Friday’s Feast

Friday’s Feast #195

June 27, 2008

Friday’s Feast #195 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 now. Aside from the aesthetic considerations, there is a tangible health and safety issue for anyone who, like me, has asthma or other […]

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Friday’s Feast #193

June 13, 2008

Friday’s Feast #193 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? Teal. Salad How often do you get a manicure or pedicure? Do you do them yourself or go to a salon and pay […]

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Friday’ Feast #192

June 6, 2008

Friday’s Feast #192 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, to which I add lemonade flavor Crystal Lite, with me. I keep it in the refrigerator, so it always starts out cold but […]

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Friday’s Feast #188

April 24, 2008

Friday’s Feast #188 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 them and pack them in his lunch. Thank God he outgrew that phase! Technorati Tags: Friday’s Feast

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Friday’s Feast Special Edition

April 11, 2008

Friday’s Feast Special Edition The questions this week are courtesy of Stone Girl at Musings of a Cynical Optimist. Appetizer What is your favourite 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 return to Hawaii, but also have […]

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Friday’s Feast #185

March 27, 2008

Friday’s Feast #183 Appetizer What does the color dark green make you think of? The beautiful green hills of Northern California. Technorati Tags: Friday’s Feast

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Friday’s Feast #183

March 13, 2008

Friday’s Feast #183 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 as it used to be. But I have a forgery-proof signature. Took me years to perfect it, too! Soup Do you prefer baths […]

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Friday’s Feast #182

March 6, 2008

Friday’s Feast #182 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 be that petite and able to run in heels that high. On “Sex and the City,” she was constantly running around New York […]

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Friday’s Feast #181

February 28, 2008

Friday’s Feast #180 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 many years. We hugged … and then I woke up. Soup Share a beauty or grooming trick or tip with us. Drink plenty of water. […]

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Friday’s Feast #180

February 21, 2008

Friday’s Feast #180 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 anyone for a long, long time. One of the most memorable ones I ever played was many years ago. My friend Jackie […]

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Friday’s Feast #177

January 24, 2008

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 laugh at the absurdity of it all. Otherwise, you end up crying a lot. Soup What do your sunglasses look like? Technorati Tags: Friday’s Feast

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Friday’s Feast #176

January 17, 2008

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 unopened mail to be sorted, three or four pairs of reading glasses, the bottle of water with lemonade flavor Crystal Light in it that I am sipping. […]

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Friday’s Feast #174

January 4, 2008

Appetizer

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.

Soup

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.

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Friday’s Feast #173

December 27, 2007

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 study time. Soup With which cartoon character do you share personality traits? Lucy. Technorati Tags: Friday’s Feast

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Friday’s Feast #171

December 7, 2007

Appetizer

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.

Soup

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.

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Friday’s Feast #170

November 29, 2007

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 Jones. Unfortunately, the only one of those that I can still ride is the Haunted Mansion. I am permanently banned from all roller coasters or rough […]

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Friday’s Feast #169

November 15, 2007

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 in the library. I believe that I made about $1.25 per hour. When I graduated from high school in 1974, I spent that summer working […]

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Friday’s Feast #167

November 2, 2007

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 don’t believe in buying people a bunch of junk they don’t need. My kids get anything they need throughout the year, as well as things […]

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Friday’s Feast #164

October 11, 2007

Appetizer

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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Friday’s Feast #163

October 4, 2007

Appetizer

On a scale of 1–10 with 10 being highest, how much do you look forward to your birthday?

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.

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Friday’s Feast #161

September 20, 2007

Appetizer What is your favorite type of art? I’m not a big art collector, but my favorite types of paintings are of the sea such as this pastel by Karen Margulis: Soup When was the last time you got a free lunch (or breakfast or dinner)? Who paid for it? A couple of weeks ago, we all […]

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Friday’s Feast #160

September 13, 2007

Appetizer

When was the last time you visited a hospital?

May 2 through 8, 2007, when BigBob’s appendix burst.

Soup

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how ambitious are you?

9.9

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Friday’s Feast #159

September 6, 2007

Appetizer Using only one word, how does grocery shopping make you feel? Exhausted. Soup What is your favorite part about the season of Autumn? The leaves! Technorati Tags: Friday’s Feast

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Friday’s Feast #158

August 30, 2007

Appetizer Who is the easiest person for you to talk to? Myself. I answer, too. Soup If you could live in any ancient city during the height of the quality of its society and culture, which one would you choose? I don’t think it qualifies as “ancient,” but I would love to have worked in Hollywood […]

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