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1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?
2. Favorite constellation
3. Last salacious thought you had
4. Favorite sports team
5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?
6. Favorite comfort food
7. Intoxicant(s) of choice
8. The band you hate.
9. Favorite historical period
10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests
11. Your worst boss.
 
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?
84 Charring Cross Road
2. Favorite constellation
twinkle, twinkle, little star
3. Last salacious thought you had
Recalling someone's um...Brazilian
4. Favorite sports team
Sydney Swans
5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?
Oooh! The entire Canterbury Bulldogs team, Hopoate, or Anthony Mundine.
6. Favorite comfort food
Scrambled eggs :lol:
7. Intoxicant(s) of choice
Scotch
8. The band you hate.
Singers like Jay-Z etc
9. Favorite historical period
Dark Ages for the art
10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests
Merrick & Rosso, Picasso, Dali, Jason Saddington
11. Your worst boss.
Pasty John (see Paul McGuiness thread in confesh for physical description)
 
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure? - I started the Bill Clinton book but only got through two or three chapters- it was excruciatingly detailed. I'm thinking about getting that Bono In Conversation book

2. Favorite constellation

I know zilch about astronomy-Big Dipper just cause I like that name :wink:

3. Last salacious thought you had
hehe, should I really say that here?


4. Favorite sports team
Boston Red Sox

5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?
Martha Stewart

6. Favorite comfort food

My new favorite is milk chocolate covered Oreos

7. Intoxicant(s) of choice

I like champagne or red wine

8. The band you hate.
I don't know, maybe NSync :shrug:

9. Favorite historical period

Victorian Era

10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests

Bono
Bruce
Edge
Jude Law and Orlando Bloom just for the hotness factor

11. Your worst boss.
This little guy I had for a boss when I worked in retail
 
HOW is this a break from sin?

1.book read for pleasure - one of my daughters gossip girls books---ive read other ones recently and they werent for pleasure- the lost boy for instance

2. fave star constell-pisces...cuz i am one

3. salacious thought-doin it with the slim man my hubby brings round

4.fave athletic team- dont have one- loved watching the cubs almost make it to the world series a few years ago though

5.celeb like to see dead- britney- shes so fucking fake

6.comfort food- dont have one

7.fave intoxicator- cant say now- unfortunately- only sometimes though - it helps take the edge off of my flawed personality -

8.band i hate- Poison..they tossed a pink stain on heavy metal's reputation

9. fave historic era-when cavemen let ya know he wanted to bone ya and wanted your cookin& cleaning skills by clubbin you i the head....simpler times.

10.5 fanatasy dinner guests- hmmmm......
grandma and grandpa
i guess it would warm me through and through to have any of my extended family esp on my mom's side to visit me here in maine by they dont know about the life ive made for myself here- and it makes me lonely- i have no thread to them or vice versa
i told hubby just the other day that my family just feel like memories sometimes

11. boss you hated- the one that told me "why dont ya kill it" referring to the child I was carrying in my womb- then she mocked the face i was making while i was crying , trying to carry out the rest of the work day- she was a bitch.
but she did try to redeam herself with me - trying to be nice to me later on and i spose i forgave her
 
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1. What is the last book you read for pleasure? Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Hamilton has always been one of my favorite Founding Fathers, but after reading his bio, he is now my all-time favorite. What a guy!

2. Favorite constellation-Hmmm-Orion I guess, because that is the first one I ever learned, plus living in the big city that is about the only constellation I can see because of all the lights

3. Last salacious thought you had- Too many to count!!

4. Favorite sports team-Texas Rangers

5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?-Barbra Streisand

6. Favorite comfort food-Macaroni and Cheese

7. Intoxicant(s) of choice- I like Guiness, but not usually to excess.

8. The band you hate.-Blink-182

9. Favorite historical period-The Roosevelt Era:1932-1945

10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests.-Jesus, Bono, C.S. Lewis, JRR Tolkien, and a tie between TS Eliot, Hamilton, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Jackie Robinson.
11. Your worst boss.-My last one when I worked for Wells Fargo.:mad:
 
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?

