This weekend was completely uneventful. Saturday morning I went to work and the afternoon and evening were spent on my RPI application. Sunday I spent some time outside doing yardwork, and you know? that was my favorite part of the weekend. I removed a large metal post that was uglying up our driveway and started some planning for a stone retaining wall along our side yard. I enjoy yardwork. It is very rewarding.
In other news, I leave for China in two days. I should really put together some automatic posts so that mikedidonato.com doesn’t fade into oblivion. Perhaps I’ll spend some time on that tonight.
Here’s a survey I made up, feel free to copy it, paste it into the comments and fill in your own answers.
Middle Name: Anthony
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Dakota Fanning
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Patrick Stewart
Animal you fear most: Snakes
Favorite daytime soap: Days of our Lives (will Jennifer and Frankie’s wedding go smoothly?!?!)
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Oak
Least favorite cheese: Swiss
Favorite computer storage media: I have a deep, though outdated, respect for the 3.5 inch floppy
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? Never.
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? no.
What is your blood type: A+
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it? I don’t think I would.
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? Receding.
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself? Probably gloves of eternal fire.
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse? I would refuse.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed? Extremely disappointed.
Middle Name: Michael
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Haley Joel Osment
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Bruce Willis.
Animal you fear most: uummm….Jellyfish. I just can’t stand them.
Favorite daytime soap: Whichever one has Luke and Laura
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Gingko
Least favorite cheese: None. Cheese is one of the greatest foods on this earth.
Favorite computer storage media: I
Favorite computer storage media: I <3 my USB drive
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? Pocketwatch or Cell phone clock.
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? Never.
What is your blood type: B- (I think)
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it? If its Godzilla no, but if its the Geico Lizard then yes.
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? I have a receding.
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself? Two snapped off horns from the first two unicorns I kill.
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse? If he breaks it off then I will eat it.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed? Infuriated.
It takes 2 comment boxes to fit the survey all in. Use the breaks I did to complete it. Hope that helps!
Middle Name: Elizabeth
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Calista Flockhart
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Gerald McRaney
Animal you fear most: Opposums (had a nightmare once)
Favorite daytime soap: used to be General Hospital; now Days of Our Lives?
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Red Maple
Least favorite cheese: Provalone
Favorite computer storage media: cd
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? No
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? No
What is your blood type: O+
Middle Name: Michael
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Kirk Douglas
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Kevin Kline
Animal you fear most: Bear
Favorite daytime soap: Dial!
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Birch
Least favorite cheese: Ricotta. Nasty stuff.
Favorite computer storage media: I’m a fan of my 5.25″ floppy disks.
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? Yes.
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? No.
What is your blood type: UNKNOWN! Everyone else in my family knows their blood type. No one in my family knows mine. Must be a big secret.
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it? I think I would. If the giant lizard is responsible enough to be driving a truck, I’m cool with it. Especially if it has that “How’s my driving?” phone number.
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? Receding. Mainly because I’m trying to accept the inevitable.
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself? A shield of electricity with a diameter of 3 meters. Touch it and DIE, unicorn freaks!
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (Nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse? I would refuse, with extreme politeness.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed? Interesting; if she is dating G.G., she’s more into the non-movie-star type than I thought.
yeah, you could beat up Haley. Definitely.
Rock on Days of our Lives! I’m glad you’ve abandoned General Hospital.
Little known fact: I’ve had a crush on DoOL’s Jennifer since I was about 6.
Perhaps you don’t have blood at all but instead highly concentrated fruit punch coursing through your veins.
I didn’t abandon GH, my television abandoned ABC. I got stuck with NBC years ago. Love Jack and Jennifer! Sunset Beach was a great show, too. They should bring that back.
You know Melissa Reeves(Jennifer on Days) is leaving the show, right?
WHAAAAAT!?!?!?
Let it be known that when Melissa Reeves leaves Days, so does mike d.
Middle Name: Robert
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: DJ Qualls
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Is the abominable snowman a celebrity?
