Cars was good. Not 2.5 times good, but you do have kids, and I'm remembering a visit with some friends with kids last week that resulted in us catching the Incredibles over and over again. :) I did like the bit in the credits where the automobilize the other Pixar films. Ratzenberger was awesome there.

I forgot cinnamon life. It's one of the few "turn the milk sugary" cereals that I can eat in vast quantities. I haven't had any in years. I should get some. Yes, I really do need to go get a Life. ;)

The first time I caught the last half when I got home from work. I watched it all the way through by myself later that night and then watched it again the next day with the kids. I thought it was really good, but then it is Pixar and yeah the car-ized movies were great.

I was also a big fan of Frosted Flakes and Lucky Charms as a kid but these days I rarely do cereal,

"43. What is the farthest you have been from home?
Wherever I am, I am too far from my eternal home. Was that cheesy?"

A little, but not bad. Is that your special talent, skirting cheesy statement ;) Mine is that thing people do with their hands where their fingers are interlocked, but the middle fingers protrude opposite each other and wiggle in time.

Your response lead me down an interesting train of questions: Wouldn't you be closest to your eternal home if you were on deaths door? Wouldn't you then want to be as far from 'home' as you can possibly be? I'm sure there are things you want to finish here first, like raising your kids.

1. Were you named after anyone?
Sen Goldwater (first name) and actor (middle name).

2. When was the last time you cried?
Saturday night when my wife and I mourned the loss of her grandmother.

3. Why are you so fickle when it comes to women?
The third chair.

4. What is your favorite lunch meat?
Good smoked turkey. I wanted to say deep-fried bacon-n-cheese hot dog flavor, but I think even touching it sends the cholesterol skyrocketing.

5. Do you have kids?
Yes.

6. If you were another person would you be friends with you?
I would, but I may not come over all that often.

7. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Asking me that is like asking me if six Rocky movies were enough to tell the complete story. Sure six was enough. So was two.

8. Do you still have your tonsils?
Yup.

9. Would you bungee jump?
At least twice.

10. What is your favorite cereal?
Cereal? Is that a dish with scrambled eggs?

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
No. I wear mocs.

12. Do you think you are strong?
Physically? no. Spiritually? Maybe.

13. What is your favorite ice cream?
Mint chocolate chip. Yup, Mint chocolate chip and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Yup. Definitely a tie between Mint Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Malted Chocolate.

I'll try again,

Amongst my favorite flavors of ice cream are Mint Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Malted Chocolate, and an Irish Stout Gelato.

Nope. It's no good. Can't answer the question.

14. What is the first thing you notice about people?
Nose.

15. Red or pink?
Red.

16. What is your least favorite thing about yourself?
My gut.

17. Who do you miss the most?
My family.

18. What color pants and shoes are you wearing?
Black.

19. What was the last thing you ate?
Pork flavored Ramen Noodles.

20. What are you listening to right now?
The sound of my typing.

21. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Neon Carrot rgb(255, 153, 51)

22. Favorite smells?
coffee, morning after rain, bread

23. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
My wife

24. Hair color?
Light Brown, some red, some blonde, some white.

25. Eye color?
Blue.

26. Do you wear contacts?
no.

27. Why aren’t you married?
Why aren't you? I'm married and doing well.

28. Favorite food?
Chicken Vindaloo, the really hot and vinegary type.

29. Scary movies or happy endings?
Neither one.

30. Last movie you watched?
I don't know, really. The Matchmaker, I think.

31. What did you dream about last night?
It would take too long to say here. It's a novel.

32. What books are you reading?
the book of Hebrews.

33. Summer or Winter?
Winter. Absolutely Winter. Winter is wonderful. It is wasn't for #&*@($ Global warming, I'd live in Canada.

