Another list

Ian has challenged his readers to another meme. I can’t resist – I’m a list junkie! Here are my answers. Let me know if you do this on your blog.

1. If you could have dinner with any three people (except Mohammed, Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi) then who would they be? (don't say Mother Teresa either)

You didn’t specify dead or alive, so …
Dead: John F. Kennedy, Glenn Miller, Isaac Asimov
Alive: John Glenn, Jodie Foster, Walter Cronkite

1a. what would you eat?

Their choice. The conversation is more important to me than the menu.

1b. what restaurant would it be?

An Italian restaurant or a diner.

2. If you could force everyone in the world to read one book (except for the Quran or the Bible) what would it be?

The Power of Optimism, by Alan Loy McGinnis

3. Is there a TV show you'd cancel dinner with your best friend for if you knew that a new episode was going to be airing once only? What is it?

No, because my VCR still works and one day I’ll have Tivo.

4. If someone told you that you could only have one hobby/favorite passtime for the rest of your life, what would you pick?

Photography. At times it's a hobby, a passion, a source of income and a creative outlet. It's been my favorite passtime since my age was in single digits.

5. Which song is on the soundtrack of your life?

One just won’t do, but The Dance by Garth Brooks expresses one sentiment I believe in.

6. How old were you when you had your first crush? Who was it?

Second grade. I can’t remember her name, but she was short, cute, blond. After college, she married a man who was classmate of ours in second grade.

7. If you could read the thoughts of any one person, who would it be?

My wife. She seems to expect me to read her mind anyway so it would be great if I could.

Alternate answer: President Bush. I want to know if the Iraq war was really his decision or if he caved under pressure being exerted by his advisors.

8. If you could block your thoughts from only one person, who would it be?

See first answer to previous question.

9. If you could choose between life on earth forever or going to heaven, which would you choose?

I’m not completely sure there is a heaven, so I slightly favor the earth forever option. Sometimes I think we’ll get both because heaven might turn out to be the conflict-free earth we often dream about.

10. When you die, what will your contribution to the world be?

I helped people learn something useful or feel better about themselves because of something I said on the radio or wrote in a book or a blog.


OK, your turn. Let me know.