{"id":2328,"date":"2002-07-11T07:38:15","date_gmt":"2002-07-11T12:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2002-07-11T07:38:15","modified_gmt":"2002-07-11T12:38:15","slug":"thursday_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/11\/thursday_3.html","title":{"rendered":"Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Which means it’s time for The Thursday Thumb-Twiddler<\/a> …<\/p>\n

1. Would you prefer to be blind or deaf?<\/b><\/p>\n

I spend so much of my time in visual media (be it on-line or TV or reading) that to be blind would be horrible. Not that I’d enjoy being deaf, but I think I could work around it a lot more easily.<\/p>\n

2. If you could transfer to your mate the one trait that you possess that you wish s\/he did, what would it be?<\/b><\/p>\n

Desire for a TiVo?<\/p>\n

Hmmm. That’s actually difficult, since so much about Margie is so wonderful, thus it’s difficult to point out a flaw (let alone one that I don’t possess as well).<\/p>\n

Perhaps … I seem to do better on less sleep than she does. Is that a qualifying trait? (On the other hand, that trait of hers tends to get me into bed earlier than I would otherwise, which might actually be a good thing).<\/p>\n

3. If you could fly in a hot air balloon over any city in the world, what city would you choose?<\/b><\/p>\n

Heck, there are plenty of cities in the world I’d actually like to walk in, let alone fly a hot air balloon over.<\/p>\n

I’m actually going to go close to home and choose Denver. I like flying overhead (in a jet) and looking down on things from a different perspective. Being able to do so via balloon would be even more enjoyable.<\/p>\n

Not that I think Denver is the most beautiful city in the world (though it’s certainly a nice one). I’d just enjoy the change of view in being able to see things from something other than street level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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