Questions are from the comments on my previous post.

Question:

If you were on an island for a year with no radio reception, and you could only bring 5 CDs with you, which ones would you bring?

5 books?

5 DVD's?

5 women?

5 video games?

Posted by: Daffy

Answer:

If I was stuck on a desert island with five women for a year, I think I'd go insane. I can barely take it when I'm the only guy hanging out with a bunch of women for a single evening.

Question:

Why does a pretty private person post a question like this on their blog.

Posted by: Pam

Answer:

Mu. I don't think I'm that private a person. I guess it depends on the topic, the audience and the circumstances. Why post this? It's a simple way to break writer's block.

Question:

Ok here's two "what if" questions and a more personal one.

Name one thing you could change in the world today if you had the power. A single item please - no compound, run-on sentences.

(In honor of the Fantastic 4) What one super power would you want? Don't limit yourself to just the movie stuff - anything you choose (could be a comic book power, could be something from an Ann Rice novel).

As for a Jack Handy type question: Tell us about a time when you had a "blinding flash" moment. Like, for example, when you realized you were no longer a child, when you realized you were going to die, etc.

Posted by: Bubba

Answer:

I don't think there's a "one" thing I would change; maybe ending bigotry.

I guess raising the dead would be a pretty kick-ass supernatural ability.

A big "blinding flash" moment for me was when I crashed my car five or six years ago; if I wasn't wearing a seatbelt, I'd probably have been killed.

Question:

What's the thought process when you're leaving a get together in New Jersey after just a short time? Especially after having travelled so far to be there?

I'm interested in the actual chain of thoughts.

This may fall on the too personal side, so ignore if necessary.

Posted by: ChuckJerry

Answer:

My thought process is basically: I'm feeling like absolute shit. What would make me feel better? OK, I'll do that. The fact I've already driven up to NJ is what economists call a sunk cost.

Question:

(a) Has it historically been, and does it continue to be in the best interest of the United States and its citizens to support Israel, both politically and financially?

(b) Is it in the best interest of the global entity/community? (In general, you've seemed to comment a fair amount on the political situation in the Middle East.)

Posted by: [anon.]

Answer:

(a) Yes and yes; yes and yes.

(b) Yes.

Question:

Why do you blog? Bonus question: why is there air? Extra credit: What would a sane policy vis a vis the US and Israel look like?

Posted by: Hmm

Answer:

I blog because I enjoy it, like any other hobby.

There is air because the universe isn't cold enough for everything to be liquid or solid.

I think current US policy toward Israel is sane; so was that of the Clinton administration. It was naive, not insane, to think that even Arafat would accept the generous two-state solution offered by Ehud Barak et al. It's realistic, not insane, for the Bush administration to recognize that the reason we don't have peace has nothing to do with Israeli settlements over the Green Line.

Question:

here are a couple more:

If you could be anyone in the world for 1 day(famous or not), who would it be?

For 1 week?

For 1 year?

For the rest of your life?

Posted by: Daffy

Answer:

I dunno man, I'm not feeling the open-ended questions. I don't really want to be anyone else, though there are a ton of people it would be interesting to be for a day.

No more comments! Either someone has violated Godwin's Law, I'm tired of the discussion or, most likely, the ten-week window has closed. You can, however, contact me through email.