2009-04-05 08:25:48: Why settle for one shape? I think the first thing I'd do is get someone to take a picture of me, in case I forget what I originally looked like. Shape changing would be like changing your phone number- you know you're still you, but nobody on the outside can ...
2009-01-15 13:06:50: Sometimes I play DDR. Sometimes, I create. I think I empathize with that one- even if creating is something like cooking dinner or doodling.
2009-01-07 12:57:08: Although I am often interested in the scientifical reason behind occurances, I am not a doctor or a catholic (nor do I wish to be either). Also, I find myself touching, smelling, and sometimes tasting unidentified liquids that I find in order to identify them. So I'm a Mulder.
2008-12-30 13:27:21: I wouldn't want to transmute the sand or water- I think that's all part of some important processes. I think we could transmute some of our dead bodies, though, without disrupting the graveyard ecosystem (?! Is there such a thing?) too much. And I think some people would like to ...
2008-09-30 12:09:28: Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
2008-09-25 11:47:30: Wait, I see just one problem with this dinner with Josh thing. So you're going to come over to the house and then invite Josh to his own house for dinner?
How confusing.
2008-09-11 11:41:47: I would enter a sponge. The constraint is that you must consume through the same oriface as you defecate.
What kind of question is this?
2008-09-15 11:57:57: So, the chimpanzee eats the sponge, then climbs to the high branch of the tall tree and delivers the food directly down his throat into the unchewed non-digested sponge. The chimp, dazed from sponge indigestion, falls from the top of the tree and dies, but is instantly reincarnated as krill ...
2008-12-30 13:31:25: And then the ketchup bottle accidentally bumps the hotdog next to it and all the hotdogs start to slowly fall over like dominoes and land in a big pile of mayo.
2008-08-18 11:34:18: My first instinct is that Jesus would like Batman. I'm not sure if Batman would like Jesus. If they were contemporaries, I think Batman would view Jesus as a superhero- is the Batman known for getting along with other superheros with similar goals but different methods?
2008-07-31 11:38:14: Your loss! (Hey Josh, can you check and see if 1f2frfbf's IP shows that they're one of my co-workers? Maybe this question was a subtle hint!)
2008-07-25 11:54:09: Yes, I do, at work. Maybe that means I am a jerk. What I'm usually trying to suggest when I use it is "don't skip reading this email, you're going to want to see this right away", or occasionally, "I need this right now!". It's fairly rare, though.
2008-05-30 12:02:34: Wait, so if not tabula rasa, what's the other choice? Babies are born with memories in their brain that they did not create? I'm not sure I understand.
2008-04-29 12:07:04: That is, cubes are ok if you choose to work a desk job. I agree that it isn't hard to abolish them by force of will. Just change what you do, or where you do it.
2008-04-29 12:05:32: I don't mind my cubicle so much- only the back to the door setup. That's mostly weird, but it is convenient when I need to show someone something on my computer.
My cube might look a little better than average- it is made of warm colored wood and glass, as well ...
2008-04-08 11:49:51: Plastic if I'm at Safeway (saves me from making the checker find the three paper bags in the whole store), paper if I'm at Whole Foods, unless it's raining. Then I take plastic.
Whole Foods is converting to only paper bags on earth day. I feel a little weird about that, ...
2008-03-21 12:13:10: It's a close tie between my timbuk2 bag (which contains useful stuff like my wallet and keys and checkbook) or my glasses/contacts (I would doubtlessly already be wearing one of them, but I probably would have left the other inside).
My next choice would be either a change of clothes or ...
2008-03-19 11:54:59: The cost I am willing to pay would probably be a certain percentage of my income- something where I could say to myself "oh, that's just two weeks of work" or whatever. When I think about it that way, I would probably work about a max of 1 month for ...
2008-03-05 12:34:58: Rhythm or sing-song) aids in memorization. Pre-written language, information had to be stored in the memory- singing aided in recitation and memorizing.
That's my simplified version of what I feel like I've heard. It makes some sense to me.
2008-03-04 13:06:29: Woah, dbl, you kinda sorta totally did end up trolling in that thread you linked to. You may be right, but just throwing out "oh yeah and breadfeeding too!!!" is a little trolly. And you used the work troll, to put it fresh in people's heads.
Of course, I feel pretty ...
2008-02-29 12:59:20: Ate some kind of old tuna salad for lunch. I didn't ask anybody if I should- maybe that isn't in the spirit of big big question, though. I guess I should ask, then: Should I have eaten it?
I think I set my work computer to not remember anything ever on ...
2008-02-29 12:54:05: Comic Books: Both kid stuff and adult stuff. As an adult, I can enjoy both the kid stuff and the adult stuff, but I don't know if a kid can or should enjoy both.
2008-03-03 13:00:16: Corpse, do they still make disney comics? I used to read those all the time as a kid. They'd be in the actual floppy "comic book" section, versus the nicely bound "graphic novel" section, I guess? Duck Tails Adventures, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse Mysteries, Rescue Rangers... There's probably even some ...
2008-02-21 12:55:01: But do they wear very little or no clothing because they don't have a more modern culture, or do they not have a more modern culture because they don't wear clothing?
I haven't done my research, but I've jumped to the conclusion that what you are describing are small groups of ...
2008-02-20 12:41:37: Well, an ice age would probably come on very slowly, so it would take a while for people to figure out what was going on. Scientists would call it a "cooling trend". People would start moving to warmer climates. I don't know if anybody would really start thinking it was ...
2008-02-11 12:45:00: Increased forest fires when people tried to get away from patrolled places and go smoke outside of the city.
Mass riots because what many would consider a personal right has become regulated and a certain amount of expected freedom has been lost.
2008-02-11 12:50:28: I'm with Fellini- comfort holds me back. I'm comfortable. Maybe I could change for the better- but what if it's for the worse? Things are fine right now, so I shouldn't go running off in every direction chasing all the what ifs.
Alternative answer: someday I would like to shave off ...
2008-02-11 12:51:38: Oh, and someday I would like to eat some Kobe beef, but I'm not sure if I would enjoy it in proper proportion to the cost.
2008-01-12 20:57:34: A lemon meringue pie. And no utensils. We ripped that sucker open and ate it with our hands.
What is the most pathetic thing I have been stopped from bringing in? A bottle of water. The theater didn't even sell bottled water, and they confiscated it.
2008-01-11 13:06:36: Interestingly enough, being the wife of Josh, I would choose to lose hearing and keep my sight. I don't feel comfortable relying on others to take care of me.
This might be because I have bad vision, and without the modern world (contacts or glasses) would probably be pretty handicapped. For ...
2008-01-01 08:50:42: Would you get married in part because it’s a financially sound decision?…Say you need serious dental work, you have little savings, and your long-time partner has spousal but not non-spousal partner dental insurance available from her employee. As a fer-instance.
...well, I guess so. And now I'm one of the cool ...
2007-12-21 13:02:28: If extended meant more than maybe a week max, I can think of no price that would make me do it. Completely without contact seems like an unlikely situation, in this day and age. Does that include mail?
The difference here is because I'm married. Our culture encourages a certain amount ...
2007-12-19 12:54:27: I want to believe... that Fedoras are extraterrestrials living amongst us right now. They gently massage the brainwaves to inspire hijinks and tomfoolery.
2007-12-05 06:57:56: Kevin Bacon is a musician- thus I would have to say that Kevin Bacon is the Kevin Bacon of music (technically).
2007-12-06 13:06:34: Could it be a classical composer, maybe? Or maybe a composer/conductor, someone who would have worked directly and personally with many orchestras, and influenced others through their music?