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1. Leave me a comment containing the word 'pumpernickel'.
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your lj with the answers to these questions.
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask others in your own post.
5. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. That's why it's called a meme!
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penchaft
1. One of these two sports has to stop existing as of to-morrow, and it's your choice. Baseball or gridiron (your football)?
Golf. Seriously, I don’t want to give up either, and golf is just… boring. Take away a really crappy sport! That being said… probably football. It overlaps more with college basketball, at least, and there are a lot more baseball games on.
2. Why don't you mention your husband much on your LJ?
I didn’t know that I didn’t. I guess he’s just not involved in most of the things I spend time talking about, since other than reading and crafting and work I don’t really talk about my ‘personal life’ much. I mean, I could tell you that we spent yesterday cleaning out the garage, taking down the tree, and we went out to eat, but really, that’s not all that interesting. And I’m certainly not going to talk about anything too interesting (wink wink nudge nudge) on my LJ. I do mention him from time to time (he’s in one of my most recent entries, mocking my spinning! ~.^). On the up side, I don’t spend entry after entry complaining about him or gushing over him, thereby sparing y’all from that. Besides, after 14 years together… he just seems like an extension of me. I don’t much talk specifically about my left leg, either, but it’s always there helping me out (it’s the right one that gives me trouble!). Hrm, that sounds corny. I don’t know, should I talk about him more?
3. If you could have any accent in the world, which one would it be?
Hmmm, Irish, I think.
4. Are there any games/reality TV shows you'd like to go on (even if you just think it would be really awesome, but really unlikely)?
No, not really. Because in all likelihood I’d just embarrass myself and it’s hard enough dealing with doing that in front of a small audience. Besides, I value my anonymity.
5. Why Kansas?
Long story that ends with coasting, out of gas, to the shoulder. Wait, that sounds to interesting and melodramatic. More like a lively trickle of water that ends in a stagnant pool. My dad was in the military, and we moved around a lot. Come time for me to head off to college and we were living at Fort Leavenworth. KU was the obvious choice (I also had the chance to go to OSU, the Ohio one, and often wonder what life would be like if I had – besides the obvious not meeting my hubby, which would be tragic). Moved to Lawrence, met him, got a job in KCMO, moved there, he went back to school and we needed in-state tuition, and happily moved back to Kansas (if you’d ever lived in Missouri you’d know why). He graduated, got a job, we bought a house, and there you have it. Inertia is now our co-pilot. Though I’d like to move, the hassle of finding new jobs for both of us, not to mention the actual moving, is just far too much.
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1. What do you like about puddles besides the obvious splashy?
Ah, the ‘puddles’ in my description isn’t so much a joyous thing – I’m the goddess of potholes and puddles because I’m a civil engineer, and my specialty is storm water management (puddles) and road reconstruction (potholes).
who or what got you into the craft life?
My mom is a crafter, for as long as I can remember. It just seemed a natural thing to pick up. I think I now have a broader range of crafts, because I’m sort of ADD when it comes to things like that and constantly have to try new things, so I’ve branched out into all sorts of crafts. I’m a quantity over quality sort of crafter.
Will you ever post something really RISQUE or tmi (not that i am encouraging or holding out for this, but just curiosity!)
Not a lot risqué or TMI happens in my life, unless you really want to hear about how my gastrointestinal tract hates me. I’m not quite old enough to blather on about that all the time. And most of it can be handled with judicious consumption of Metamucil, which does make me feel old. But it hasn’t worked properly for as long as I can remember. Hmmm… All of my surgeries were long ago, so I’m not inclined to talk about those. And sex? No, I probably will never talk about that here. Too many people (including my parents) know I have this LJ, and that would just be AWKWARD. Although, I guess if I started adding picture a lot of the ‘stupid ways I injure myself’ posts would be a little TMI.
have you ever tried speaking in nothing but lines from tv or books for a day?
No, though I did write a story where the characters only spoke in song titles. That was fun!
Smeddley, you're turning into a --------. stop it! What's your animal?
