Once in a while at one of my former jobs I would get one in an e-mail from one of the other offices, which wasn't that unusual since we would joke a lot in our e-mails anyway, usually to release the stress of the job.


Do you know how to swim?

A: Like a rock. I can swim, but after having a 6ft thresher shark caught a few feet from me at Tybee Beach, I try and avoid water deeper then a few feet. I never knew the bloody thing was there until the fisherman set the hook and it took off. He shouldn't have been fishing there while folk were swimming anyway.

Q: Ever have a wildlife encounter that was one for the discovery channel?

In the actual sense of interaction? Not unless you include things like being inspected then prompted ignored and passed on by a coyote while in a car in the Mojave Desert years back, or going through the safari ride at Six Flags or something like getting stung by a bee. LMAO
It's funny this got asked though because I had been hiking a few times recently and was discussing during the hike how I often wondered what we would do if confronted by a bear. They freak me out a bit.


Do you ever find money on the ground (or wherever) when you are out in public?

A: Since moving to my current location, I have found over $12 in change.

Q: We have one here so I wonder how common this is. Ever seen a strip club build next to a church and elementary/middle school?

A: nope.

Q: Have you ever been to a stripclub or whorehouse?

A: Worked as a bouncer at Southern Exposure (strip club) in Salt Lake City. Dated a few of the dancers from there.

Q: Ever seen a protest at a stripclub?

Protest? No, I can't say that I have. The only thing I could imagine people protesting at a strip club would be that things weren't getting raunchy enough.

By the way, near us there is a club that was built right next to a roller rink and also what used to be a Discovery Zone play center for children. I always found that completely bizarre. I wonder when the DZ was there that tons of dads were offering to take the kids out while the moms stayed home. LOL The sad part is it probably did happen.


Have you ever been in a serious car accident (read: serious as in having to have been taken to a medical facility for treatment, not how badly the car was smashed)?

A: I have but never hurt.

When I was ten we here hit by a car that had the windshield smashed by a kid with a snowball, the car bounced off us and under a parked Semi. The steering wheel shaved the flesh off the woman's thighs and I held her hand as she died. Now I have this tendancy to run down kids that throw things at passing cars.

Also, I was hit by a drunk driver and my car ('64 pontiac) was rolled over into the ditch and stopped upside down. I walked away from that one unhurt, we flipped the car back over and were able to drive home.



Q: Have you ever had to watch someone die?

If you mean actually sit there with them and witness their final moments, no, not as of yet. I am not sure who or why but I have a feeling that I eventually will.


Did anything make you laugh today? If so, what?

A: yea. My 2 year old was trying to open the fridge and couldn't get it. She put her hands on her hips and said "huh stuck".


Q: How many kids do you have (if any) and what is the hardest part of raising children for you?

I don't have any. I'm still thinking about it. It's an issue for me right now.
I can tell you this though...I have had a long time to think about and observe and talk to people about parenting and I would say one of the hardest parts to parenting seems to be that push-pull thing that happens, you know, finding the balances between when to discipline them or push them toward independence and when to protect or help them.


Did you ever have a dream about something that you seem to know nothing about in real life, only to find out later during your waking hours that whatever you dreamed was actually correct or true?

A: As a child I had sleeping dreams about the past (my maternal grandmother's) that turned out to be true.

I've had waking dreams, glimpses of the future that came true.; sometimes they are insignificant things like an apartment I haven't moved into yet. After I had our daughter I experienced the moments leading up to my death in a waking dream three times before I finally figured out what I was seeing. Have to wait and see if that one is true.

Q: What is your favorite time of the day and what do you do then?

evening. i lie in bed on the phone.


what's your views for the different age restriction laws in different countries and what's your idea of the best age system?

A: Depends what you're referring to. For sex, 16. For drinking and smoking, 21. (And I say that despite local laws permitting us to buy booze and smokes at 18.)

Q: Why are some countries spelt/pronounced differently in English rather than their respective native tongues? E.g. We say Italy, when Italians call it Italia. And we spell Brazil with a z, when locally they spell it Brasil.

A: The pronounciation by the locals is based of their language so it seems to come across as an accent to some. But from my experience, if you try and say it the way they do, you can offend them.

Q: Have you ever seen an avalanche?

Only on screen. Thankfully. I guess it would be interesting to see though with just enough distance and the guarantee that no one was in it.


Are you a coffee-drinker?

A: Not anymore.

Q: Do you drink Tea?

LOADS of it.


Do you still live in the same state/general area where you were born?

A. No, but I'm living in the state I plan to die of old age in.

Q: If you could move somewhere to start over, where would it be?

Interesting question, as it's been my current mode of contemplation. I'll get back to you on it when I figure it out. Someplace with a lot more quiet than here, I can tell you that. LOL


Do you watch more or less television than most of the people you know (movies included)?