Animal you fear most: Snakes
Favorite daytime soap: No idea
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Oak
Least favorite cheese: Limburger
Favorite computer storage media: Flash memory
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? No.
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? Large-number mathemeticians are working on several theories right now.
What is your blood type: A something
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it? Totally.
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? PROceeding (nothing says terror like a gorilla-man stealing children at night in a local neighborhood).
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself? Combination shotgun/rocket launcher.
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse? I wouldn’t refuse candy if his face was made up of genitalia and had severe bubonic plague.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed? No, that’d be totally awesome.
shutgun rocket launcher? Is that like a double barreled gun that fires off hundreds of rocket pellets?
If so, that’s awesome imagery.
Ha, Flockhart would snap like a twig in the slightest breeze. Good choice.
Middle Name: William
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Zhang Ziyi (well not really but OH GOD it would be fun to try and end up with her pinning me to the floor and, uh, yeah. *cough*)
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Tim Allen
Animal you fear most: Dogs (that’s what I fear the most in every day life, at least)
Favorite daytime soap: Hmm, it’s been a while since I’ve actually seen one, but I would have to say Neighbours I guess.
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Horse chestnut
Least favorite cheese: American
Favorite computer storage media: Nintendo DS cartridges (love the click action when you insert/remove them, plus they are cute).
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? Always! Why would you NOT??
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? Does the Pope crap in the woods?
What is your blood type: Red
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it?
Yes because he only appeared because I called the GLARS* earlier.
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline?
Receeding I guess. No-one likes a human gorilla, but at least a baldy can do a good Dr Evil costume at Halloween.
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself?
Greater Axe Of Dehorning (+3 vs Unicorns)
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse?
I seriously love Nutrageous. I would punch the elf and steal the whole bar.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed?
Who the heck is Gilbert Godfried? I would assume he was some loser that my FFA is soon to break up with, so no.
*Giant Lizard Automobile Recovery Service
Middle Name: Locke
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Kiefer Sutherland
Animal you fear most: Black Widow Spider
Favorite daytime soap: Passions (stop laughing!)
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Willow
Least favorite cheese: Blue Cheese
Favorite computer storage media: USB Flash Drives
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? nope
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? no
What is your blood type: A+
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it? Yeah, only if it were a cute lizard.
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? PROceding! You can always get rid of unwanted hair, it’s much harder to regrow hair that’s missing.
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself? run faster than my coworkers
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (Nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse? accept, but not eat it.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed? very
Your dad is Jack Bauer? Sweet.
I was thinking more of a double-barrelled shotgun with underslung rocket launcher. I think that’s a weapon from Painkiller actually…
Middle Name: Sue
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Lindsay Lohan, no contest!
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: I can’t think of any right now.
Animal you fear most: Insects
Favorite daytime soap: It used to be Sunset Beach, but that got cancelled!
Favorite type of deciduous tree: I like any tree that has leaves that change colors in the fall!
Least favorite cheese: Either Swiss or any type of cheese that is spreadable like butter. I like my cheese hard.
Favorite computer storage media: I like the portable USB sticks.
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? I haven’t worn a watch in a while, but when I did it was always on the wrist of my non-dominant hand.
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? I haven’t met him. But, I’ll go with no to make myself feel good.
What is your blood type: I don’t know.
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it? Sure, why not.
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? What is a proceeding hairline?
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself? I work for a DoD contractor that makes various weapons for military use, so I’d pick up whatever was the closest.
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse? Refuse. I don’t like Nutrageous’s.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed? Excited, it leaves one less creepy guy to hit on me.
More likely, it’s liquid metal, or raw, unfiltered electricity, or pure kinetic energy.
I don’t put my watch on my dominant hand because it gets in the way whenever I want to write something with pen… which, to your credit, is a relatively rare occurance.
you know… Proceding hair line… a hair line that continuously moves forward over your face as you grow older until you finally have the hair of a gorilla creature.
