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Kim asked: “What’s your Dream Car?” (Or something like that - it’s been too long for me to still find!)

This one is easy for me.  Regardless my nagging “Daddy Issues” one thing I can always say is that I respect his taste in vehicles.  My dream car is my dad’s 68 Mercury Cougar.  I’ve lusted after this car since I can remember.  One of my fondest memories is riding w/ my dad in Wyoming (Just outside the Uintah Mountains) doing at least 130 mph in this baby.  When accelerating this car will just glue you to the back of your seat.  Awesome!

“Other Kim” asked: Tell us about at least one religion, other than your own, you respect and why.

For me it’s not about “who’s team” you are on.  It’s not about saying I’m religion A and we are super awesome compared to religion B.  There’s a great Mel Brooks line / song about a time before there were countries and everyone was still living in caves.  The national anthem of his cave was “Let them all go to hell, except Cave 76!”  I think that’s true for anyone who thinks their religion is the best.  In this case, exchange “Cave 76″ for whatever religion you like.  So to say I respect an entire religion would be inaccurate and somewhat shortsighted.

No religion has a monopoly on good people (or idiots for that matter).  I admire the good people who are scattered across many faiths (non-faiths as well).  Those who seek help others - even when it’s not in their best interest.  People who take time to help even when no one is watching.  People who think of others before they think of themselves.  These qualities are not isolated to just one religion.

Take this as a cop-out if you like.  But concerning religion, I’m much more interested in what’s in their heart and what motivates them vs. the name on the side of the building where they worship.

A while back, Amy set a theme to follow up on my theme about cheating.  She asks:

If you were going to cheat, with what celebrity/famous person (ONLY) would it be?

Well okay if you twist my arm.  I’ve ALWAYS been a sucker for redheads.  So if I had to (and you know it would be TOTALLY against my will)  I’d have to call up Alicia Witt.  I originally feel in love with her when she played a guest role on The Sopranos episode “D-Girl”.  (She was the hot redhead producer who eventually slept with Christopher).  Anyway - it’s her.  She needs more work.  Someone hire her so I can lust after her some more!

Back when Noah was in Short-pants I asked set the PSS Theme of:

“If you caught you spouse cheating on you, would you forgive them and remain married?
What if it had been going on for years?
What if they continued after you caught them?”

Well - this is a rough one for me because it hit really close to home.  My beloved spouse, Amber, has been cheating on me for years.  I’m not talking about a mistake here or there…  I’m talking about consistent patterns of cheating.  So.  I guess we are still married, so to answer the first part of the question.  Yes, I’d stay married.  Yes, even if it had been going on for years.  As for catching her… She’s pretty smart about it.  I’ve never directly caught her cheating one me, but all the pieces add up.

I can tell by the look on your stunned faces that you don’t believe me.  What?!  Amber cheating on Shane?!  I don’t believe it!  I know.. but its the truth!  Let me explain.  Every game we play, she totally kicks my ass.  At Uno, I think she occasionally puts down 2 cards at a time.  In Clue I think she marks the cards.  When we play Hearts and / or Spades.. I’m totally lost.  She cheats so bad I sometimes wonder what state I’m in.  (Alaska, right?)  Dont’ believe me still?  Just try to play Tetris against her.  You will never win.. ever.  Never ever.. She’s such a big cheater!

So recently (ha!) ‘The Cool Chick” joined our PSS cricle w/ the Earth-shattering question of:

“If you had to choose, would you rather give up your sight or your hearing? Why?”

This one is pretty easy for me.  As much as I love Music, it is simply much easier to live in a hearing-less world than a vision-less world.  Though either prospect sounds just terrible!

Now if the option for me to “speak no evil” were up for a vote, I’m sure I’d be quickly silenced.

I had joked with Kim and Amy that this PSS question would lead to everyone titleing their posts “Material Girl”.  Turned out I was wrong, so I’ll pay pennance w/ my title this time around.  

Amy set this theme: “This week I asked “what 5 material things (so not kids, spouses, money, etc. I am talking about real tangibles) would you not want to live without?”

1) Oil / Petroleum:  Our lives would be significantly set-back if this resource never existed or worse, dried. up.   While you won’t find me chanting ‘Drill, baby, drill” (WTF was up with that anyway?!) I do appreciate the stuff.  

2) Gavanized Rubber:  You really should look up how important this material is.  Without it we are stuck driving on wood or steel tires.  Neither a very optimal solution. 

3) Refrigeration: Without it our food supply would be seriously limited.  Millions would die.  That = bad thing. 

4) Computers / Microchips: Amazing little invention - comes in handy from time to time. 

5) The Internet - Good hell! How did people exist before the internet?  Before IMDB?  Before wikipedia, weather.com, CNN, ect.  Just think back 15 years ago.  Shit we had to go to the library and look things up in the encylopedia! Savagery!

Kim asked “Whether it be your top 5 favorites, 5 best (yes, there is a difference), 5 most disappointing, 5 that stayed with you the longest, whatever. Don’t forget your explanations for each.”