My favorite animal is my puppy dog, but I’m not sure I’d want to turn into a dog – just because being a bird or a shark would be so much different. So the animal I’d want to turn into would be one very different from me… but I’m not sure which. I have some fears of both heights and drowning, so I don’t know how that would work out for me. I’ll go with a bird of prey.
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your lj with the answers to these questions.
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask others in your own post.
5. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. That's why it's called a meme!
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penchaft1. One of these two sports has to stop existing as of to-morrow, and it's your choice. Baseball or gridiron (your football)?
Golf. Seriously, I don’t want to give up either, and golf is just… boring. Take away a really crappy sport! That being said… probably football. It overlaps more with college basketball, at least, and there are a lot more baseball games on.
2. Why don't you mention your husband much on your LJ?
I didn’t know that I didn’t. I guess he’s just not involved in most of the things I spend time talking about, since other than reading and crafting and work I don’t really talk about my ‘personal life’ much. I mean, I could tell you that we spent yesterday cleaning out the garage, taking down the tree, and we went out to eat, but really, that’s not all that interesting. And I’m certainly not going to talk about anything too interesting (wink wink nudge nudge) on my LJ. I do mention him from time to time (he’s in one of my most recent entries, mocking my spinning! ~.^). On the up side, I don’t spend entry after entry complaining about him or gushing over him, thereby sparing y’all from that. Besides, after 14 years together… he just seems like an extension of me. I don’t much talk specifically about my left leg, either, but it’s always there helping me out (it’s the right one that gives me trouble!). Hrm, that sounds corny. I don’t know, should I talk about him more?
3. If you could have any accent in the world, which one would it be?
Hmmm, Irish, I think.
4. Are there any games/reality TV shows you'd like to go on (even if you just think it would be really awesome, but really unlikely)?
No, not really. Because in all likelihood I’d just embarrass myself and it’s hard enough dealing with doing that in front of a small audience. Besides, I value my anonymity.
5. Why Kansas?
Long story that ends with coasting, out of gas, to the shoulder. Wait, that sounds to interesting and melodramatic. More like a lively trickle of water that ends in a stagnant pool. My dad was in the military, and we moved around a lot. Come time for me to head off to college and we were living at Fort Leavenworth. KU was the obvious choice (I also had the chance to go to OSU, the Ohio one, and often wonder what life would be like if I had – besides the obvious not meeting my hubby, which would be tragic). Moved to Lawrence, met him, got a job in KCMO, moved there, he went back to school and we needed in-state tuition, and happily moved back to Kansas (if you’d ever lived in Missouri you’d know why). He graduated, got a job, we bought a house, and there you have it. Inertia is now our co-pilot. Though I’d like to move, the hassle of finding new jobs for both of us, not to mention the actual moving, is just far too much.
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toast_is_lovely1. What do you like about puddles besides the obvious splashy?
Ah, the ‘puddles’ in my description isn’t so much a joyous thing – I’m the goddess of potholes and puddles because I’m a civil engineer, and my specialty is storm water management (puddles) and road reconstruction (potholes).
who or what got you into the craft life?
My mom is a crafter, for as long as I can remember. It just seemed a natural thing to pick up. I think I now have a broader range of crafts, because I’m sort of ADD when it comes to things like that and constantly have to try new things, so I’ve branched out into all sorts of crafts. I’m a quantity over quality sort of crafter.
Will you ever post something really RISQUE or tmi (not that i am encouraging or holding out for this, but just curiosity!)
Not a lot risqué or TMI happens in my life, unless you really want to hear about how my gastrointestinal tract hates me. I’m not quite old enough to blather on about that all the time. And most of it can be handled with judicious consumption of Metamucil, which does make me feel old. But it hasn’t worked properly for as long as I can remember. Hmmm… All of my surgeries were long ago, so I’m not inclined to talk about those. And sex? No, I probably will never talk about that here. Too many people (including my parents) know I have this LJ, and that would just be AWKWARD. Although, I guess if I started adding picture a lot of the ‘stupid ways I injure myself’ posts would be a little TMI.
have you ever tried speaking in nothing but lines from tv or books for a day?