Middle Name: Elise Rose
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Sponge Bob Squarepants
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Patrick Stewart
Animal you fear most: Dogs
Favorite daytime soap: Days of Our Lives, Obviously
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Ginko
Least favorite cheese: Swiss
Favorite computer storage media: thumb drives
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? Nope.
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? No! How could you suggest such a thing?!
What is your blood type: A+ (same as my brother! woohoo!) I will give you my kidney mike, if you ever need it.
awww thanks T. I’ll donate kidneys to you too!
Sunset Beach was awesome!
We have the same blood type too, but I would totally not give you my kidneys.
Wow, I have A+ blood, too. I wonder what mom and dad have?
Middle Name: Rose
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Paris Hilton
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: I have no idea.
Animal you fear most: Sharks…the kind that can rip you in half
Favorite daytime soap: I’ve actually never watched a soap opera…my brother, however, tapes one
Favorite type of deciduous tree: sugar maple
Least favorite cheese: blue cheese
Favorite computer storage media: my 200 GB external HD
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? I don’t wear a watch
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? How are we basing this question? weight, % fat, whether or not people run away screaming when you are naked…? I’m probably not fatter than him in all those respects, but clarify next time!
What is your blood type: B+
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it? –What kind of lizard is it? a gecko or a komodo dragon? if it couldn’t eat me then yes i would.
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? –proceeding, everyone loves a girl with a hairy face…right?
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself? — an attack porcupine
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse? I’d refuse. I don’t like nutrageous.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed? oh man…he has such an annoying voice. I’d feel bad for her.
Middle Name: Catherine
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: a tag team of gary coleman and kate moss
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Al Gore
Animal you fear most: mike d.
Favorite daytime soap: Passions
Favorite type of deciduous tree: poplar?
Least favorite cheese: blue
Favorite computer storage media: i have NO idea
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? i dont wear a watch
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? absolutely not
What is your blood type: i should probably find that out…
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it? If it is the Geico Gecko, Hell Yeah! as for komodo dragons, they’re kinda slow so it’d be like watching things in slow motion.
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? i’d shave it all off either way.
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself? sluty sorority girls (sorry if any sorority girls read this)
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse? is it a keebler elf with bad acne?
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed? ewwwwwwww
komodo dragons are actually exceedingly fast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon
1. It specifies GIANT lizard here folks. That pretty much rules out Geckos. Also, they can’t reach the pedals.
2. Maybe you’re the first person to be cool to the giant lizard in a long time. Maybe he catches that kinda crap constantly. Imagine the possibilities of having a friend in a large, carnivorous, talking lizard.
3. You’ll all notice that some of the people most offended by the obesity question have never met me.
4. I look better than Caitlin naked (I might be confusing “naked” with “when I drink sodium pentathol like it’s water”).
I think you just might be confused…in general.
As I was reading this post quickly, I read “200 GB external HD” as “200 GB external Hand.”
Which, would be extremely amazing.
When I asked “Are you fatter than Sander?” I was basically asking if you’ve ever had a steward or stewardess kick you off the plane because the plane was over the weight limit.
you’re right, if it were a keebler elf I’d be a lot more willing to take the nutrageous bar.
I forgot about sharks. I change mine to sharks. And I hate cottage cheese more than Provalone. I should have put more thought into this.
Passions is the shit. Talking doll, chimp nurse… It’s like Sabado Gigante for the shut-in set.
Middle Name: Mikal (my parents were “creative”)
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Julia Stiles, nothing but hate for you
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Craig T. Nelson
Animal you fear most: Any swarming insect
Favorite daytime soap: Passions
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Maple
Least favorite cheese: Limburger (thanks Archie comics!)
Favorite computer storage media: SD card
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? To do so would shorten my watch’s lifespan by 50%.
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? most likely not.
What is your blood type: no idea. Just give me O- and let me be on my way.
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it?
Definitely. How often do you get to meet a giant lizard?
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline?
Receding. You would save mad loot on haircuts.
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself?
