The Syndicate

"You Gave Up on Love"

What's the best part of a circus?

8.5 (US)

What's the best Boston song?

Fedora With Hat wrote:Listening to free jazz all day long.

I had to pay for mine.

I don't have an office, but in my classroom the telephone is beige.

What are you doing for Valentines Day, if anything?

Here and now. This is my life. I wouldn't trade my sorrows in exchange for losing my treasures.

Look around you, take a good look
And tell me what you see
Are you sure that this is where you want to be?

(In response to the previous question, no- Elton John told me everything I needed to know about Mars)

Parentheses, because what's inside is more important than what's going on elsewhere.

What are you having (or did you have) for breakfast today?

Insofar as I judged it cruelty, you bet. I'd intervene if it were in private too.

If you could take a hundred willing people to start a brand new country on some island in the Atlantic Ocean, would you?

Yes, because even the slightest slight can be reckoned as cruelty.

Is happiness a right?

Not in the sense that we reckon rights, no.

Who is the most despicable person in the history of the world?

Stayed out of debt, excepting houses, cars, and my degree (not my wife's).

How old are you?

No. We fired DirecTV in favor of Netflix and have not bought an antenna. No money on it either.

What's the best piece of advice you've ever given?

That the IRS sends us our damn money (from 2010) soon.

Oh, you said "realistic."

If you had to live in a country that ended in "stan," which country would it be and why?

Calvin Coolidge.

What is your favorite secret?

Buy one.

What is the bravest thing you have ever done?