No, though I did write a story where the characters only spoke in song titles. That was fun!
Smeddley, you're turning into a --------. stop it! What's your animal?
My favorite animal is my puppy dog, but I’m not sure I’d want to turn into a dog – just because being a bird or a shark would be so much different. So the animal I’d want to turn into would be one very different from me… but I’m not sure which. I have some fears of both heights and drowning, so I don’t know how that would work out for me. I’ll go with a bird of prey.
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1. Uh, how did the PE go?
2. What first attracted you to your husband / how did you meet?
3. If life were like TV, and you were living in space, and you weren't married, would you date and alien and which type would you date/not date?
4. If you had to choose between living somewhere were it never got below 95°F or somewhere it never got about 40°F, which would you choose?
5. What time of day is your favorite and why?
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I do, however, enjoy matching wits with the windmill in put-put.
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Also I get questions too? =D
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No, I don't think he's uncomfortable with it, and I try to mention him just often enough for people to know I'm married, but not to overload people with *SQUEE* married bliss stuff.
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1. What led you to the hatred of Pumpernickel? Some early, childhood trauma? Are you comfortable with being a bread-ist? ;)
2. Public toilets - squat/hover, paper the seat, or just plop down (providing there are no visible puddles)
3. If you were exhiled from Australia, what country would you choose to live in?
4. What's one talent you wish you had? (It has to be something you really suck at in real life)
5. How much money would be enough to make you shave your head?
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I find that there are some things in life I'm just better off not knowing... so I make sure to share the misery of unwanted knowledge with others, as often as possible. :P
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1) What was your dream career as a child? If it has changed, what made it change?
2) Should men wear boxers or briefs - or bikinis? Or does it not matter?
3) Scariest moment of your life?
4) What's your favorite way to drink coffee? Or tea, if you're not a coffee drinker. If you're neither, what do you drink to wake up?
5) Shopping on-line, or in the store? And what is your favorite place to shop?
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1) How much money would someone have to give you to get your hair cut shoulder-length? What about even shorter than that?
2) If you were going to be thrust into a made-up reality (book, tv, or movie), which would you choose and why?
3) What's the first thing that attracts you to a potential mate?
4) Weirdest food combination you've ever eaten?
5) Do you ever wish you were taller? If so, why?
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1) Are you ever going to cut your hair? If so, are you going for the big chop?
2) What is your favorite item to bake? Why?
3) Could you give up the internet for a month? How much would someone have to pay you to do so?
4) What's your favorite gemstone?
5) If you could do anything you wanted - no matter how outlandish or expensive - what would it be?
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The first kind of bread I ever made was pumpernickel. It turned out to be hard as a rock. But it was fun to roll and knead.
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1) Which is the more scenic view - oceans, or mountains?
2) What's your biggest ambition in life?
3) If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
4) What's the longest you've ever gone without watching TV?
5) If you could be the author of any book out there (already written) which would you choose and why?
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INGREDIENTS:
1 1/4 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 1/2 tablespoons molasses
1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup rye flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons dry milk powder
2 teaspoons instant coffee
powder
2 tablespoons unsweetened
cocoa powder
1 tablespoon caraway seed
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry
yeast
DIRECTIONS:
1.Place ingredients into the pan of the bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select Whole Wheat cycle, and Start.
2.After the first rise, remove dough from the machine. Shape, and place into a lightly oiled 9x5 inch loaf pan. Cover, and let rise for 1 hour.
3.Bake at 350 degrees C (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool before slicing.
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1) If you had to have hair in the shade of one of the colors of the rainbow (and bright, not muted), which one would it be?
2) What's your dream vacation (money is no object)?
3) What was your favorite toy as a child?
4) What's your secret guilty pleasure (tv show, book, movie)?
5) If you were cursed by an evil wizard and turned into an inanimate object, what would you want to be turned into and why?
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1) What is the one thing that really makes you believe your girlfriend is 'the one'?
2) What one modern appliance, that you currently use on a daily basis, could you go without for the rest of your life?
3) What is the one thing that squicks you out above all else?
