Saturday Six

Too much intensity and too many phone conversations over the past few days, so I think I'll relax and play the Saturday Six:

1. Who is the last house guest you invited into your home and was it a pleasant visit?

My dad and stepmother were here twice in September, en route to and from their canoe trip in Canada, which they shared with my boys.  We had a great time when they came back, watching my son's digital photos of the trip on the tv and laughing over how completely stranded the guys looked on the couple of days they spent traveling in a part of Algonquin Park unexpectedly devoid of water.

2.  Other than to work or school, where was the last place you drove?

I just got back from my usual Saturday morning at the local coffee shop with a group of friends.  Of the four of us who showed up this morning, three have seniors applying to college, so I'm sure we bored the fourth to pieces.

3. In terms of emergency supplies, how many of the following do you have in your home?  A) Candles  B) Fresh batteries  C) Containers of bottled water

Lots of candles, probably some batteries that we couldn't find anyway, and no bottled water.

4. You're invited to a pot-luck dinner:  what specialty do you offer to bring?  (It has to be something you can cook yourself, not something you bring from a store!)

Salad.  I don't cook.

5. Which of the following do you feel is the most true based on your own life experiences:
A) It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
B) The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
C) To have a friend, you must first be a friend.
D) Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
E) Never judge a book by its cover.
F) The tree of knowledge bears the noblest fruit.

(B) The best laid plans o' mice an' men gang oft straight to hell.  (Robert Burns didn't have it quite right.)

6. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #31 from Cherie:  We have all watched movies and TV shows that have inspired us to want to do what the characters in the show are doing, (doctors, lawyers, politicians, fire fighters, etc).  Has there ever been a program that you watched that made you realize that the occupation of the characters was something you could NEVER become?

I've never had the slightest interest in being a detective, private investigator, police officer, or any other type of forensic specialist -- which eliminates a lot of tv for me.