Category Archives: Occasional Quizzes

While we wait for coffee to do its thing…

…let’s do this week’s Sunday Stealing, shall we? 1. Can you touch your nose with your tongue? No. I can roll my tongue, though. Apparently that’s a genetic thing that only some people can do. 2. What foreign language did you … Continue reading

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Sunday Quiz Time!!!

OK, let’s get back into this “blogging kinda-sorta regularly” thing, shall we? In fact, I need to get back to the schedule that I established earlier this year after I took a couple weeks OFF the schedule to regroup. Regrouping … Continue reading

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Sunday Stealing (Monday edition)

I don’t know what happened, but for some reason this post did not go live on Monday even though I scheduled it to do so. Here we go! Have you ever… Skipped school? I never skipped the entire day, no. … Continue reading

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Random Questions from Sunday Stealing

Most times these quizzes are themed in some way. Not this week! These questions are random as shit! Here we go! 1. Did you/will you have coffee or some other form of caffeine today?  I literally just downed the last sip of … Continue reading

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Sunday Stealing, and an announcement!

First, the announcement: I sent out a new installment of the newsletter the other day! This one was in remembrance of actor/director/playwright Tom Noonan, who died recently. Please check it out and subscribe! I try to send it twice a … Continue reading

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Let’s do a quiz and cheat on the rules!

Sunday Stealing has a quiz that imposes a rule: One word answers only. Well, I’m going to ignore that: Five-word answers only. Every answer will be five words (and yes, I use the hyphen to cheat a little). Got it? … Continue reading

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Sunday (last Sunday, actually) Stealing!

Now for Sunday Stealing’s quiz from last week, because I liked the questions. 1. Tell us about a time when your family got a newfangled invention (your first air conditioner, color TV, VCR, microwave, computer, etc.). Ooooh, which one to choose! … Continue reading

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2025: Was that what 1861 felt like?

Well, here we go: it’s time for my annual look back at the year that has just ended. On a personal level, I didn’t have that bad a year at all. Which is nice, because I don’t just exist on … Continue reading

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Announcing! (and a quiz)

First things first: I have decided to dust off the newsletter that I’ve been maintaining (sort-of) on Substack! But, for various reasons I’ve also decided to migrate my newsletter to the Ghost.io platform. If you previously subscribed to me on … Continue reading

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A quiz! A quiz! My kingdom for a….

Here we go! Via Sunday Stealing (and in turn via Roger): 1. Describe your favorite cake. Chocolate cake is always lovely. So is vanilla cake. Cake is generally lovely…but my favorite? Carrot cake, with tons of cream cheese frosting. My … Continue reading

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