This sounded vaguely familiar then I remembered I answered it alread (sans 2 books) back in November last year.   So take this ….  and add these - also by the same author, Robin Hobb.  Incredible and woefully unrecognized artist she is..

Updated PSS: 3 Favorite Books

and add these - also by the same author, Robin Hobb.  Incredible and woefully

unrecognized artist she is..

Eons ago someone asked something about pet peeves.. so here are mine.

1. People who are intolerant of other cultures.
2. The French.
3. People.
4. Those who ignore construction, merge, lane ends or other street signs until the very last moment.
5. People who use overly complex words and terms in order to make themselves feel smart and me feel ummm.. not.
6. Batrachomyomachy
7. Bloggers… bleh.
8. People who answer seemingly every statement made by another person with “Really?”.
9. Really?
10. Little yappy dogs.
11. Parents who don’t teach their kids how to act in public.
12. Die-hard Democrats.
13. Die-hard Republicans.
14. Pundits
15. People who can’t “remember the name of that one guy who was in that movie last summer”.
16. “umm”
17. “uhh”
18. People who like start every sentence with “like.”
19. Nagging
20. People who feel they have to “one-up” any story being told by anyone. You know “You think being set on fire by The Pope was bad… Let me tell you about the time…”
21. Liars - seriously. Liars.
22. How the mass of an object increases to an infinite amount as you approach the speed of light.  Screws up my plans on a day-to-day basis.
23. MBLMI B TEL MLPQ ZLAB A JBP PXDBP LK Q EBFO YILDP .
24. Most time-travel movies.
25. Most “Hollywood” Movies.
26. Harry Potter
27. Spiderman
28. The “Green” Movement
29. Social norms
30. People who never let you forget a favor.
31. People who never remember you did them a favor.
32. Bush… (You pick which type)
33. Most everything I think or do.
34. iTunes
35. Most “Gamers”.
36. Wrapping presents
37. In-laws.
38. People who can eat all the want and never gain wait AND who look down on me for being overweight.
39. People who steal other people’s ideas and present them as their own.
40. Over-zealous, over-concerned, over-engaged parents in my kid’s class.
41. The PTA.
42. People who can’t read or disregard the ‘No soliciting, please” sign on my doorbell.
43. People who put ads and flyers in my mailbox. (Not send them, but just walk by and put them in there.)
44. Most political campaign commercials.
45. People who stand-by while someone is being assaulted / attacked.
46. Men who don’t support their families. (See also: inlaws)
47. People who are never wrong.
48. Vampires
49. Fake swearing!  “Fetch I flippin’ hate that freaking sheeze!!!”
50. Fudge!!! - I mean.. who eats this stuff?  Waste of a good brownie if you ask me.
51. People who can’t be bothered to write”for” or “you” and insist on using “4″ and “U” instead.
52. People who complain about someone owing them money when they actually never paid you back.
53. Chick-Flicks
54. Feminine hygiene commercials
55. Most erectile dysfunction commercials.
56. Words I always misspell. Will I ever learn to spell “recieve” correctly?!
57. Most things Disney.
58. That everything good is fattening, or more so that everything that’s good-for-you tastes like cardboard.
59. People who go on and on and on without getting to the point.
60. Hypocrisy
61. Hippo’s named “Crissy”
62. Zoo’s.  Seriously - I hate them so much!!!
63. People who talk during the Movie.  They must die!
64. People who kick the back of my seat.  They too must die!
65. People who bring huge roller-suitcases as carry-on baggage.
66. Waiting for checked baggage on the SLC to IAD Delta flight. (Just that flight, every other flight does fine!)
67. Daytime Television
68. Bad Customer Service, in all it’s evil forms!
69. “Corporate Responsibility” which is actually just marketing and PR.
70. Amber’s constant fidgeting.
71. Amber waking me up just as I’ve fallen asleep to tell me some incredibly interesting tidbit she heard on daytime television, saw at a store or otherwise just remembered.  (I once had to start strangling her to get her to stop.)

So a while back I asked myself.  “Self - Tell us something you have done recently which was really dumb.”

“Ah Yes..” I replied.  ”Well there was the time I dressed up a broom in a bow and sunglasses and forced my kids to pose for family pictures with it.” : Dusty Dusty Love

“Ah yes” Self replied to me.  “That was pretty dumb.  It was also kinda creepy… you freak.  You need help.”  I, He and we all paused a moment, then added “What about the time you thought everyone in Ohio was in the wrong timezone?” Making (up) Time in Ohio! “I mean seriously, WTF was wrong with you?!”

“Need we say more?!”

A while back Monica set the PSS theme of “Think back to when MTV actually played music videos. Tell us about 3 of your favorite videos.”  So, here’s mine.  I apologize for the really somewhat dark themes.

#3: Colplay: God Put a Smile on your Face

#2:Pink Floyd: Goodbye Blue Sky

#1:Moby: Natural Blues