Wednesday Dichotomy (Page 9)

So, how did you all pass the time during the Polar Vortex? Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

Name your favorite Christmas cookie! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

Do you enjoy it when people build elaborate displays of Christmas lights on their houses and then sync their blinking patterns to music? Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

We all know that the English language is a pretty vexing thing at times. Even so, there are always things about it that are particularly vexing. What really bugs you about English? Here’s mine: A guy with a mustache is mustachioed. Where the hell did the ‘i’ and the ‘o’ come from?! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

Assuming you’ve had the experience of eating Thanksgiving dinner at someone else’s home, what’s the most perplexing thing you’ve ever seen on the Thanksgiving table? Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

Check out this thing. Now, your reaction: “Whoa, lemme at it!” or “AIEEE! Art thou a lunatic?!” Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

What’s a tool, gadget, or gizmo you purchased genuinely believing that it would be really useful and you’d get a lot of mileage out of it…only to have it sit on a shelf, unused, for most of its duration in your ownership? Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

What do you think of self-published, or “Indie”, authors? Do you feel there’s something “less” about a book that didn’t go through the traditional route to the marketplace, or are they just books that followed another route to said marketplace? (I’m not asking because I’m considering self-publishing in the near future, although I am considering it in the slightly-more-distant future. There is something admittedly thrilling to knowing that my work doesn’t necessarily face the fate of being stuffed in a drawer and later considered “practice novels”!) Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

Bad puns: Do you like them, or not? (Bonus: If you DO like them, what’s your favorite one?) Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

Do you listen to podcasts? If so, which ones, and why? Yes, this is a thinly-veiled solicitation for suggestions. I already listen to a few, but I wouldn’t mind finding more. I listen to the podcasts on the Trending Buffalo site (some of my favorite local commentary comes from this site), The Human Bible (endlessly fascinating if a secular take on the Bible is your thing), and I’ve listened to Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Star Talk podcast (although that one has ads inside it, which kind of bugs me, especially when I’m listening in the car and can’t access my tablet toDown the rabbit hole….