Friday four from fortysomething
I have been a bad poster lately. Something to try and get me back into it.
Name 1 talent you'd like to possess. (eg, ability to sing well, play basketball professionally, etc) Has to be a normal skill that others possess - not XMen-type stuff!
Sure, sing well. I'll go with that. Or draw well. Without a lot of practice. Oh sorry, only one, right?
If you knew allowing 1 person to die/be killed (not an evil dictator, just an average person) would save thousands, would you? (Bonus: where's your cutoff? How many must be saved to make it ok?)
Ah, shades of "City on the Edge Forever" - that would be tough. I'm not sure I could do it, especially if it was someone I loved. Am I so altruistic I could allow them to be sacraficed for thousands I didn't know? I'm not sure I could even allow it for one person I didn't know. Let me be cynical here and say that after all, we humans are overpopulated anyway. How many would make it ok? I don't know. This is why I'm not in the military or a decider of foreign policy.
I have always maintained, "It's a word if when you say it the other person knows what you mean." For instance, I have said "hunormous" since late elementary school. I have heard "ginormous" since, but never hunormous. (ie, huge + enormous) Ever make up any words? If not, you are overdue! Make up 1 now, I say!
I would say "kermote," but my kids made that one up, really. I always used to answer the telephone with "Haliotis!" because to my weird brain, it sounded similar to hello, but it's not a made-up word, it's the scientific name of an abalone. How about kyootrocious - as in, so cute it induces nausea (or cavities, or diabetes, take your pick).
If you could go back & relive your life, would you? If so at what age would you start? (eg, birth, 12 yrs old, 20?)
Ah, another chance to make more mistakes. Or different ones. I'm not sure. If I could relive the good moments without the bad ones (Christmas with my dad's family without the drinking, my year in Australia without the unrequited crush on a grad student, Angus's first smile without the sleep deprivation) then it might be worth it. Otherwise, no. Go read Replay by Ken Grimwood.
Sure, sing well. I'll go with that. Or draw well. Without a lot of practice. Oh sorry, only one, right?
Ah, shades of "City on the Edge Forever" - that would be tough. I'm not sure I could do it, especially if it was someone I loved. Am I so altruistic I could allow them to be sacraficed for thousands I didn't know? I'm not sure I could even allow it for one person I didn't know. Let me be cynical here and say that after all, we humans are overpopulated anyway. How many would make it ok? I don't know. This is why I'm not in the military or a decider of foreign policy.
I would say "kermote," but my kids made that one up, really. I always used to answer the telephone with "Haliotis!" because to my weird brain, it sounded similar to hello, but it's not a made-up word, it's the scientific name of an abalone. How about kyootrocious - as in, so cute it induces nausea (or cavities, or diabetes, take your pick).
Ah, another chance to make more mistakes. Or different ones. I'm not sure. If I could relive the good moments without the bad ones (Christmas with my dad's family without the drinking, my year in Australia without the unrequited crush on a grad student, Angus's first smile without the sleep deprivation) then it might be worth it. Otherwise, no. Go read Replay by Ken Grimwood.