Kathy and I have a long tradition of pinching memes from each other. So here is one served up courtesy of the Impenetrable One:
The following all begin with 'In your lifetime, have you....'
1. ...ridden on a rollercoaster? I rode on a semi-grownup one on my recent trip to the Dark Lord Mickey's Kingdom. That was plenty for me. I am not fond of being frightened.
2. ...performed (in any area of the arts) onstage? I was in various piano recitals and competitions as a kid, the last ones being during my high school years. While in law school, I played Lysander in Midsummer Night's Dream and Jimmy Farrell in John Synge's Playboy of the Western World in productions at the Missus' college. I would also include the various trials, hearings, moot courts and mock trials that I've done, since oral legal advocacy is as much stagecraft as it is anything else.
3. ...planted a garden? "Planted a garden?" they ask! As if I can get myself to shut up about it......
4. ...ever had to reformat your hard drive due to a virus/spyware? I only vaguely know what this means, so the answer is no.
5. ...written a book? A poem? A song? I've written various poems and songs, mostly in light comic verse, all for private consumption. And I wrote a very laborious minuet in the style of Haydn once that, if nothing else, convinced me that I really have no talent for musical composition.
6. ...sang karaoke? As I've said at my own site, the story that, dressed in a tunic and chains, I had to get on a table in the middle of the Missus' college dining hall and sing along to Madonna's "Like A Virgin" at the top of my voice has been taken badly out of context.
7. ...been interviewed by a local TV station/newspaper? Nobody actually seeks out my opinion on anything, so instead I force it on them. Prior to blogging, I used to do a goodish bit of letter-to-the-editor writing and even had one published in The Wall Street Journal a year or two ago.
8. ...witnessed a tornado/earthquake/hurricane first-hand? I've been through a couple of hurricanes, although they were usually tropical storms by the time they got to my neck of the woods. The only gen-u-ine hurricane battering I experienced was when I was a junior at the People's Glorious Soviet of Middltetown, CT and Hurricane Gloria came rolling up the Connecticut River. On the other hand, my brother was a medical student in Charleston, SC when Hurricane Hugo hit it head on and had to work in the hospital all the way through it.
As for tornados, I've never actually seen one other than a couple of waterspouts. Every now and again I think it would be cool to take one of those storm-chaser tours to try and get a look at a Tornado Alley Special.
Earthquake? Nope, and I'm not sure that I'd want to. The sensation of having the ground shake under your feet, I'm told, is horrifying.
9. ...participated in a photo scavenger hunt? Nope - don't know what that means.
10. ...traveled to another country? Canada (New Brunswick) and Mexico (Texas border region) several times. And I lived in London for a year after college.