Welcome to Sunday Stealing. 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!
We found this one at CreativeGene, who stole it from someone named “Randy” because “it looks like fun.” Let’s see if you agree.
Four 5’s
FIVE things on my to-do list:
1. Write the book
2. Clean out the drawer
3. Book speakers for the FFAPL book reviews/author talk in January/February 2026 (interested?)
4. Submit reimbursement forms for my health care expenses
5. Re-sort my played compact discs
FIVE snacks I enjoy:
1. Oatmeal raisin cookies
2. Canned fruit cocktail
3. Golden Oreos
4. Apple sauce
5. Ritz crackers
FIVE places I have lived:
1. Kingston, NY – 2 months in 1972, a roach-infested place
2. Charlotte, NC – roughly 4 months in 1977, living with my parents
3. Jackson Heights, Queens, NY – roughly 4 months in 1977, living with one of my sisters
4. Schenectady, NY – approximately 20 months in 1978-1979
5. Binghamton, NY, my hometown
Workin’ For A Living
FIVE jobs I have held:
1. A box factory, for two weeks. Hated it, as described here
2. Janitor at some department store in New Paltz for a few weeks, and at Binghamton City Hall for about four months in the 1970s
3. Empire Blue Cross, customer service rep, eventually hated it, which I described here
4. Albany Savings Bank, teller, 02/1978—Two days after my training was over, and I was on the window by myself, spending an hour trying to find a five-cent overage, I quit with two days’ notice. They weren’t happy, but they were only paying me $6000 a year, less than what I had in my drawer every day. I left to work as a bookkeeper at the Schenectady Arts Council, which I liked a lot more and made $8200/year.
5. FantaCo, from May 1980 to November 1988
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