I’m great in bed

Today's questions were brought to you by silent_r_infork .

1. If you could retroactively erase one TV show from the history of entertainment, which one would you choose?
there are so many.

2. Are you more like your mother or your father?
i don't know. i've been told that i kind of look like my dad though.

3. If you could take a year-long vacation, what would you do?
travel europe. visiting historical sites & museums and eating local food.

4. Can you think of a reason not to answer this question?
yes, i do not want to.

5. What's the nicest thing you've ever done for someone?
not kill them.

other answers are over here.

These questions were written by lady1raven .

1. If you were a crayon, which color would you want to be?
a nice medium blue. or silvery gray.

2. Which color do you think you would be regardless of what you wanted?
probably something like burnt orange, raw umber, burnt sienna. some sicking green. maybe one of the purples, oranges, yellows or reds.

3. Would you rather be used and get blunt, broken and lose your wrapper, or not be used and stay pristine?
somewhere in between.

4. Would you rather be in a small set of crayons or a large set?
probably the 24 count set. it's a good variety, but not so big that most of them don't get used, like the 96 pack.

5. Would you rather be Crayola, or a different brand?
ideally i'd want to be crayola (who wouldn't?). but i'd most likely end up being rose art, or pen + gear (wal-mart brand).

other answers are over here.

These questions were written by ange420 .

1. How far back can you trace your family tree?
just to grandparents on my mother's side & great-grand parents on my dad's side, both his mother's & father's sides. one of the things i want to do if i win a multi-millions lotto is pay to have my family tree researched.

2. What is the most interesting (or strange) thing you've heard about one of your relatives?
one of my dad's great-uncles came over from what was the austro-hungarian empire (what became Poland, maybe?), but couldn't get into the U.S. for some reason. so, he went to canada & when some great lake froze over in the winter, walked across it into this country. things were fine for about 3 years, he lived with his sister (dad's grandma) who had a boarding house & worked in a coal mine or something. then one night he got into a bar fight, was arrested, they found out that he was here illegally & sent him back to the austro-hungarian empire.
he became a priest, was sent on a mission to south america & was never heard from again. no one is sure if; 1. he just didn't write to anyone, 2. the locals didn't appreciate being preached at & killed him, 3. he died of a tropical disease, or 4. he gave up the priesthood & just lived a non-religious life.

3. How do you feel about legacy names like John Henry Smith IV or naming children after other relatives?
they're ok.
i wonder how far down the number like does the average person (not royal or rich) go before giving up on the name? the fourth, the fifth?

4. Would you consider yourself and/or your family to be traditional?
i don't follow any "family traditions" if that's what this means.

5. What is one tradition you have passed on to your children and/or plan to pass on to them?
i have no children, nor do i want to. and would have no traditions to pass down if i did.

other answers over here.

the moving the clocks one hour ahead thing is happening tonight.

my usual stuff about it; most electronics will do it automatically, but stuff like stoves & microwaves will not. unless you have some super fancy, connected to the internet kind of thing.

some forums and bboards have something in time setting about DST in effect. so look at where you post to see if they do. for example, DW doesn't have that. they have pick your time zone & if you want the time display in 12 hour (am/pm) or 24 hour.

people ask the question of would you go back in time to kill hitler as a baby to prevent WW2? But i am not sure that killing him (or even encouraging him to just be an artist) would prevent the war. that idea supposes that there is no other man (or group of men) who was 1.mad about losing WW1, 2. angry about gemany having to pay reparations to the winners of that war. which lead to 3. an economic depression years before the one in the 1930s. any of his top officials, or generals; himmler, gobbeles, rommel, or goring could’ve been “der fuhrer” (which means the leader, if you didn’t know).
i go back & forth on if the holocaust would be a part of an alternate version of WW2. because a lot of hitler’s top men shared his beliefs, but who knows what would’ve happened if they didn’t have someone encouraging their hate.

most likely in order to prevent WW2, you have to prevent WW1. also in this situation, it’s not just about one man; the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand was just the catalyst, or excuse, to start the war. there were people chafing under austro-hungarian rule. kaiser wilhelm II was jealous of the british empire, angry about his messed up left arm & not being as tall as he wanted to be. not to mention how his father, frederick III, might have handled things if he lived longer. princesses of denmark, alexandra & dagmar (maria feodoravna), telling their husbands, edward VII & tsar alexander III respectively, not to trust prussia/germany. which influenced what their sons, king george VI & tsar nicholas II did. because of a war the prussians/germans pursued to get some disputed territory in denmark, a war they won & had denmark pay reparations for*. sound familiar?

and in order to prevent WW1, you probably have to prevent a dozen, or more, wars and conflicts going back at least 100 years before that. of course preventing WW1 would leave the map of europe looking very different, not to mention all of those royal houses staying intact. speaking of royalty; would there have been a russian revolution which lead to the tsar and his family being arrested and executed? and if there was a revolution, could the royal family have found refuge with some other royal house in europe? or would they have been afraid of backlash like king george VI was?