Vorpal. Snicker-snack, suckers! After killing the first, I would wield a unicorn horn as well for two-weapon combat, thus taking advantage of the level-drain resist and healing properties of the unicorn horn. Plus, they function as a +1 longsword.
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse?
Never had a nutrageous, and I’d like to try it under better circumstances. Sorry elf.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed? Not disappointed, more sad, I guess. Unless they really have a good, serious relationship, not like the recent flash-in-the-pan hollywood marriages. If they are like Rhea Pearlman and Danny DeVito, good for them.
Sander has a great point about the giant lizard. Why not be nice? This kind of prejudice is why the Pentagon has twice as many bathrooms as it needs.
Middle Name: Kathleen
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Andy Dick.
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Gerald McCraney.
Animal you fear most: Snakes and Spiders.
Favorite daytime soap: Passions (it makes me feel better about my writing skills)
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Weeping Willow or Quaking Aspen.
Least favorite cheese: Sharp Cheddar (yuck!)
Favorite computer storage media: CD-Rs
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? What is this “watch” you speak of?
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? Nope.
What is your blood type: O+
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it? Sure. It’s probably just a dream anyway, so when we get to the gas station I’ll step up on the giant tomato and suddenly be in Hawaii listening to a band of eggplants playing classic rock.
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? Well, I could always buy a wig. But I think my hairline would be more likely to CONceed than REceed or PROceed.
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself? An army of kamikaze goats and a lightsaber. But if those didn’t work I’d simply disapparate.
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse?Well with severe acne I bet the elf gets teased a lot and has low elf-esteem. So I’d accept and just not eat it cause I don’t like Nutrageous. Then we’d strike up a conversation and become friends.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Gottfreid, are you disappointed?Just puzzled. I’m not invested in star-worship enough to be impacted emotionally, but I think her husband would be pretty upset about it.
Do the goats have the lightsaber? Or do you?
Good move on the Eggplant Rock!
Hmm. Eggplant rock. That might be a good band name.
Those be good carnivorous unicorn fighting tactics. Can I change my answer? Gloves of eternal fire just don’t seem as awesome.
Middle Name: Rose (apparently the most popular female middle name!)
Celebrity that you think you could most easily beat up: Sean Preston Spears
Celebrity that looks most like your dad: Jonathan Frakes with facial hair
Animal you fear most: Insects, especially large spiders
Favorite daytime soap: General Hospital
Favorite type of deciduous tree: Willow
Least favorite cheese: Swiss, Provolone, Blue, Cottage
Favorite computer storage media: …CDs I guess
Do you wear your watch on the wrist of your dominant hand? Nope
Are you fatter than Sander (hint: no)? …no?
What is your blood type: B negative
Scenarios:
If your car ran out of gas on a deserted road and a tractor trailer pulled up being driven by a giant lizard and if it promised to bring you to the closest gas station, would you get in the cab with it? I would if I had a concealed and easily accessable weapon
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? neither. I want my hair to stay where it is.
Your workplace is invaded by carnivorous unicorns, what would be your weapon of choice to defend yourself? I would use my one of a kind Carnivorous Unicorn Control Whistle to turn them all into my mindless slaves. Today the workplace, tomorrow the world.
An elf with severe acne walks up and offers you a piece of his candy bar (nutrageous). Do you accept or politely refuse? I would lecture him on proper skin care and advise him to invest in a non-oily face cleanser. Then I would take his candy.
You find out that your favorite female actress is dating Gilbert Godfried, are you disappointed? More like frightened. No one should date Gilbert Gotfried. He should be allowed any sort of opportunity to reproduce.
I have the lightsaber. Kamikaze goats have no need of weapons for defense. Besides, they lack hands and thumbs with which to manipulate the lightsaber. They are delicate weapons, you know.
Yes, but a kamikaze goat trained in the ways of the Force can use the lightsaber offensively.
Dad: AB negative
Mom: O positive
Would you prefer to have a REceding hairline or a PROceeding hairline? :(( I am bald already