4) Do you have any superstitions? If so, what are they?
5) Favorite midnight snack?
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who loved to eat pumpernickels
once he swallowed one down
then said with a frown
not bad, but it tastes just like pickles.
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1) How long could you go without buying yarn (OR roving, no making your own!)?
2) Has there ever been a movie you didn't cry during? And what was it?
3) Is there any one project you've made that you're proud of above all else? On the flip side, what was your worst failure?
4) What was your favorite childhood game?
5) Most drool-worthy guy in movies or on tv?
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1) If you could meet any fantasy/mythological creature (including things like pixies and vampires) what would it be and why?
2) What made you choose your line of work?
3) What's one thing you can't do well that you wish you could?
4) What food could you not live without? Conversely, what food do you eat on a regular basis that you could give up forever?
5) What's one thing someone could do that would make you never want to speak to them again? And not just a snippy, bad-mood kinda mad, but deep dislike?
6) What fictional character do you most identify with?
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The Joy of Pumpernickel
"What's your hurry?" asks Sam.
"Me and the wife are having sex again today".
"Again? How often do you have sex?"
"Every day! Listen, I don't have time to talk about it now, but my secret is... pumpernickel bread," he said as he shuffles off.
As Sam was walking home later, he passed a bakery and wandered in. "Do you have any pumpernickel bread?" he asked the lady behind the counter.
"Yes, we have 3 shelves of pumpernickel."
"I'll take it all," the old man blurts out.
Surprised at the request, the counter lady says "All of it?! It'll get hard!"
The old man replies "WHY DOES EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS BUT ME?"
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1) What is your dream job?
2) How do you feel about wearing hot pink? Baby pink?
3) Would you rather spend the day antique shopping or learning ballroom dancing?
4) What was the best thing before sliced bread?
5) You can only play one game for the rest of your life. Which do you choose?
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1) Will you ever update your LJ on a regular basis, or is it really mostly for commenting purposes?
2) Craziest thing you've ever done?
3) Craziest thing you want to do, but aren't willing to to because it risks [embarrassment/imprisonment/etc]?
4) Are you a sports fan? If so, what sports and which teams?
5) Stupidest TV show you ever watched - and enjoyed! (the kind you're embarrassed to admit you like, of course...)
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2) What was the most frightening experience of your life?
3) What is the most evil vegetable, and why?
4) What is the one TV show that, if cancelled, would make you want to lead a furious mob down to the network headquarters? What would you name said mob?
5) Pencils, or pens?
pumpernickel
You heard me.
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2) Rice, or potatoes? Failing either, what is your starch of choice?
3) What's the one thing, if not accomplished (by you) in your lifetime, will you look back at on your deathbed and kick yourself over?
4) Worst movie you ever watched? And I don't mean 'got ten minutes in and gave up', but a truly sucky movie that, for some unknown reason, you sat through in its entirety?
5) What is your earliest memory?
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2. Potatoes! They taste better in pierogis
3. Tough question. I'm not sure and I probably won't know until I'm on my deathbed.
4. Something's Gotta Give. I wish I could have that two hours of my life back. I loved the chemistry between Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson in Reds, so I suffered through it only to realize that just because two great actors in an interesting historical drama can shine doesn't mean they can make a stupid, boring comedy worth watching.
5. I have two earliest memories and I'm not sure which came first. One is of me at the Dalton, Mass library (probably about 2.5 to 3 years old) and the other is of me sitting on the toilet. Interestingly enough, reading works as a laxative for me. Five minutes into just about any trip to the library or book store and I'm headed for the ladies room. I have no idea why this happens.
Okay, now I get to ask YOU five questions. You probably know by now that I rarely ever post memes on my blog, but I like replying to them in other people's blogs.
1. If you had an all expense paid trip to
ANY historical site in the world, where would you go visit and why?
2. What's the first book you remember reading in your life?
3. Are you now or have you ever been a smoker?
4. What's a scary urban legend/local folklore story that scared you as a child?
5. (stolen from the one you asked revoked_soul) Could you live without internet for a month and how much would someone have to pay you?