Shiftless When Idle

A little Cheddar for a cold Friday evening....

1. Do you have a pet name for your significant other? If so, how did it come about?
I do not have a significant other.

Any rumors concerning the use of pet names for former significant others can neither be confirmed nor denied at this time.

My trusty Saturn is referred to as the Mach Five. Does that count?
2. What was your favorite cartoon growing up? What's your favorite cartoon now?
Bugs Bunny - then, now, and forever.

Although Scooby Doo runs a close second. And I mean the original Scooby Doo, without Scrappy or Scooby Doo. Or the freakin' Harlem Globetrotters for that matter. Just strait-up Mystery Machine goodness. Preferably with the musical chase interlude, where the monster chases the gang around while some pseudo rock music plays in the background - a cartoon video, if you will.

I would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling kids...
3. What is your best way to save money?
The quickest way for me to save money would be to kick my daily Dunkin Donuts fix. And stop buying books.

I said quickest, not easiest.
4. What was your most frivolous purchase in the last couple of months?
Tickets to fly south for New Year's Eve. I could've driven - was actually planning on it. I just decided at the last minute that spending eight hours in a car both ways might cause my head to explode.

But I didn't have to fly.
5. What word would you like to see banished from use forever?
Any one of the many canting euphemisms for death: passed away, passed on, crossed over, put down, put to sleep. None of the folks I cared about and lost the past two years 'passed away.' They died. As we all will.

Deal with reality.
6. What is the strangest thing about someone that has attracted you?
What an odd question. What kind of answer are you looking for? That I dig woman with peg legs or something similarly bizarre?

Let's not be silly here. Now move along.
7. What was your most memorable New Year's Eve? Why?
Well this year was highly entertaining. And the 2000 family reunion/new Years Eve party/gambling session/hot-tubbing drinkathon was quite memorable as well. Other than that...well...I don't much care for New Year's Eve.