14 posts tagged “qotd”
What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish?
Submitted by Brennan.
Mashed potatoes. Or pecan pie. I really can't decide right now.
What song best describes your current mood?
Submitted by Section31.
At the moment, I have the rap song "Curls" by Madvillain stuck in my head. I don't even like the song that much, but the opening line of the Post's obituary for newsman Ed Bradley -- "Ed Bradley had cool like a vault has money." -- brought to mind the chill background sample used in the song.
What TV show(s) will you be watching this season? Why?
Submitted by ducnly.vox.com.
Because I live and die by my DVR, I don't really know what time most of these shows are on...
Sundays:
- The Venture Brothers (Cartoon Network) - Hard to explain and even harder to introduce to newbies, this skewed take on Johnny Quest-type cartoons is awesomely weird. Plus, Patrick Warburton provides one of the voices.
- Family Guy (Fox)
- The Simpsons (Fox)
- Desperate Housewives (ABC) - I don't even know why I'm still watching this show. Yet I do.
- Brothers and Sisters (ABC) - New show; giving it a try because it features a few actors from Alias. Haven't seen last night's premiere yet, so I have no verdict yet.
- How I Met Your Mother (CBS) - Gave it a try last season because I was on a "Support your Buffy Alumni" kick (Alyson Hannigan is one of the leads). Kept watching because I found Neil Patrick Harris surprisingly funny.
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC) - It's no West Wing, but I'm giving it a chance because I like (most of) the cast.
- Heroes (NBC) - Did someone say superheroes? I have to at least check it out.
- Mandatory viewing: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
- Smith (CBS) - I say this without having yet watched last week's premiere. It's in the queue. But the "living a secret life as a hitman" premise intrigued me enough to program it into the DVR.
- Standoff (Fox) - I'm recording this because I have much love for Peter Livingston and Gina Torres. But I was kinda meh about the premiere. Haven't seen last week's episode yet.
- Boston Legal (ABC) - Another ridiculous law firm show. But this one has William Shatner. And, despite myself, I kind of like James Spader's character Allan Shore.
- Scrubs (NBC) - I hope it comes back soon...
- Mandatory viewing: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
- I was going to allow myself to get sucked into Dancing with the Stars again, but since Tucker Carlson was voted out in the first round, I have no reason to watch (and mock) anymore.
- Bones (Fox): It's sort of like X-Files, but without the aliens. One season in, it's not awesome, but it's won me over enough to keep watching.
- Justice (Fox): I have the first three episodes of this law firm drama in the queue, but despite the fact that Victor Garber is one of the leads, I can't seem to muster enough enthusiasm to watch it. Maybe not worth making an investment at this point, anyway; I hear Fox is putting it on early hiatus.
- Mandatory viewing: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
- My Name Is Earl (NBC) - I liked what I saw of it last season, though as the season wound down, I often found myself deleting episodes unwatched.
- The Office (NBC) - In my opinion, the best show on TV.
- ER (NBC) - I swore off the show for a long time, but last season's finale and my girl-crush on Maura Tierney has brought me back to watching it full-time.
- Mandatory viewing: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
- I might tune into SNL if someone good is on. But otherwise? Meh. I have enough backed up in the queue anyway. Plus, all appearances to the contrary, I do have a life.
What's your favorite foreign accent?
British, definitely. Followed by Australian.
What's up?
I'm with Marie -- this prompt is unusually weak.
Yet I'll bite anyway and answer it.
The day started with the disappointing news that our first soccer match had been cancelled due to rain. Around noonish, we met with our realtor to put in a bid on another condo, this one a gem of a place in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington. (This is our third attempt in as many weeks at buying a place ... Hopefully this one's the charm.) A brand-new real estate sales contract had been introduced, so we spent a good amount of time going through what's changed in the new contract.
We spent the afternoon at home, catching up on things, then met our friend Dari for dinner at Kabob Bazaar in Clarendon. The latter has been a long time coming: While we used to visit "K.B." once a week, we hadn't been back in what seems like months.
Then we went for dessert and board games at the home of some friends in Alexandria. Starting out, Rob and I made a killing in Ligretto. Then we unwrapped a new game, Like Minds, but were ultimately underwhelmed. (You grab a rubber brain to claim your victory? And it wasn't wasn't even cool and squishy, nor did it make funny sounds.) Rob and Chris proved to be an unnaturally good match at Taboo, however, leaving the other Chris and I behind in the point totals. We'll have to have a rematch sometime soon.
At the moment, since it's my on-call weekend, I have to prepare for the Web some of tomorrow's graphics from the paper. And then I'm off to sleep; I'm exhausted already.
What do you collect?
I used to be a big comic book collector (as evidenced by the boxes of comics taking up room in my closet), but drifted away from it after the storylines in the comics I followed ceased to interest me.
Lately, I seem to be (unintentionally) collecting stuffed animals, occasionally picking up a new "friend" or two on my travels.
On a less space-intentive scale, I also seem to like to collect information, from contact information to Internet bookmarks and the like. Rather than clean out my computer's address book, I'll actually keep the entries for, say, high school classmates I haven't spoken to since graduation ... just in case I might need it later. The benefit of being an electronic packrat, I guess, is that, backup hard drives aside, these particular collections don't take up space in the apartment.
If you could only save one thing in a house fire (thing, not person), what would it be and why?
Submitted by donnunn.
Hands-down, it would be my laptop. (And, if I had time for a computer accessory, my backup hard drive.) I feel like my computer has my whole life on it, from all my work to all my music to (most important to me) all my digital photos. And I'd really hate to lose all those.
(Note: I'm taking as a given that I'd also have time to pick up my purse, which usually contains my wallet, cellphone and camera. But even if, for some reason, I couldn't grab my purse, that's okay, because everything in it is replaceable. I can't replace all the photos I've taken over the past several years.)
What was the last game you played?
When they were in town a couple weeks ago, our friends Mike and Megan introduced us to an Austrian card game called Ligretto. It's like Skip-Bo or Uno on speed, and it's become totally addictive -- to the point where Rob and I will play several games a night.
It's exhilarating and panic-inducing all at the same time. There are no "turns" -- everyone plays at the same time, trying to be the first to use all their cards. It's really quite a rush, especially when you can go on a run, playing card after card after card in rapid-fire sequence, ending in a win.
What is your browser's default home page set to?
Submitted by Kelev T. Cat.
My homepage at work is set to my Tada List index. Tada List is a low-fi version of Backpack, with the ability to make an unlimited number of simple lists. I use it to manage daily, weekly and monthly task lists, as well as share a grocery list with the hubby. Back in October, I started using it as my own personal Trusted System (in a GTD sense) to keep myself organized, though I've fallen out of the habit in the past few weeks. Drifting away from my system has begun to take a toll, as I've embarrassingly dropped the ball on a few (thankfully minor) things of late. I need to get back on track.
What books are on your nightstand?
Right now, I'm nearly halfway through White Teeth, by Zadie Smith. Thus far, the story has centered on the lives of two aging war buddies in London, one British and the other from Bangladesh, and their struggles with middle age, cultural conflicts and family drama. It's quite good so far.
I also picked up Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book at the library this evening. It's also a fairly hefty tome, but hopefully, given the subject matter, one I'll enjoy.
Also in the queue: a pile of books about business incorporation (Rob and I are investigating whether it's worthwhile to incorporate our respective freelance businesses) and first-time homebuying.
