Interview The Person Below You

[MacArthurBug]

Fish head soup and goose liver (OK not together, but it was on the same night)

Have you ever had an experience where you really felt there was a ghost (for real)?  Explain.

YEs. The last house we lived in made the creepiest noises. Never saw anything, but middle of the night tappings, thumpings, dragging noises. We inspected every possible source never found one. I'm not horribly superstisious, but everything about those noises was spooky.

What's your favorite time of the year and why?

[Heradel]

Fish head soup and goose liver (OK not together, but it was on the same night)

Have you ever had an experience where you really felt there was a ghost (for real)?  Explain.

YEs. The last house we lived in made the creepiest noises. Never saw anything, but middle of the night tappings, thumpings, dragging noises. We inspected every possible source never found one. I'm not horribly superstisious, but everything about those noises was spooky.

What's your favorite time of the year and why?

That point in the spring and fall where the temperatures of the cities I've inhabited are generally pleasant and not yet humid. DC and NYC both have this period of a few weeks were things are fairly perfect, and then NYC starts getting humid and the odd smells from Jersey start wafting over more constantly, and Washington does it too except it was built on a swamp so it's even worse, the most oppressive combination of humidity and heat one finds on this continent, where you can't walk a half block from a metro stop to an office building without it looking like you were the center of a very localized thunderstorm — I know not of the fires of hell, but as the humidity of hell is never mentioned it must be much preferable.

Would your rather have a: Second season of Firefly, Brian Fuller Star Trek TV series, J. Michael Straczynski Star Trek, or the next Star Wars project being handed off to Ronald D. Moore?

[Listener]

Would your rather have a: Second season of Firefly, Brian Fuller Star Trek TV series, J. Michael Straczynski Star Trek, or the next Star Wars project being handed off to Ronald D. Moore?

JMS-Trek. I read the pitch packet for that when it circulated around on the internet and I really think he could do some great stuff with it.

I would have only wanted a second season of Firefly if it had happened before the movie.

Which currently-airing highly-lauded sci-fi series have you either given up on or never watched? (I'm thinking of stuff like Dr. Who, Lost, Chuck, Heroes, Fringe, et al.)

[Bdoomed]

I gave up on Heroes finally.  A combination of school work, How I Met Your Mother instead, and the first episode of this most recent season was just ridiculously stupid.  So I stopped caring.
oh well, the first season is still awesome.

any songs right now that you are hooked on?

[Heradel]

I gave up on Heroes finally.  A combination of school work, How I Met Your Mother instead, and the first episode of this most recent season was just ridiculously stupid.  So I stopped caring.
oh well, the first season is still awesome.

any songs right now that you are hooked on?

Half Jack - Dresden Dolls, Another Bag of Bricks - Flogging Molly, and From the Morning - Nick Drake.

Would you rather live in a Steampunk dystopia or the Singularity?

[Swamp]

Would you rather live in a Steampunk dystopia or the Singularity?

Singularity.

If you were driving you car at the speed of light, and you turns on, what would happen?

[Heradel]

If you were driving you car at the speed of light, and you turns on, what would happen?

Well, if I'm able to turn on, I'd guess I'd be a robot.

[Swamp]

If you were driving you car at the speed of light, and you turns on, what would happen?

Well, if I'm able to turn on, I'd guess I'd be a robot.

Let's try that question again, shall we:

If you were driving you car at the speed of light, and you turned your lights on, what would happen?

[Heradel]

If you were driving you car at the speed of light, and you turns on, what would happen?

Well, if I'm able to turn on, I'd guess I'd be a robot.

Let's try that question again, shall we:

If you were driving you car at the speed of light, and you turned your lights on, what would happen?

The light would travel at C, relative to you and everybody else. It would not break C, and it would always be measured at C. If you were traveling in the same direction of the light at .5C, you would still measure it approaching you at C.

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo?

[lowky]

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo?

Springfield

Did you ever see a llama kiss a llama on the lamma?

[Bdoomed]

Llamas llama tastes of llama llama llama duck.
Hope I got that right, it's been a while since I've seen it (in class rght now haha so icant watch it)

favorite myth?

[Listener]

Llamas llama tastes of llama llama llama duck.
Hope I got that right, it's been a while since I've seen it (in class rght now haha so icant watch it)

favorite myth?

Does Joshua Abraham Norton count as a myth? If not that, then Sasaki and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Although if the Emperor doesn't count, than neither does Sasaki.

I got nothin'. Someone else can answer.

[Heradel]

Llamas llama tastes of llama llama llama duck.
Hope I got that right, it's been a while since I've seen it (in class rght now haha so icant watch it)

favorite myth?

