tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post4056948013344866610..comments2023-10-14T09:11:30.472-04:00Comments on (Parenthetically Speaking...): Meme MeSerenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-63710874875103897322008-01-10T21:04:00.000-05:002008-01-10T21:04:00.000-05:00I know, Camille. That was diabolically dark of me...I know, Camille. That was diabolically dark of me to do. What a fantastic array of answers it produced, though! Thanks for playing along. Go buy yourself that expensive bottle of wine now.:)Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-37072044215736571722008-01-10T00:16:00.000-05:002008-01-10T00:16:00.000-05:00If you learned that you had only one week to live,...If you learned that you had only one week to live, list:<BR/><I>1. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would want to mend fences;</I><BR/>Sorry. Too personal.<BR/><BR/><I>2. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would want to spend a lot of time;</I><BR/>My mother<BR/>My sister<BR/>My man<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>3. 3 people (first names only) you'd like to pillory;</I><BR/>George <BR/>Dick<BR/>Karl<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>4. 3 important financial transactions you would make;</I><BR/>What do I care? I can't take it with me. Money's not what I want to waste my time thinking about.<BR/><BR/><I>5. 3 priority steps toward putting your affairs in order you would take;</I><BR/>A solid will.<BR/>Go ahead and get married to S.<BR/>With only a week, that's about all the time I'd care to spend thinking about non in-the-moment stuff.<BR/><BR/><I>6. 3 people from long ago (first names only) you'd like to look up;</I><BR/>No time! I have people who love me now. What do I give a crap about people I haven't seen in forever? You're totally stressing me out here, giving me all these chores when I have only one week! I want to look at the sky, I want to eat all my favourite foods and get drunk and happy and dance.<BR/><BR/><I>7. 3 places you would like to see;</I><BR/>Still sounding too much like a list of chores. Perhaps this is not the 'meme' for me.<BR/><BR/><I>8. 3 books you never got around to reading that you'd want to read now;</I><BR/>Are you joking?!?! I love reading, but I have only <I>one week to live!!!</I><BR/><BR/><I>9. 3 bequests you'd want to make sure you made; </I><BR/>Are you trying to make sure we think about this stuff now? Very diabolical.<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><I>10. 3 things you've never done that you'd want to do.</I><BR/>Can't think of a single one, except maybe to buy a really really really expensive botttle of wine, just to see if it is actually better than my regular $9-$15 range.Camille Alexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031841106283355784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-71006083313249966632008-01-09T19:42:00.000-05:002008-01-09T19:42:00.000-05:00Pinks, your answers are just divine, especially to...Pinks, your answers are just divine, especially to #10.:)<BR/><BR/>"I see, G," says she. Okay, you're granted immunity. BG knows why.:-)xoxo<BR/><BR/>Very solid answers, Charles. Your daughter's a lucky girl to have a dad so invested in her well being. And once again, you provided some funny definitions. Thanks.:-)Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-68512136029449660172008-01-09T19:08:00.000-05:002008-01-09T19:08:00.000-05:001. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would...1. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would want to mend fences; - Hmm. I think if there were anyone I wanted to do that with, I'd have already taken care of it.<BR/>2. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would want to spend a lot of time; - My daughter, my brother, and my best friend.<BR/>3. 3 people (first names only) you'd like to pillory; - Only 3? Well, there's a pair of trolls, there's a couple of former bosses.<BR/>4. 3 important financial transactions you would make; - Form a corporation, obtain a huge loan, a huge sum from investors, and pay myself all of it, so my daughter could inherit it.<BR/>5. 3 priority steps toward putting your affairs in order you would take; - Sell everything I could, have the remainder hauled off, and make a will with my daughter as the sole recipient.<BR/>6. 3 people from long ago (first names only) you'd like to look up; - Teresa, Cyndi, and because he was my first best friend, Donald.<BR/>7. 3 places you would like to see; - Tokyo, Grand Canyon, and Heaven.<BR/>8. 3 books you never got around to reading that you'd want to read now; - Maybe some Heinlein, definitely the next Dune series.<BR/>9. 3 bequests you'd want to make sure you made; - My grandmother's quilt, my comic book collection, to my daughter, my welders and tools to my brother.<BR/>10. 3 things you've never done that you'd want to do. - See my daughter get happily married, street luge in the mountains, and race in a real motorcycle road race.<BR/><BR/>publisherd - the group of cows from the local tavern all called by the short form of the name Elizabeth.<BR/>reaql - a very confused Iraqi<BR/>prengant - The newest snack food from the makers of Pringles, only made from ground up ants.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677769325841091545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-53129396768190531222008-01-09T18:45:00.000-05:002008-01-09T18:45:00.000-05:00Dear SerenaI plead the Fifth AmmendmentI can't ans...Dear Serena<BR/>I plead the Fifth Ammendment<BR/>I can't answer these..<BR/><BR/>(BG knows why)<BR/>xoxoxG-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968807697181554781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-23750490585242191952008-01-09T18:33:00.000-05:002008-01-09T18:33:00.000-05:00If you learned that you had only one week to live,...If you learned that you had only one week to live, list:<BR/>1. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would want to mend fences; Dad, Mom, Abid<BR/><BR/>2. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would want to spend a lot of time; Dad, Mom, Ashley<BR/><BR/>3. 3 people (first names only) you'd like to pillory; None.<BR/><BR/>4. 3 important financial transactions you would make; Get a ton of life insurance, fund a certain girls education to completion, pay for the dealing of my last remains so there is no choice to make for those left behind.<BR/><BR/>5. 