{"id":3958,"date":"2003-03-06T08:19:59","date_gmt":"2003-03-06T13:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3958"},"modified":"2014-06-13T17:11:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T23:11:17","slug":"its_thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/06\/its_thursday.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s Thursday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

And it’s time for your Q&A …\n<\/p>\n

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First off, there’s The Thursday Thumb-Twiddler<\/a>, natch.<\/p>\n

1. When someone complements you, do you usually accept it, or suggest that you don’t really deserve it?<\/b><\/p>\n

Once upon a time, I was really bad about turning down complements, whether or not I thought they were deserved. I think I learned (too late) that being overly enthusiastic about what a keen fellow you are does not endear you to others. I try now to genuinely accept complements with thanks and humility, and even a little surprise — I do tend to throw off a “de nada,” though, if it seems something that I should have done.<\/p>\n

2. Would you rather be overdressed for a social occasion (a party, let’s say), or underdressed?<\/b> You can always dress back down — remove a coat, remove a tie, whatever. It’s hard to dress back up.<\/p>\n

3. A cop pulls you over, and is going to write you a $100 speeding ticket. If he indicated that if you slipped him $50 in cash, he’d give you a pass, would you do so? Would it make any difference whether you’d actually been speeding or not?<\/b> I’d probably be more upset if I hadn’t actually been speeding (though I rarely go below the speed limit, so not much chance of that). I would probably pay the full fine — I’ve no desire to encourage corruption, or get caught by a sting operation, or do anything other than get back on the road.<\/p>\n

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Then there’s the Thursday Threesome<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Onesome: Cold <\/i>Are you a cold weather person and just deal with it or do you prefer temperatures closer to the century mark?<\/b> I’d much rather trend cold. It’s easy to bundle up; less so to strip down. The only thing I dislike about the cold is icy roads.<\/p>\n

Twosome: and Misty <\/i>What makes you misty-eyed? Do you cry at Hallmark commercials or get all sentimental when you hear a specific song? You can tell us, we won’t laugh \ud83d\ude09<\/b> I reliably get snuffly at the end of Willow<\/i>, when he and Kaya hug.<\/p>\n

Threesome: Morning<\/i> Mornings? …or evenings? Which is your time of the day? Are you up with the sun or do you help the moon keep the night lit?<\/b> I am a night person by nature. Really. I’d much rather stay up until the not-so-wee hours, and sleep in until 11. Unfortunately, I get up at 5 for work purposes, and Katherine makes it unlikely I’ll stay down until beyond 8 on any given weekday morning, so my evening activities are perforce curtailed.<\/p>\n

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And, lastly, the 3xThursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. What is the last book you read? What did you think about it?<\/b> Last new book I completed was Gaiman’s Neverwhere, which I think is the bee’s knees, especially if you’ve ever travelled about London. Very modern-mythic in that way that Gaiman has.<\/p>\n

2. What were the last three books that you bought? I have a $20 gift check to BN.com. What should I get?<\/b> Aside from the above, the last three books I bought were Sharpe’s Tigers<\/i> (not yet read), The Last Legion <\/i>(by Sten<\/i>‘s Chris Bunch), and The Book of Athyra<\/i> (by Steven Brust, since I can’t find my original Athyra paperback).<\/p>\n

3. Have you ever read any books that changed your life?<\/b> Lord of the Rings<\/i>, almost certainly, in terms of getting hooked on fantasy. Various of C.S. Lewis’ apologetics. Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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