John Henry. One of the simplest, one of the best.

Pick one: Snowmaggedon, SnOMG, or Snowpocalypse?

[lowky]

Llamas llama tastes of llama llama llama duck.
Hope I got that right, it's been a while since I've seen it (in class rght now haha so icant watch it)

favorite myth?

John Henry. One of the simplest, one of the best.

Pick one: Snowmaggedon, SnOMG, or Snowpocalypse?

Well we only got about 8 inches here in Metro Detroit so I will go with SnOMG.  It really didn't seem that bad to me, but then I wasn't driving in it.  tons of school closings here, I think the teachers were just desperate for a day off..


Would you rather drive in heavy snow or heavy rain?

[Listener]

Llamas llama tastes of llama llama llama duck.
Hope I got that right, it's been a while since I've seen it (in class rght now haha so icant watch it)

favorite myth?

John Henry. One of the simplest, one of the best.

Pick one: Snowmaggedon, SnOMG, or Snowpocalypse?

Well we only got about 8 inches here in Metro Detroit so I will go with SnOMG.  It really didn't seem that bad to me, but then I wasn't driving in it.  tons of school closings here, I think the teachers were just desperate for a day off..


Would you rather drive in heavy snow or heavy rain?

Rain:

1. Not as slippery (as long as the ground isn't frozen).
2. Generally doesn't whip and swirl like snow does.
3. It happens more frequently, so while people drive badly in both snow and rain, at least they (ostensibly) have experience driving in the rain.

I actually get motion-sick driving in the snow.

Flavored coffee, or flavored creamer?

[lowky]

Flavored coffee, or flavored creamer?

Tea

[gelee]

Neither for me.  Just coffee with half n half.

What's your nick name?  List as many as you care to.

[lowky]

Neither for me.  Just coffee with half n half.

What's your nick name?  List as many as you care to.

Shyguy with a big ****

How did you get your nickname?

[gelee]

I am The Mole (yes, with capitals).  I don't see so good.

Coolest band name EVAR?

[lowky]

I am The Mole (yes, with capitals).  I don't see so good.

Coolest band name EVAR?

Janitors of Anarchy was a suggestion when I saw Jello Biafra doing a spoken word concert.

wikihow or instructables?

[gelee]

wikihow or instructables?

Wikihow, as I'm not familiar with Instructables.  I'll have to check that out.  Lots of fluff on Wikihow.

Your recommendation for best kid's book?
(Not necessarily YA.  That usually means teens to my way of thinking.  More like an eleven-year-old.)
My pick, for the record, would be Alan Mendelsohn, The Boy From Mars, by Daniel Pinkwater.  A truly unappreciated masterpiece, and one of my first exposures to weird fiction.  I still wish I could visit the Bermuda Triangle Chili Parlor.

[Listener]

I'd find a Pratchett Discworld book that didn't have TOO adult a theme. I guess it depends upon the kid's maturity, but when I was 11 I was reading adult fiction already. The Tiffany Aching books are good, but you kind of have to know the world to really get them.

Honestly, Harry Potter is good stuff for kids that age, I think. Or... just give the kid something YOU like that doesn't have too many themes/scenes that worry you. Let the kid read up to the material.

When you have to use a public toilet (this includes the ones at your workplace), do you prefer the seat to be warm or cold?

[lowky]

When you have to use a public toilet (this includes the ones at your workplace), do you prefer the seat to be warm or cold?

Neither.  I don't like a cold seat, but I don't want to be reminded that someone else had their ass in the same place as me with a warm seat.  How about keep the bathroom warm enough it's not cold?

Robert Aspirin or Piers Anthony?

[schmetterling]

Robert Aspirin or Piers Anthony?

Wow, that's tough, as I like them both for different things (Anthony for his Incarnations of Immortality series, Aspirin for his Mything and Phule series).  Since the latter has two different series I'm a fan of, I'll say Aspirin.

Favorite pizza store? (ie. Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa John's, etc.)

[lowky]

Robert Aspirin or Piers Anthony?

Wow, that's tough, as I like them both for different things (Anthony for his Incarnations of Immortality series, Aspirin for his Mything and Phule series).  Since the latter has two different series I'm a fan of, I'll say Aspirin.

Favorite pizza store? (ie. Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa John's, etc.)

another toughie.  I would say a Buddy's  ( a detroit area chain, that makes pan style pizza with the toppings under the cheese) but my all time favorite is http://www.giordanos.com/  in Chicago.  I really need to get a job so I can afford to either go there or order one fed ex'ed to me.

Favorite Parcel delivery company? (UPS, Fed EX, USPS, etc.)?