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| # | Comment | Survey |
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| 61 | When I'm "Glen", the only trouble people have is spelling it with two n's. That doesn't bother me at first, but I must admit after then 5th or 6th time I remind someone it gets a little...grating. As "Glen", it depends on the crowd... more "normal" people will hear it as "Doug" or something ("no, it's 'Glen', it's a nickname..."), and the geeky-SF-computer-hippie people mostly get it pretty quick. I've been thinking about switching exclusively to "Glen" for a while now, but I haven't really tried it yet. | Do other people have trouble with your name? |
| 62 | Kermit rocked. I loved Snuffy and the Count too... (always loved the one where the count was counting stars and getting wishes...and it ends with him on like a million and a half... :)) Nowadays, I really really like Elmo, despite his rocketship-ride to fame and fortune and all... | For those of you who watched Sesame Street, who was your favorite muppet on the show? |
| 63 | Media indeed. romkey: I'm not sure I agree with that, although I guess it really depends on your definition of power. There are a lot of good parents out there, not to mention good teachers, who don't abuse the power they wield.... | Who has too much power in the United States? |
| 64 | Cigars | |
| 65 | Can't really start my day without a good eargasm... ahh, q-tips. :) | How often do you clean your ears? |
| 66 | Ron: Yeah. I'm clearly imaginary! | Have you ever had an "imaginary friend"? |
| 67 | Much as I'd like to answer yes, I honestly (  | Is honesty always the best policy? |
| 68 | I ski and I hang glide. I love both dearly. Both are just INCREDIBLY FUN! There's certainly an adrenaline rush component to zooming as fast as you can down a mountain, but there's also a lot more to it. The feeling of being in tune with your body, the sense of accomplishment as you learn to perform at higher and higher levels, the gorgeous scenery, getting to spend time outside in the winter... and that's just skiing! Hang gliding has been one of the more satisfying things I have ever done. The utter serenity and joy of floating hundreds of feet above the ground, the feel of a smooth turn, the weird juxtaposition of total relaxation and intense excitement.... I have been injured hang gliding (my shoulder still has some twinges left over from a bad landing last August), but it was a stupid mistake that I won't make again, and the risk is worth it for me. I never participated in organized sports except at camp; just wasn't my thing, and I was also the brainy kid who always got picked last anyway. I think in part because of not being athletic earlier, I am very psyched that I'm a good skiier, and I've only been doing it two years. So I guess there's a little of the "proving myself" thing in there too. But it's definitely about testing myself against myself, I've never had the feeling I was trying to prove myself to others, or impress people. [caveat - well, there was that NASTAR ski race in Colorado, but that was just once... :)] Life without risk (physical, emotional, spiritual) isn't, IMHO, really living. Each of us just has to pick the risks that we're comfortable with, and judge them against the amount of joy/satisfaction/fullfillment they give us. | Extreme Sports: |
| 69 | Legos! In fact, most construction-type toys were great; I have VERY fond memories of my set of giant tinkertoys, from which we used to build cars, submarines (you could make a perfect periscope out of a few pieces), and helicopters that you could actually climb in.... We had an Odyssey I video game (the kind with the overlays that went over the TV screen because the 'graphics' were just black+white squares..)I really loved too. From about age 9, it was computers, and once I got my Apple ][+ in '82 we were inseparable. Nowadays it's still computers, but also musical instruments, skis, and my hang glider.... Bill: Wow, reading your list was eerily familiar; I played with almost everything you mention also (I used to love Big Jim and a van I had for him...). Hunter: I'm right there with you re: nature + friends, all of my toys would have been for naught if there weren't buddies around to share them with (yes, even the computer - hours spent sitting together with a friend munching snacks and solving Infocom games were among the best times) | What was your favourite toy/plaything when you were younger? what about now? |
| 70 | '90s, because:
| If, for the rest of your life, you could only listen to music from one decade, which decade would you choose? |
