from "351 Good Questions to Ask"
28. What food is delicious but a pain to eat?
fresh sweet corn on the cob, dripping with butter and studded with salt & pepper
29. Who was your craziest/most interesting teacher?
there was a History teacher in high school that I really liked, up until the last day of class when he told a story about when he was an active-duty soldier, involving a squirrel, that horrified me. What he had done, and what he said, was not crazy, but telling a room full of high school students on their last day of school absolutely was.
My most interesting teacher ... well, to be safe I will say there were three of them. My undergrad mentor is a grumpy, imposing, gruff, adorable historian (who also holds a law degree). Most of my deep (i.e. difficult) major classes were with him. He taught me how to think. My favorite law school prof was a judge, deceptively mild-mannered with exquisite manners, almost "cuddly", but when provoked he was f'ing scary. He taught only one class - Evidence - which was amazing. In grad school, my favorite was a high-energy loon. He left not long after I did, for grander pastures and eventually some gigs on The History Channel and the like.
30. What "old person" things do you do?
there is not much I like better than a long evening of movie-watching, popcorn, and debating the merits of the movie (and everything else)
31. What was the last photo you took?
it is a quote from the old journal I am reading, that I copied in from my dear friend Heidi's quote book during the mystical trip to Norman
32. What is the most amazing slow motion video you've seen?
33. Which celebrity do you think is the most down to earth?
ain't no saint without a past; ain't no sinner without a future. In other words, they all have their moments, I am sure.
34. What would be the worst thing to hear as you are going under anesthesia before heart surgery?
"Oops, I wasn't supposed to use the narcotic anesthesia!"
35. What's the spiciest thing you've ever eaten?
wasabi at the Chinese place by the golf course in DeK
36. What's the most expensive thing you've broken?
a marriage?
37. What obstacles would be included in the World's most amazing obstacle course?
crossword puzzles, finding the right lid for the Tupperware while someone is screaming in your ear, logic games, finding the bathroom in an unfamiliar house in the middle of the night with Legos on the floor, Sudoku, tightening screws in eyeglasses, preparing several states' income tax returns on the last night before they are due, baking popovers, down-sloping sidewalk in the winter wearing high heels...
38. What makes you roll your eyes every time you hear it?
"awesome sauce"
39. What do you think you are much better at than you actually are?
singing, of course
40. Should kidneys be able to be bought and sold?
like, human kidneys? Free market organ transplants? Pricing people who cannot afford to pay market rates out of the possibility of transplants? Prehaps we should do that with all health care. Wealthy people are the only ones who truly deserve health care. Because they deserve to live a long time, right? The elite have earned the right, with all that delicious, cold, hard cash?
41. What's the most creative use of emojis you've ever seen?
the person with whom I text the most is the master of emoji, and in particular emoji-banter
42. When was the last time you got to tell someone "I told you so"?
only ever at work
43. What riddles do you know?
ughhhhh
44. What's your cure for hiccups?
focus on anything other than the hiccups and that will usually do the trick
45. What invention doesn't get a lot of love, but has greatly improved the world?
deodorant
46. What's the most interesting building you've ever seen or been in?
I have spent a relatively large amount of time in Maryland, considering that I have never driven there. Each time there, I stayed at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, which is directly adjacent to the Bethesda Metro stop. The hotel is lovely - among the nicest I have visited - but it is the stop that came to mind with this question. At 212 feet, it has the second-longest escalator in the system only to the Wheaton stop, which is the longest in the Western hemisphere (read this article for more). I am not exactly claustrophobic (the fear of small spaces) or cleithrophobic (the fear of being trapped, regardless of the space), but that is definitely the furthest below ground I have been, and the mere thought of it is a little creepy. What is interesting about it is that it did not seem to be so creepy when I was there - even the time when the escalators were not working and we had to haul our luggage all the way up 212 feet of enormously steep escalator steps!
47. What mythical creature do you wish actually existed?
jackalope
48. What are your most important rules when going on a date?
mostly the same rules as everyday: take the time to look nice, no false advertising, remember your manners, stop thinking too much, order something that will not try to get away, and express gratitude and happiness when you can
[from here; the title quotation is by Paulo Coelho, from The Alchemist]
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