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Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

from the person who followed the orange meme…

elbeno, 9 January, 2007

1. Elaborate on your default icon.
It's from my wedding programme. Original artwork by mikem.

2. What's your current relationship status?
Married with one child.

3. Ever have a near-death experience?
No.

4. Name an obvious quality you have.
Red hair? Intelligence? Define obvious.

5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
Mahna Mahna.

6. Name a celebrity you would marry.
If I weren't already married? And if she weren't married? And if we were dating? Alicia Silverstone is easy on the eyes, but she'd have to let me eat meat and such.

7. Who will cut and paste this first?
I did.

8. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity?
That guy off CSI. But not so much.

9. Do you wear a watch? What kind?
Seiko. Analogue. Gold, slim, white face, thin Roman numerals.

10. Do you have anything pierced?
No.

11. Do you have any tattoos?
No.

12. Do you like pain?
I am a product of evolution. So no.

13. Do you like to shop?
Online, where the shopping experience can be short and targeted.

14. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
A roll of lifesavers.

15. What was the last thing you paid for with your credit card?
A P.G. Wodehouse book.

16. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
Brian from Wonderful World of Animation.

17. What is on your desktop background?
This.

18. What is the background on your cell phone?
I don't have one of those new-fangled ones with backgrounds. It makes phone calls, it stores numbers. The screen is a regular monochrome LCD. That is all.

19. What was the last movie you watched?
Zathura.

20. What was the last book you read?
To Engineer Is Human.

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