The Syndicate

Headphones; I wear them to block out noise as well as listen to music.

What is the farthest you’ve travelled from home?

Pacino. I <3 Al Pacino.

What's your favorite old time movie, like from before the 70's?

I decided to not take my Christmas tree down. I kept saying, yeah, gotta take that down. But I actively decided to keep it up for a while longer. It's cheerful, what can I say?

What's something most people like that you can't stand?

I think that that is the only way we can understand it and make sense of it. It's not so much that time is linear, I think, as that we are.

What's the strangest thing in your refrigerator?

Another One Rides the Bus. It came out when I was riding a bus to work every day, and I totally related to it. "OH NO, he's gonna sit by YOU!", this was my day every day at the time.

So, does no one play thread games when I am not here?

A new Apple watch with my Christmas bonus money. My old one died and i did not realize how dependant on the stupid thing I was.

Have you made an impulsive decision that turned out to be a good thing? What was it?

Potatoes, onions, peppers and American cheese.

What food item do you really think you should probably cut backon?

I have never been a gym person, perhaps it is not like this everywhere, but around here, they mostly seem to be about picking people up and mocking people less fit than they are. Long Island IS a pretty vapid place. I have the same routine, stretches and 45 minutes dog walk in the AM, I am very active during the work day, and dog walk again in the evening.

Do you like where you live; not so much the home, but the town, or the region?

Since I never call anyone for social interaction, they are in the habit of calling me, and we have followed our norm.

How often do you see your extended families? Holidays only or more often?

Cascadian Farms Vanilla Crunch with fresh blueberries.

What’s the last home project you started, and what’s the last one you completed?

3.5. I reread the LOTR trilogy, and am halfway through the first ASOIAF book since I want to be caught up again since I last read them years ago, and maybe hopefully GRRM is writing the next one now.

Favorite fantasy book series(sci fi would also be acceptable)?

No, but now I really want to.

What’s the last thing you binged on TV?

Pauls Boutique, Beastie Boys

Are you still working or going to school? Home or out of home?

Only if you count bad trips in the 80's.

Have you ever gone on a bad trip (like literally, gotten in a conveyance, went to a different place, etc.)?

The Mariners

Which team has the worst uniforms in your favorite pro sports league?

I'm a hiker.

Most breathtaking natural sight you have seen?

Yes for sure.

Kitchen cabinetry; traditional, like white or wood, or painted colors? Even two colors?

Weirdly (since I generally hate country music) it's Ode to Billie Joe. I love a good mystery, and it was so poignant, the feelings felt real.

What's a song you like that is contrary to your usual taste?

When I was a kid my mom made a soup from leftover meatloaf and mashed potatoes. It sounds so weird but it was so good. I'm vegetarian, but I would consider relaxing my scruples for a bowl of that soup.

Better cook; your Mom or your grandmother?

Good, I think default is closer to good than bad. Usually bad people have had awful experiences in life, while average good ones have had average lives.

Would you be satisfied in the end having lived an average, goodlife, or do you feel you need to acheive something extraordinary to be fulfilled?

I used to, but I hurt myself racing down the slope I was waaay not qualified for one time too many. It's a blessing that snowboarding was not a thing in my youth, I would be dead.

My sister texted me that she went to 5 stores in Northern Connecticut and all of them were out of antibacterial gel and lysol style spray disinfectants (Corona panic, maybe?) . Do you use antibacterial products?

Bad decision making, redemption and peace.

How have you grown in the last few years?

Sex Pistols

How to you deal with a coworker you absolutely hate?

No, not really.

When is the last time you went to a Library?

The grotesquely named Mucinex, the one you have to get from behind the pharmacy counter since it has something in it that meth labs use. Dries those sinuses out like the Sahara.

Coronavirus: "overblown" or "OMG CVS is out of facemasks!!"

I'll say Muddy Waters since he's the only blues guitarist I know for SURE is a blues guitarist. I might consider Jack White a blues guitarist, too.

If you could go back in time to when they were your age, what advice would you give your grandparents?

On a childs bookshelf.

Do you bring lunch from home for work or school, or do you buy it?

Not a fan of either, Root I guess if push comes to shove.

Where is Jimmy Hoffa?

Purple (grape, I guess?)

Black licorice: Awesome or Awful?

Years ago, I had just started a new job as a general manager at an optical. We did inventory quarterly, and it was a very complex affair involving alot of small items. It was my first inventory, and I was told the two department managers had it down pat, and not to worry, I would be ok. On 4/1 (inventory day) we closed early, set up the terminals, got out our clipboards ... and the two managers got into a huge screaming fight. One stormed out, and the other ran to the bathroom crying, and I stood there with my mouth hanging open, holding my clipboard. For almost a minute. Then they came back hysterical laughing screaming "APRIL FOOLS". I didn't know if I wanted to hug them or slap them, lol. Good times.

What's the best time you ever had at work?

Spearmint.

What was the last book you read?

This morning.

Do you recycle?

MacIntosh FTW

Other than your team, who do you think is the best team in your favorite professional sport for the coming year?

My right knee. I've done all kinds of hurting on myself in my life, and much of it seemed to fall on my right knee.

Do you wear glasses? Nearsighted or farsighted?

Ooo, hard one. If it were a true West Side Story style, which involved modern interpretive dance, I would give the edge to the bros.

How early did you get up this morning? How early most mornings?

Black with a green leaf pattern, but mostly black.

Have you ever taken a Hogwarts Sorting Hat quiz, and if so what House were you?

The Seventh Seal, or maybe Rashomon. Even all these years later it's so unique.

Favorite Asian cuisine?

Some kind of bird my cousin shot, maybe pheasant? It was gamy and tasted awful and I bit into a pellet.

Pacino or DeNiro?

Honey Nut FTW

Who is your favorite philosopher?

No, there are so many skeletons in my closet, I can't even wedge a scarf in there.

More annoying: Progressive commercials, or Geico commercials?

Probably Words with Friends, I also play alot of phone mahjong waiting in lines and such, too.

I forget my phone at home at least once a week. How often do you forget your phone?

Jorma Kaukonen opens for Neil Young.

What band or artist do you regret never having seen?

Out of the Rolling Ocean, by Walt Whitman

Who is your hometowns most famous son (or daughter)?

Genetics, followed by archaeology.

Most favorite, and least favorite, pie?

Sweats, a sweater, extra socks, shorts and a t-shirt (presuming I am wearing shoes, jeans and a shirt).

What would YOU bring?

My answer for that would probably be different if I was a man, I would want to go further back, maybe even to Elizabethan times. But I would think about 1900, alof of things in the world changed in a very short time in the early 20th century, it would be interesting to watch progress happen knowing what the outcome would be.

What popular vacation spot do you have no interest in going to ever?

Yes, I got an Apple Watch as a door prize at a work Christmas party. I was kinda "meh" at first, but after a few years I love the stupid thing. I mainly use it to find my phone

When I was little, I really wanted a pony. Never got one What did you want when you were little, and did you ever get it?

A style with random rocks and objects on the ground so I can trip over them and fall on my opponent, thereby knocking them to the ground. I guess you could say "freestyle".

Is there a mirror in the room you are in right now?

Long Con wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:11 pm I shave it all off.

LOL at S~V~S' last answer.

What should I know before leaving on a cruise on Sunday?

It was like super early, and I thought it said "DO you wish you had the courage to try?", I missed the what. Tough crowd

G-Man wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:09 pm Watching my daughter’s basketball game and announcing a few others.

What’s for dinner tonight?

Leftover veggie chili

Do you have to work on weekends?

Very much so.

What are three things in your wallet right now?