just finished romeo dallaire 'shake hands with the devil: the failure of humanity in rwanda'
currently reading jeffrey sachs 'the end of poverty'
looking forward to 'in conversation with bono'

2. Favorite constellation

not up on my astronomy, sorry

3. Last salacious thought you had

some things are better left unsaid :sexywink:

4. Favorite sports team

not a sports fan

5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?

hugh heffner

6. Favorite comfort food

dark chocolate raspberry cheesecake

7. Intoxicant(s) of choice

non-alcoholic: music, laughter, chocolate
alcholic: crantinis :drool:

8. The band you hate.

i'm indifferent to the cookie cutter manufactured teeny bopper music industry. don't care enough to hate any of them.

9. Favorite historical period

favourite might not be the right word, but i fell in love with history studying world war ii in high school

10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests

bono
the dalai lama
eve ensler
nelson mandela
anne frank

11. Your worst boss.

awful fast food store high school job--was sexually harrassed by the manager and supervisors :shudder:
 
BonosSaint said:
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?
2. Favorite constellation
3. Last salacious thought you had
4. Favorite sports team
5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?
6. Favorite comfort food
7. Intoxicant(s) of choice
8. The band you hate.
9. Favorite historical period
10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests
11. Your worst boss.

1. _The Heart of the Matter_, Graham Greene
2. Cassiopia
3. these happen too frequently for me to even know what the last one was
4. US Olympic Swim Team; Boston Red Sox
5. toss up between Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Tara Reid
6. grilled cheese and tomato soup
7. good beer and vodka; red wine with a meal; the occasional puff
8. Creed (praise the lord they broke up)
9. Paris in the 20's; NYC in the 50's; as a child i was obsessed with Revlutionary War-era America
10. living or dead?
living: Bono, Bill Clinton, Thomas Pynchon, Ian McEwan, Rabbi Irwin Kula
dead: Jesus, Mohammad, Abraham, the Buddha, and Carl Sagan -- by the time we're ready for coffee and dessert, i want answers and solutions
11. she knows who she is -- backstabbing, finger-pointing, insecure ...
 
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1. What is the last book you read for pleasure? Death du Jour, Kathy Reichs

2. Favorite constellation: Orion

3. Last salacious thought you had: hehe, I plead the fifth...

4. Favorite sports team: baseball - Red Sox; Gymnastics - WOGA; NCAA Gymnastics - Michigan

5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be? Ashlee Simpson

6. Favorite comfort food: strawberries or my own Chex Mix

7. Intoxicant(s) of choice: I work way to much to ever get intoxicated!

8. The band you hate: Nirvana

9. Favorite historical period: the empires of ancient Egypt

10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests: Bono, Nadia Comaneci, Desmund Tutu, Pres. Bush (not saying I like him, OK?), and Russell Crowe

11. Your worst boss: Waaaay back in the day when I had my paper routes, this lady in charge of my Advanced route was annoying and wouldn't let me quit. She kept sending me the papers and I just recycled them all.
 
1. Made in Manitoba (collection of short stories by Canadian
writers). My body resides in US but for some reason my
heart lives in Canada.
2. Orion--almost a ritual of finding it before Igo into the house
at night.
3. Last salacious thought involved James Spader.
4. NY Mets
5. Paris Hilton is gone.
6. Comfort food--chili
7. Johnny Walker Black, grass when I can get it (although
the last time I got it was beyond the statute of limitations,
in case this site is monitored:wink: )
8. Hate any helium voiced girl singer.
9. Tudor England
10. Bono, Neil Young, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Jesus
11. Had a stupid assed manager, who tried to convince me
that because I started in July (and the rule was you only
got 3 vacation days in that calendar year if you started
in July) that I would only have three vacation days a year
for all time, tried to get me drunk after work one night to
convince me to agree to take on a position I didn't want,
and was the company spy. She's gone and I'm still there:wink: Wait a minute, she's gone and I'm still there:huh:
 
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?
Seinfeld and Philosophy - almost done reading it, too. It's a series of essays that intellectualize a show about 'nothing.' :)

2. Favorite constellation
Meh.

3. Last salacious thought you had.
It was interrupted in my sleep because I'm compulsive about getting to work on time. So I can't fully remember. :mad:

4. Favorite sports team
The Cleveland Indians... I guess. I'm not real big on sports to be honest.

5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?
Ben Stiller.