34. Hugs or kisses?
Hugs

35. Favorite dessert?
Chocolate Mousse.

36. Do you have any special talents?
I like to think so. Would you like to know what they are?

37. What are they?
Oh, okay then. I can do a spot-on imitation of the Cookie Monster.

38. What color shirt are you wearing?
Green and white plaid.

39. When are you going to start preparing for your move back home?
You and everyone else keep asking me that.

40. What did you watch on TV last?
Ancient Empires: Siege Weaponry.

41. What is your favorite sound?
“Welcome home!”

42. Rolling Stones or The Beatles?
The Beatles.

43. What is the farthest you have been from home?
Rome and when I first moved here.

44. Most likely to respond to this meme?
I was the least likely, so I guess everyone but me.

19. What was the last thing you ate?
Pork flavored Ramen Noodles.

This, my beloved, is why you have a gut.

37. What are they?
Oh, okay then. I can do a spot-on imitation of the Cookie Monster.

And the Macho Man. You can still do him can't you?

"A little, but not bad. Is that your special talent, skirting cheesy statement ;) Mine is that thing people do with their hands where their fingers are interlocked, but the middle fingers protrude opposite each other and wiggle in time."

A good talent that. I can roll my tongue, but that's not as rare as I thought. And skirting cheesy statements is not a talent, but rather a WELL honed skill. I got mad, MAD skills yo.

"Your response leads me down an interesting train of questions: Wouldn't you be closest to your eternal home if you were on deaths door? Wouldn't you then want to be as far from 'home' as you can possibly be? I'm sure there are things you want to finish here first, like raising your kids."

Sid, Sid, Sid, you and your questions. ;-)

Since heaven is one of those places you can't get to from here I'd say no. At death's door I'd be no closer save perhaps temporally. Of course that's probably what you meant. And at the point of death I suppose the method, by which I was shaking off this coil, would dictate my feelings to a certain extent. That and my age. But all in all, I can answer what I think is the spirit of your questions.

I've heard folks of your persuasion wonder why we aren't in a hurry to leave for heaven since it's so cool. And I've also heard questions like this, why would you want to leave your family behind? I believe that when I go, it will be when God wants me to. If that happens to mean that I'll get hit by the proverbial Greyhound tomorrow then yes I suppose that would be a bad thing for my family. I've taken what steps I can to ensure that they're taken care of both in this life and the next. They'll mourn and they'll heal and that's assuming I don't go last. Beyond that I can't do much. It won't be so bad for me as I can only hope that they'll be joining me soon enough. Either way raising your kids is something that never stops. My Mom has made sure to let me know that she still learns from her Dad and I know she teaches me, if that's not "raising" then I don't know what is.

How's that?

Hey Scott,

"And skirting cheesy statements is not a talent, but rather a WELL honed skill. I got mad, MAD skills yo."

I nearly spit out my mini wheats laughing at that!

You very neatly answered my questions. Thanks. You see being in heaven as a binary thing; one is either there, or not, but never closer nor further from it when not there. I also recognize that the religious have perfectly legitimate reasons for hanging around earth. "Doing God's will" is one obvious reason.

Glad I could help you start off your day with both a laugh and a little enlightenment! ;-)

Yes, I can still do Randy Savage AKA the Macho Man. I can also do Razor Ramone (now retired). Lenny from Motorhead, a passing Zach de la Rocha (formerly of Rage Against the Machine), Kermit the Frog, Yoda (do or do not, there is no try), and just about any other muppet. (Remember the guy with the boomerang fish? His name is Lew Zealand and I can do him, too.)

I can no longer do Axl Rose's singing voice. I can't do the theme from Phantom of the Opera (That was a disaster in high school.) I can't do James Earl Jones or Barry White. Unfortunately, I can do Eric Cartmen.

Many of many badly done impressions, that's me.

DID SOMEONE CALL FOR A BOOMERANG FISH?!?!?

man of badly done impressions.

Spell check for firefox is ok. Grammar check? Maybe 3.0

Good to know that some things don't change!