they still too young for me to legally care?
13. Coffee: Caffeinated or Decaf? i don't touch the stuff
14. Thought-Provoking Question of the Week: Computers: Do they make life better or worse? Why? better. otherwise i wouldn't have a college degree.
this-or-that: summer fun!
1. Lemonade or Ice Cold Beer? ice cold dr. pepper please
2. Swimming pool or beach? pool, much less chance of sand ending up in those "hard to reach" places. unless there's gonna be some volleyball involved.
3. Long weekends here & there, or a 2-week vacation? long weekends
4. Destination: Acapulco or Hawaii? been to hawaii so i'll go with acapulco
5. Destination: Mountains or Beach? if there's a chance of diving involved sign me up for the beach..otherwise i'll take the mountains
6. Hotel/motel/B&B or camping? way too many variables here. mountains or beach and nice weather..i'd do the camping. otherwise any of the others work.
7. Carefully planned vacation, or play it by ear? i could do either. depends on how rushed i'd be to see all there is to see.
8. Sneakers or sandals? flip-flops (not thongs)
9. Air-conditioning or fans? bring me the a/c
10. Concerts in the park or baseball games? take me out to the ballgame. little league or whatever..i like to watch.
this-or-that: gone surfin'
1. Surf sites at random, or have a set list of regular reads? regular reads..too many actually
2. Do you visit mostly blogs, or news or other sites? blogs mostly now, a few news sites
3. Do you go online every day, or just a couple of days a week? everyday..most hours of everyday..i'm online aot
4. Do you allow comments on your blog, or not? yup..though i don't get many
5. Do you shop online at all, or at regular stores? yup..when s&h doesn't negate the discount and convenience
6. Have you ever done online bill-paying/banking, or not? that's how i pay all my bills
7. Which news site do you prefer... MSNBC.com or CNN.com? Or do you prefer some other one? davebarry.blogspot.com
8. Live chat rooms, or message boards? i haven't been in a chat room in several years. the only message boards i visit are support forums or the ones at tidefans.com
9. Instant messaging or e-mail? e-mail, so when i tire of the conversation it can get "lost" in my inbox
10. Yes or no: have you ever met, or at least talked on the phone with, another blogger? If not, would you want to? Why or why not? no, not really, we can do it via e-mail
this-or-that: reading
1. Newspapers or magazines? magazines, you've gotta go get a newspaper every single day and half of it isn't worth reading. the newspapers that are worth reading, i read online.
2. Books-on-tape or regular books? regular books. i tried the books-on-tape thing from the library. i got about halfway through the book and my trip and the rest of the tapes were ruined. books-on-cd will be the way to go next time.
3. Paperback or hardcover? whatever's available. i prefer paperback though.
4. Fiction or non-fiction? mostly non-fiction, thougu i've been craving fiction more and more here lately.
5. Sci-Fi/Fantasy or romance novels? definitely not romance. i'm more into the mystery/thriller/action type.
6. Borrow from library or buy books (either new or used)? buy, usually. new.
7. Subscribe to magazines or buy on newsstand? subscribe. it'd cost a fortune to always buy from the newsstand. i get wired for $12 a year as opposed to $6/month at the newsstand. however, reading at the newsstand and replacing, that's the way to go. if you can avoid the ones with the plastic wrap. and no i'm not talking about the ones on the top shelf.
8. Current best-sellers or classic literature? uhhh...current. i had enough of the classics in high school and college. maybe someday though.
9. Read books once, or re-read favorites every so often? fiction, once, almost always. non-fiction, re-read, sometimes.
10. Here in the U.S., we have two hot best-sellers...former First Lady Hillary Clinton's memoirs, and the new Harry Potter book (coming out June 21). If you had to read one, which one...Hillary or Harry? Why? harry. even though both books' main characters are witches, at least harry isn't a democrat.