Welcome to Sunday Stealing, which, heading towards the solstice, Christmas, and other celebrations, feels festive.
Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!
Impetua is a blogger who stole this meme from someone named Yello, whom our moderator could not find. While it’s not specifically about the holidays, these questions do have a festive feel.
Stealing Some Fun
1. Describe your favorite cake.
My favorite cake is carrot cake, which I’ve had for my birthday about half of my life. Considering I didn’t have it in the first 18 years means I’ve had it a lot since. Part of my grand self-delusion is that, since it has carrots, it must be healthy. I don’t REALLY believe it, but it’s pretty delicious, especially with vanilla ice cream.
2. Think of the best party you’ve ever attended. Were you a host or a guest?
The best parties I can remember are my birthday, which I suppose seems terribly unimaginative and/or self-centered, but it’s true. For my 16th birthday, my parents held a party at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY. I rarely had parties at home because our house was so small, so my parents renting out a place was a big deal.
The next birthday that stands out is actually the 33 1/3rd birthday party I had with my then-girlfriend. We held it in July because my birthday in March is cold, and the weather can be dodgy. I remember the invitation was on green paper, of course, and the design was an LP label with the party information.
My 50th birthday was at my church, and my sister Leslie came up for it.
I’ve had a card party (hearts) at my house almost every year for the past dozen years, and that’s always a joy. We play hearts
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3. When you choose a greeting card, do you pay more attention to the words or the pictures?
I always pay more attention to the words. I like a nice picture, but a nice picture with saccharine verbiage will turn me right off.
4. What’s your favorite holiday?
The problem with most holidays in the United States is that they are often fraught. The so-called “war on Christmas.” Thanksgiving carries a lot of baggage from its first celebration. MLK Day and Juneteenth are deemed too DEI. Most people can’t tell the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day?
It may be Lent generally, and Maundy Thursday specifically. I love that melancholy music.
5. Who is your favorite character on your favorite TV show?
That would be Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show. He had a good job, a lovely and talented wife, and a pleasant child. They lived in a charming house. He had good friends. What’s not to like?
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