This is for Kip.


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One of my Maud friends posted this link earlier today. It is thoroughly addictive, and I'm happy to say I got up to 48 more than once, but most of the time I hovered around 45 or 46.

Here's the link.

This also seems about right ...

You paid attention during 86% of high school!

85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old chap!

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Just as I suspected ...

Which Betsy-Tacy character are you? Your Result: Betsy Ray   As a child, Betsy is lively and imaginative, a story-teller and a ring-leader. As she grows up, Betsy is popular with both boys and girls because of her fun spirit and love of a good time. She loves traditions, having fun, parties, and boys, but she sometimes undervalues herself and her talents. In the end she learns to love her true self and comes to realize and value her love of writing, and makes her dream a reality. Although she has had many beaus, she ends up with the one best suited to her (Joe Willard!), who understands her love of writing and encourages her to be her real self.
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And Kip's answers.

1. Are you taller than your best friend?
Yes, I have a couple inches on Betsy.

2. Do you have a favorite type of pen?
Very fine-point with black ink is my favorite, but I'm not all that
picky.

3. Have you ever worn the opposite sex's underwear?
Yes.

4. What is your natural hair color?
Blonde, mixed with an ever-increasing amount of gray.

5. Who was the last person you sat on?
Betsy. She didn't seem to mind.

6. What color are the curtains in your bedroom?
No curtains, just a shade.

7. What's the weirdest thing to be found in your bedroom?
It depends on whether I happen to be in there or not.

8. Have you ever had a black and white cat?
Yes. His name was Charlie Little Britches.

9. What is the last thing you licked?
My fingers, I just finished lunch.

10. Do you know anyone who lives in Europe?
I used to know several; now the only person I know that lives there is my friend Klaus in Germany.

11. If you had a stack of cash to spend, what would you buy (bills and gas
excluded)?
Depends on how big a stack ... Most likely a couple plane tickets.

12. What movie are you looking forward to seeing?
My mind is a blank.

13.Can you spell well?
Not worth a damn.

14. What makes you gag?
Women who wear too much perfume, seeing someone else vomit, certain other foul smells.

15. How do you feel about the French?
They're rude, but many of them are excellent cooks.

16. Pick one: Zombies or Frankenstein's Monster?
If I had to pick, give me a Zombie. I can still
run faster than most of them.

17. What song describes your love life?
Up on the Roof - James Taylor. Sometimes Green Eyed Lady,
Silly Love Songs, lots more I can't name. :-P

18. Favorite pet?
Otis

19. Who is on your mind?
Betsy

20. Last person to give you a business card?
A recruiter when I started my job.

21. Who is the last person you called?
Someone in payroll. I think her name was Lisa.

22. Did you ever have braces?
Nope.

23. Last time you had someone cook for you?
Today - We had a potluck lunch.

24. Can you make coffee well?
Well? I think so. Most people call it mud.

25. Do you like cheesecake?
Yummy!

26. Last time you received flowers?
I can't remember specifically, but they were from Betsy.

27. What celebrity disturbs you most?
So many to choose from, so little space... I'll start with
Paris. My list goes downhill from there.

28. Do you play air guitar?
Not when I'm awake...

30. Do you have any stuffed animals?
Only the ones I borrow from my son.

31. What possession of yours classifies you as a geek/nerd?
All my Renaissance clothes, probably a few of my CDs - Mannheim
Steamroller comes to mind.

32. What got you through high school?
My friends and my feet. I ran away from people a lot.

33. What makes you happy inside, but you can't really explain it?
Sunsets

34. What made you cry last?
The onions I was chopping last night.

35. Do you like surprises?
Love 'em

36. What's your "emphasize" word?
Bloody

38. How long does it take you to get ready to go out?
20 minutes or so.

39. Have you ever worn a crown?
Not that I know of.

40. Are you ticklish?
Depends on who's doing the tickling.

41. Last time you had a Krispy Kreme doughnut?
It's been a few months.

42. Who is the last person that sent you a text that you returned?
My son Tim

43. Who has the prettiest eyes that you know of?
Betsy - Emerald green pools. You can drown in them. I know.

Why do I like these question things so much? (That's rhetorical, unless you have a good answer for me.)