6. Favorite comfort food
The soft taco. :drool:

7. Intoxicant(s) of choice
I don't have alcohol very often, so I'm not sure. I like the drinks that have a flavor to them.

8. The band you hate.
Blink 182.

9. Favorite historical period
The one we live in right now.

10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests
Leslie Neilsen
Jerry Seinfeld
Brooke Burke
Bono
Edge

11. Your worst boss.
Haven't had enough of them to hate one yet.
 
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?

Star Wars Revenge of the Sith

In the process of the Bono Conversations Book


2. Favorite constellation

Big Dipper



3. Last salacious thought you had

In the Mall an Hour Ago at Victorias Secret....I contemplated what action could be taken if I followed my wife into a changing room.


4. Favorite sports team

Red Sox


5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?

Michael Jackson


6. Favorite comfort food

Dip and Chips


7. Intoxicant(s) of choice

Guiness, Corona


8. The band you hate.



9. Favorite historical period

Revolutionary War, Civil War, 60's


10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests

Bono
Robert Kennedy
Alyssa Milano
Ghandi
Maureen O'Hara



11. Your worst boss.

My Mother
 
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Dreadsox said:
3. Last salacious thought you had

In the Mall an Hour Ago at Victorias Secret....I contemplated what action could be taken if I followed my wife into a changing room.
:lmao:
 
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?
I just finished "Stonehenge: A Novel" by Bernard Cornwell. I'm now reading "The Birth of Venus" by Sarah Dunant, and next I want to read "Bono: In Conversation"

2. Favorite constellation
Orion

3. Last salacious thought you had
So many thoughts, so little time!

4. Favorite sports team
I don't follow sports much, but come World Series season, I'm an instant Yankess fan!

5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?
Either Angelina Jolie, Paris Hilton or Britney Spears...eh Kevin Federline.

6. Favorite comfort food
Skittles

7. Intoxicant(s) of choice
Skyy Vodka, Cosmopolitan, and Mike's Hard Lemonade

8. The band you hate.
Maroon 5

9. Favorite historical period
The Russian Revolution, ancient Egypt, anything that has to do with the Celts, and I want to look into the Byzantine Empire someday.

10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests
Jesus, Bono, Gandhi, Evelyn Underhill, Shirley Manson,

11. Your worst boss.
This woman I interned for a couple of summers ago. Rude, arrogant, narcisstic, constantly lied. Certainly wasn't someone to learn from.
 
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1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?

A Star Wars “Clone Wars” book. Pure brain candy.

2. Favorite constellation

Orion. At least I can spot it in the sky

3. Last salacious thought you had

Catching a glimpse of my wife changing before I headed out to work this morning. :sexywink:

4. Favorite sports team

USC Trojans

5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?

The annoying ones tend to obliterate themselves.

6. Favorite comfort food

Hot buttered popcorn

7. Intoxicant(s) of choice

Nyquil

8. The band you hate.

Don’t hate any. I don’t listen to a number of them.

9. Favorite historical period

WWII

10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests

I really don’t have any, but if U2 stopped by I’d break bread with them.

11. Your worst boss.

A partner in a private law firm – he said he liked to LPF documents. LPF is lawyer pencil f*ck. This way he could make numerous changes to a document for no reason and you never quite knew why he made the changes. Very annoying.
 
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?: I'm still trying to get through Dreams from My Father, Barack Obama's autobiography.
2. Favorite constellation: Orion
3. Last salacious thought you had: A lady doesn't tell everything she knows. :sexywink:
4. Favorite sports team: My baby Pens/the Yankees
5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?: Paris Hilton... :barf:
6. Favorite comfort food:/ Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, or pizza
7. Intoxicant(s) of choice: Guinness, Drambuie, peach schnappes, red wine
8. The band you hate: C**** :sexywink:
9. Favorite historical period: Hmmmmm...I'd love to hang out in, say, Renaissance-era Europe...especially the British Isles region...
10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests: Bono, Douglas Coupland, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Robert Burns
11. Your worst boss: Ugh, the dude who was my boss at the grocery store in high school. :|
 
