Doing good

The Monday Mission – knowing for sure I’m beating Martin to it, as he’s over here on the couch being ignored…

1. Are you good at responding to emails and/or Blog comments?
I generally respond, yes, but to comments I tend to respond with a comment, so unless people come back to check, they might never see my response.

2. Does it make you crazy when people won’t reply to your emails even though you know good and well that they are reading them?
Yes.

3. I recently watched the FOX special “101 Things Removed from the Human Body” which was quite disgusting in a can’t-help-but-watch kind of way. It got me to thinking about many of the accidents I had as a child. I remember climbing over a fence after T-ball and catching my palm on the top of the chain-link fence. Went through my hand and tore it right open. What’s the most unusual thing you’ve had inside your body?
I used to have a pebble embedded in my knee. Come to think of it, it’s probably still there. Or somewhere else – like my heel. I dunno.

4. What person from your past would you most like to run into and visit with for an afternoon? Why them? What person would you like to not ever see again as long as you live? How come?
That’s at least two questions… Gertrude, though the chance of running into her is slim to non-existent as she’s living in South Africa (being from Zimbabwe originally). Still, it would be great to see her again. Who would I like to not see again, then? I honestly can’t think of anyone. There are a few people I’m completely indifferent to seeing, but none I’d go out of my way to avoid.

5. What was the last bad meal you (or your special someone) paid too much for? What’s the story there?
Can you ever pay less than too much for a bad meal? It’s been a while since I had a really bad meal out, actually. Oh, I know, that place down by Politihuset. I’ve been there twice – it had changed its name in the interval, but the food has been equally pricey and equally indifferent both times. It used to be called R?d Tomat, now it’s called Santinos or something like that.

6. If out-of-the-blue you were forced to find a new career, if there was just suddenly no need for your field of expertise, just what job do you imagine you would seek out? Do you have any skills you can “fall back on?”
I suppose I could go back to academia. Or I could start that combined pub and second-hand bookshop in Scotland that I’ve been talking about.

7. If you were to open up your own restaurant, what would it be called and what type of food would you serve? Describe the “feel” of the place (the decor, the music, etc).
Uhm. That pub. Traditional. It would obviously have to be called either The Robin Hood or something to do with whisky. The Pot Still? The food would be pub-grub, with some slightly more ‘exotic’ specials, I think. Music from a jukebox (the kind with singles, preferably) at a level which would mean people could talk. The paperback section of the bookshop could overflow into the pub, to provide people with reading material while they were there.