Climbing Back on the Meme Train

Part Ia: Friday's Feast
Friday's Feast for Friday, 5 January 2007.

Appetizer Which celebrity (or celebrities) do you think will make headlines this year?
Unfortunately, I think it'll probably be the same old celebrities making the news for the same old celebrity behavior. Even more unfortunately, the media will continue to push reports of Celebrities Behaving Badly because that's what sells. What does that say about us as a society, I wonder?

Soup They say that good things come in small packages? What is something little that you think is great?
Chinese Exercise Balls

Salad Name a song that makes you want to dance.
"In The Mood" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra

Main Course What is your favorite font?
I like the font that Toto used on the back of their Mindfields album. No, that's not some esoteric Oriental writing style, it's English. Song titles, from the top down, are Better World, Cruel, Melanie, One Road, Mad About You, and so on.

Dessert If you were to write a do-it-yourself article, what would it be about?
"How to use HTML tags to make your blog entry look just the way you want it to." I've already done this for a couple of friends, actually.

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Part Ib: Friday's Feast
Friday's Feast for Friday, 12 January 2007.

Appetizer What comes to mind when you see the color orange?
From growing up in Colorado: The Donkeys. (That's what we call the Denver Broncos when they screw up.)
From spending the past decade and change in Utah: Road construction.

Soup Did you ever get in trouble while you were in school? If so, what was it for?
I got a D in 8th grade math because I was bored and didn't actually do any of the work. The parents were not pleased. But in my defense, it was exactly the same as 7th grade math had been.

Salad Which topping(s) make up your perfect pizza?
I prefer Canadian Bacon, pineapple, and mushrooms. Unfortunately, Nancy is allergic to Mushrooms, so we either do without or substitute regular bacon, depending on the pizza place.

Main Course Do you believe in UFOs/aliens/etc.? Why or why not?
"Now I'm not saying that I've been everywhere and I've done everything, but I do know it's a pretty amazing planet we live on, and a man would have to be some kind of FOOL to think we're alone in THIS universe."
-Jack Burton, Big Trouble in Little China

Dessert What color is your bedspread/comforter/quilt?
The comforter is a mix of red and tan patterns. The quilt is one Granny made, with geometric patters featuring mostly green, blue, and red.

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Part II: Top 5 On Friday
Top Five on Friday from The Music Memoirs:

Top 5 songs under 3 minutes long.

» "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison (2:58)
Featured on The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison, Vol. 1.
The Growl. Enough said.

» "Easy Money" by Electric Light Orchestra (2:51)
From the album Zoom.
The lead singer introduces the guitar solo by calling out, "Play it, Jeff!" Pretty funny, since Jeff Lynne is both the vocalist and the guitar soloist.

» "When I'm Sixty-Four" by The Beatles (2:37)
From the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
How often can you really say "What a great clarinet riff"?

» "Cinema" by Yes (2:06)
From the album 90125.
Recorded live in studio, it won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance of 1984.

» "Pythagoras" by Rocket Scientists (0:56)
From the album Earthbound.
(Sometimes called 'The greatest prog instrumental under one minute ever made.')