*i probably only have like 50% of all of this correct.

These questions were originally suggested by veracious_g .

1. What type of mood are you generally in on a rainy day?
i like the rain, or a nice overcast day. i don't like the pouring down kind of rain though.

2. What are your favorite things to do when the weather is gloomy?
i don't have any.

3. Have you ever been kissed in the rain?
i have not.

4. After the rain stops, do you continue what you were doing, or do you run outside to do something else?
if i was doing something outside & was interrupted by the rain, i try to get back to it. otherwise, i just continue with what i was doing.

5. What is your favorite drink/food to have when it's raining outside?
i don't have anything in particular.

other answers are over here.

These questions were originally suggested by alfvaen .

1) Do you like your birth-name? Why?
it's ok. my last name is kind of long & it is often mispronounced. a few times people have added letters that were not there & made it a different name. it's like the difference between schwartz & schwarzkopf (neither are close to my last name). i'm like; why are you doing that? do they see the first few letters & just assume the rest?

2) If you could change your name to anything else, what would it be?
no idea. but a simpler last name would be nice.

3) What names would you consider giving your children?
i'm not interested in having children but i like the older kinds of names; like elizabeth & katherine. james & robert.

4) If you had a band, what would you name it, and why?
it depends on what kind of music the band would play. i think rum runner would be a good band name. also craig ferguson once suggested that chlamydia would be a good punk band name & i think about that now and then.

5) Is there a name that you completely hate? Why?
any name that the parents changed to spelling of to be unique. like ashley being spelled ashleigh. my apologies if someone reading this has done that. but really, it's ridiculous.

more answers are over here

way back in jan. of 2019 tumblr cracked down on adult content. a lot of people were looking for a place to go & came here to DW, but thought it was for serious posts only^tm. so sara suggested that the month of febuary be for frivolous posting (more on that in my post here).

it is not mandatory & i'm probably the only person still doing it, but the tradition continues.

this year's theme is star trek, star wars & stargate: sg-1 trivia/quiz type questions that are most likely true. unless someone messed it up.

Who was the first actor to play a member of all three of the major alien races in Star Trek?
( answer )

What's the name of Boba Fett's ship?
( answer )

In typical situations, what is the longest period of time that a stargate wormhole can be sustained, "give or take a few seconds"?
( answer )

These questions were suggested by sooguy .

1. If you were to star in a movie, who would you want to be cast as your love interest?
i don't know. harrison ford, circa 1982? but like 6 inches shorter.

2. What genre of movie would you most like to star in?
something like the amelia peabody mysteries, with a bit of indiana jones thrown in.

3. What song would you insist be on the soundtrack?
i don't know what would fit the time it's set in.

4. What would you wear to the premiere of your movie?
a pantsuit in a nice medium shade of blue.

5. Who would you thank in your Oscar acceptance speech?
the usual people; my parents and brother, my agent, the director & writer(s). my co-stars, the crew, my stunt double. the hair, make-up & wardrobe departments.
special mention to whoever found comfortable shoes and boots that are women's' 9 1/2, wide width & fit a high instep. craft services.

see other people's answers here.

the rest of the title is; The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

from amazon;

The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the world, attracting millions of visitors to the British museum every year, and yet most people don’t really know what it is. Discovered in a pile of rubble in 1799, this slab of stone proved to be the key to unlocking a lost language that baffled scholars for centuries.

Carved in ancient Egypt, the Rosetta Stone carried the same message in different languages—in Greek using Greek letters, and in Egyptian using picture-writing called hieroglyphs. Until its discovery, no one in the world knew how to read the hieroglyphs that covered every temple and text and statue in Egypt.

Dominating the world for thirty centuries, ancient Egypt was the mightiest empire the world had ever known, yet everything about it—the pyramids, mummies, the Sphinx—was shrouded in mystery. Whoever was able to decipher the Rosetta Stone would solve that mystery and fling open a door that had been locked for two thousand years.

Two brilliant rivals set out to win that prize. One was English, the other French, at a time when England and France were enemies and the world’s two great superpowers.

this is the first book i read in 2025.
it was pretty interesting, going into how the rosetta stone was found, plus some history of ancient egypt that lead to it's creation.
it also goes a bit into written language in general & how hard it is to figure out if you have no frame of reference for it. are the signs/symbols words? sounds? letters? and is it read from left to right? right to left? top to bottom?
there are still some written languages no one knows how to read in this day & age. probably the most well known is Linear A. but there's also the written language of the Etruscans (a.k.a the nearby civilization that early ancient rome stole nearly every concept & idea from). as well as the written language of the Rapa Nui, the people of easter island.

my brother wondered who decided on the "correct" written words for things?
like; one man said this collection of lines means "rock". but another man said no; his collection of lines means "rock". then they started fighting, throwing rocks at each other, & killing each other. a third guy comes along & says this collection of lines means "rock" & everyone went along with it.