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure? -- Earthed/Nineveh/The Ephemeron by Steve Kilbey

2. Favorite constellation -- Hydra

3. Last salacious thought you had -- you don't want to know (trust me you realld don't). And I don't want to tell you either. :)

4. Favorite sports team -- don't have one

5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be? -- Very few I care enought about to want to obliterate

6. Favorite comfort food -- mac & cheese

7. Intoxicant(s) of choice -- music, pot, chocolate hazelnut liquor

8. The band you hate -- hate is such a strong word, annoy would be much better -- Bare Naked Ladies

9. Favorite historical period -- I've always found WWII era very interesting, but favorite is a hard word to use for that period.

10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests -- Steve Kilbey (although he could be tricky as he is a notoriously picky eater and I'm not all that up on vegan menus -- I suppose it could be catered though... :hmm: ), the other two members of the Sirens of Antenna (I'm the third), Terri (Winter), and Ann. Because we would have a blast!

11. Your worst boss -- my last one. A stupid, backstabbing, witch.
 
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?
"Searching for God Knows What" by Donald Miller

2. Favorite constellation
Don't have one.

3. Last salacious thought you had
All I'll tell you is that it involved me and my wife. :yes:

4. Favorite sports team
Tie between Kansas City Chiefs and Chicago White Sox

5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?
Christina Aguilera (msp?) annoys me like no otha.

6. Favorite comfort food
My wife's chocolate chip cookies :drool:

7. Intoxicant(s) of choice
Love is all you need . . . beer's good too.

8. The band you hate.
There are many I could do without. Let's just say that.

9. Favorite historical period
Oh, about 2,000 years ago :wink:

10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests
Christ, Bono, the Edge, Adam, Larry

11. Your worst boss.
An old editor of mine was a pain in my butt
 
pax said:
4. Favorite sports team: My baby Pens/the Yankees
[[/B]

You are no longer considered to my my internet friend.....

HARLOT!!!!!:madspit:
 
BonosSaint said:
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?
2. Favorite constellation
3. Last salacious thought you had
4. Favorite sports team
5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?
6. Favorite comfort food
7. Intoxicant(s) of choice
8. The band you hate.
9. Favorite historical period
10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests
11. Your worst boss.

1. The Steppen wolf by herman hesse.
2. Aldebaran
3. I'm the drunken nun don't you remember? :wink:
4. Real Madrid de España y El Boca Junior de Argentina (soccer)
5. Paris Hilton :down:
6. Chocolate... any kind of
7. Pot, chocolate, and vodka :D
8. P.O.D and all the emo stuff
9. middle age and the industrial revolution
10. ok... Bono, Dj Muggs, Paul Klee, Moebius and Tolkien
11. myself :S
 
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1. What is the last book you read for pleasure? -- they only look dead

2. Favorite constellation -- orion

3. Last salacious thought you had -- involved more than one woman, basically a porno.

4. Favorite sports team -- empty

5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be? -- britney

6. Favorite comfort food -- sloppy joes

7. Intoxicant(s) of choice -- vodka/beer/rum

8. The band you hate -- i believe in a thing called love.... those guys

9. Favorite historical period -- bc

10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests -- round up a handful of my exes and allure them back to me.

11. Your worst boss -- never had a good one... but i would say the one who made me drive out in a snowstorm to get him food.
 
1. What is the last book you read for pleasure?
- Sophisticated Boom Boom
2. Favorite constellation
- Orion (the only one I know)
3. Last salacious thought you had
- Reservoir Dogs, Mr Blonde. Enough said.
4. Favorite sports team
- Manchester United
5. If you could obliterate one celebrity, who would it be?
- Lindsay Lohan
6. Favorite comfort food
- Doughnuts
7. Intoxicant(s) of choice
- martini, red wine, pot
8. The band you hate
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. Favorite historical period
- Nazi Germany
10. Your top five fantasy dinner guests
- Michael Stipe, George Orwell, Sean Penn, Chris Martin, The Edge
 
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