3 priority steps toward putting your affairs in order you would take; clean my house, remind folks where my will is, make a list of bank accounts and investments and (brand new) life insurance policies<BR/><BR/>6. 3 people from long ago (first names only) you'd like to look up; Gordon, Lynn, Robbie<BR/><BR/>7. 3 places you would like to see;Heaven.<BR/><BR/>8. 3 books you never got around to reading that you'd want to read now; if I only had one week to live? Screw reading!<BR/><BR/>9. 3 bequests you'd want to make sure you made; I've done what I would want except to send some money to someone for her education.<BR/><BR/>10. 3 things you've never done that you'd want to do. Host an orgy, swim with dolphins, pass on the lineage to my neice, initiating her the level of reiki master.Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002817889549140522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-24508135237109537832008-01-09T16:53:00.000-05:002008-01-09T16:53:00.000-05:00You're welcome, NYD. And thank YOU for playing. ...You're welcome, NYD. And thank YOU for playing. Great answers!:)<BR/><BR/>Aw, Kan my baby, I didn't mean for it to be depressing -- just to make the peeps think.:)<BR/><BR/>I love your answers, VE. And I will personally volunteer to oversee the gnome placement. I love gnomes.:)<BR/><BR/>Poor /t. One week to go and still the work never ends, does it?:)<BR/><BR/>I disagree, Roxan. That's not weak at all. In fact, it makes perfect sense -- a shepherd for authors. Wish I'd thought of it!:)Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-41394397956533364552008-01-09T16:44:00.000-05:002008-01-09T16:44:00.000-05:00publisherd-one who keeps the published in their pl...publisherd-one who keeps the published in their place on a hill.<BR/>Okay, that was weak. LOLrkfinnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12375756276776255824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-61898366609770709672008-01-09T15:23:00.000-05:002008-01-09T15:23:00.000-05:00serena,wanting toparticipate, buthave just learned...serena,<BR/><BR/>wanting to<BR/>participate, but<BR/>have just learned i have only one week to live, so naturally i'm off to mend the fence and do some yard work<BR/><BR/>/t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-44081711951443081142008-01-09T14:07:00.000-05:002008-01-09T14:07:00.000-05:001. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would...1. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would want to mend fences;<BR/>Nobody...I generally get along with everyone<BR/>2. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would want to spend a lot of time;<BR/>Halle, Reese, Jessica<BR/>3. 3 people (first names only) you'd like to pillory;<BR/>I won't do anything that rhymes with Hillary...<BR/>4. 3 important financial transactions you would make;<BR/>withdraw, purchase, eat<BR/>5. 3 priority steps toward putting your affairs in order you would take;<BR/>Hide my money, leave a treasure hunt game to find it, pick out an urn<BR/>6. 3 people from long ago (first names only) you'd like to look up;<BR/>That would take up too much of my final week; I'd rather go have fun<BR/>7. 3 places you would like to see;<BR/>Pryamids, Australia, Iguazzu Falls<BR/>8. 3 books you never got around to reading that you'd want to read now;<BR/>No time for that; I only have a week!<BR/>9. 3 bequests you'd want to make sure you made; <BR/>- that all lifesavers have their hole filled in as a special commemoration.<BR/>- that a gnome is planted in a garden by each of my friends<BR/>- that a new ice cream flavor be created in my honor<BR/>and<BR/>10. 3 things you've never done that you'd want to do.<BR/>- live forever<BR/>- lick my elbow<BR/>- defy gravityEd & Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730956006290504616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-22560302098816084652008-01-09T14:06:00.000-05:002008-01-09T14:06:00.000-05:00I can't do it. I tried, but thinking in terms of ...I can't do it. I tried, but thinking in terms of one week to live is rather depressing for a Hump-day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15897700063744746464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-54004172539107804032008-01-09T13:56:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:56:00.000-05:00I need a post idea today so I am going to place th...I need a post idea today so I am going to place this on my blog. After I look up pillory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15897700063744746464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-50164132171426137232008-01-09T12:08:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:08:00.000-05:00If you learned that you had only one week to live,...If you learned that you had only one week to live, list:<BR/>1. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would want to mend fences;<BR/>My Father. (I think I understand him better now.)<BR/>The rest of my enemies have earned my animosity.<BR/><BR/>2. 3 people (first names only) with whom you would want to spend a lot of time;<BR/>Me.<BR/>Myself, &<BR/>I.<BR/>(I'd like to get to know myself a little better)<BR/><BR/>3. 3 people (first names only) you'd like to pillory;<BR/>No one. I don't have time for that.<BR/><BR/>4. 3 important financial transactions you would make;<BR/>I would have to make certain that all my worldy possesions are in my wife's name.<BR/><BR/>5. 3 priority steps toward putting your affairs in order you would take;<BR/>Fill the car with gas.<BR/>Stock the fridge with beer.<BR/>Put the toilet seat down.<BR/>(Seriously, see #4)<BR/><BR/>6. 3 people from long ago (first names only) you'd like to look up;<BR/>Matt. (but that is impossible)<BR/>Ayi. (Might just piss off the wife.)<BR/>P.J. (Be cool to see how his life turned out.)<BR/>7. 3 places you would like to see;<BR/>The Taj Mahal.<BR/>Sagarada Familia.<BR/>The sunset from the top of the Empire State Building.<BR/><BR/>8. 3 books you never got around to reading that you'd want to read now;<BR/>Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.<BR/>The Encyclopedia Britannica.<BR/>Babbar the elephant.<BR/><BR/>9. 3 bequests you'd want to make sure you made; <BR/>I'd give my motorcycle to a very spcial friend. Other than that I don't really care about the rest.<BR/><BR/>10. 3 things you've never done that you'd want to do.<BR/>See my child.<BR/>Save someone's life.<BR/>create a beautiful piece of art.<BR/><BR/>This was quite difficult, Serena. Thanks!NYDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182735945473879595noreply@blogger.com