1. Are you taller than your best friend?
Nope. I seem to be shrinking, too.

2. Do you have a favorite type of pen?
It has to be a medium-point black pen. I am anal-retentive about pens. If I find a good one, woe betide the one who takes it off the desk and doesn't return it (though I myself have been known to ruthlessly steal a good pen from a business if I'm writing a check with one).

3. Have you ever worn the opposite sex's underwear?
I don't think so.

4. What is your natural hair color?
It used to be brown. Now it's mostly white. But I haven't seen my natural color since I was about 27, when I became a redhead.

5. Who was the last person you sat on?
Kip. He didn't object.

6. What color are the curtains in your bedroom?
No curtains, just off-white shades.

7. What's the weirdest thing to be found in your bedroom?
A roll of wrapping paper, which I use to unplug the laundry chute when Andrew invariably plugs it up every night by stuffing his clothes down it.

8. Have you ever had a black and white cat?
Yes, good old Sam the Mole.

9. What is the last thing you licked?
My lips. It's very dry in this office today.

10. Do you know anyone who lives in Europe?
Yes, I have a handful of friends in Scotland.

11. If you had a stack of cash to spend, what would you buy (bills and gas excluded)?
Books, probably. Or a trip to Vegas. Or both.

12. What movie are you looking forward to seeing?
"Sweeney Todd" with Alan Rickman and Johnny Depp.

13.Can you spell well?
I am a primo speller.

14. What makes you gag?
Certain smells.

15. How do you feel about the French?
They make good fries. And toast.

16. Pick one: Zombies or Frankenstein's Monster?
Neither.

17. What song describes your love life?
"Everything" by Michael Buble.

18. Favorite pet?
Otis.

19. Who is on your mind?
Kip.

20. Last person to give you a business card?
My boss, Ron.

21. Who is the last person you called?
Kip.

22. Did you ever have braces?
Yes, for two years and three orthodontists in three states.

23. Last time you had someone cook for you?
Last night. Kip made steak on the grill.

24. Can you make coffee well?
Nope. Kip makes it.

25. Do you like cheesecake?
Yes, though I don't worship it. Give me fruit pie or chocolate cake any day.

26. Last time you received flowers?
Mother's Day.

27. What celebrity disturbs you most?
Britney Spears. Or Lindsay Lohan.

28. Do you play air guitar?
No. I'm not a 12-year-old boy.

30. Do you have any stuffed animals?
I still have my old stuffed Snoopy and Pixie Mouse, sitting on my dresser. And years ago Kip gave me a stuffed cow decorated like a NYC taxi.

31. What possession of yours classifies you as a geek/nerd?
My collection of Renaissance Festival costumes. And my VAST collection of bubblegum-music CDs.

32. What got you through high school?
Friends who thought like me (newspaper and yearbook staff types).

33. What makes you happy inside, but you can't really explain it?
Hearing certain songs on the radio and singing along; having a big stack of reserved books ready to be picked up at the library.

34. What made you cry last?
A story on the news last week about a little boy who had to have his leg amputated.

35. Do you like surprises?
Yes.

36. What's your "emphasize" word?
The wonderful, all-purpose F word.

38. How long does it take you to get ready to go out?
About 20 minutes.

39. Have you ever worn a crown?
Yes, I am currently wearing two on my teeth.

40. Are you ticklish?
Not really, except my feet are really sensitive.

41. Last time you had a Krispy Kreme doughnut?
Sometime over the summer.

42. Who is the last person that sent you a text that you returned?
Probably one of my stepsons.

43. Who has the prettiest eyes that you know of?
Kip. And Andrew. They are identical.