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Question: If you've ever played golf, what was your score your first time out on a regular (not executive) course?

My Answer: My first score was 98. I'd beat enough balls with the 7-iron I had in a field to develop a swing that was at least capable of breaking 100. I was also 15, so my putting was your typical "putts like a kid" variety. Four footers look like tap-ins at that age.

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Question: When you're using the Internet or otherwise "online," what percentage of the time are you on an instant messaging client?

My Answer: I'm on it 24/7. When I don't want to be bothered, I put up an away message, but I never "hide" from people online. I'm pretty blunt - if I'm busy and you say hi (which is fine), then I'll ask "I'm busy, talk to you in an hour?" and cut any potential time wasted short.

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Question: Will this entry force you to get a TypeKey ID?

My Answer: I'm so sick of comment spam - the simple flooding that can occur when I'm asleep for a few hours is ridiculous and something MT-Blacklist can't stop - that I've turned on registration (for now). We'll see how this goes…

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Yesterday's events in quick summary format:

• Dropped Carey off at the high school at which she's student teaching.
• Put down security deposit on townhome.
• Visited uncle (the jeweler) to look at engagement rings and wedding bands.
• Visited grandma in Bedford, PA. Went to Hoss's.

On the way home, we stopped to see some friends of Carey's in Cranberry.

Did you know that once, David Letterman rated "worst high school mascots" and my high school was second and Cranberry was first (the "North East Pickers" [grape pickers, that is] and the Cranberry Cranberries).

It was a beautiful day. Well, it rained and the weather was ugly, but I was with Carey. It was a beautiful day.

Question: How often do you print from your computer?

My Answer: I print things to PDF about once a day. I print to paper, oh, once every week or two - usually a Pizza Hut coupon or directions to a new place. Receipts and confirmations are printed to PDF and filed away (and, weekly, backed up, etc.).

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Question: What's the smallest place in which you've ever lived?

My Answer: College dorm rooms are, what, 10' x 20' or so? Or 15'x 20'? Either way, there's my answer. And, I supposed that technically I lived in half of that space.

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Question: Why are you (Democrat || Republican)?

My Answer: I am a Republican because I believe in a smaller government.

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Today I had a cheese sandwich for lunch. It was really good. Do you like cheese?

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I've left off the first part of this article, but I've quoted what I found to be the funniest from an article called "Kerry Calls Bush Poll Lead 'Wrong Bounce at Wrong Time'."

Mr. Kerry, a Vietnam veteran and distinguished anti-war protestor who is also a U.S. Senator, said the "polls don't mean anything to me right now."

"A couple of months ago when I was leading Mr. Bush, the polls were clearly an accurate barometer of public sentiment," he said. "But now they're wrong, wrong, wrong."

The Democrat candidate said he if he were conducting the polling research, "I wouldn't have just done some things differently, I would have done almost everything differently. As a consequence, we wouldn't have had some of America's finest men bogged down in this unwinnable conflict--dare I say, this quagmire."

President Bush, asked to respond to Mr. Kerry's latest attacks said, "The W stands for 'whatever'. That's my response. Next question."

Whatever.

(I'm going to be on a plane today, so in my absence, please behave. Talk amongst yourselves if you must, but don't bother bashing me for posting this - I won't see it, and when I'm with Carey, I won't particularly care. :-D)

I'm leaving later today to fly to Erie to see Carey, find my new apartment, and that sort of thing. To anyone thinking that this will make my apartment an easy target for theft, think again! I've got a full-time house-sitter. We went to the shooting range the other day and he's accurate enough to take out anyone silly enough to invade! Okay, not that I expect that in a million years, but… I'm just happy to be going back for a week.

I'll check email (and my subscriptions in PulpFiction, or PF as we call it), so reach me that way if you need or want anything.

Something for PulpFiction 1.0.3…

Next week sometime.

Question: What's the worst scam for which you've ever fallen?

My Answer: I once bought a "porn tape" that supposedly caught two famous women going at it. I knew it was rather silly, and I knew it was a scam so I didn't exactly "fall" for it, but it amused me to the tune of $9.95 (for a DVD no less!) anyway.

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The Clinton Gun Ban is no longer law. Today, I can legally purchase and own 15-round magazines for my two guns. And, honestly, that's about the only change as far as I'm concerned.

Of course, Kerry attempted to seize the moment to make some kind of point, but ended up falling flat on his face.

Presidential candidate John Kerry promised over the weekend that he would "take on the terrorists" who attacked the U.S. on 9/11 by forcing them to obey America's gun control laws. Kerry said laws like the Assault Weapons Ban, which expires today, were valuable "not just to fight ordinary crime but to take on terrorists."

I won't even comment on the stupidity of that kind of comment. And please, don't ask me to in the comments, because if you're so silly that you need an explanation as to why what Kerry said is D-U-M-B dumb, then, well…

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Yes, like many celebrities, Zach Braff is an iTunes user. Kinda figured, right?

I got this email via my eBay auction from an interested buyer:

hello, My client is interested in buying ur item and he wants to pay via Cashier check,he will issue a cashier check which will include the money for the item,my commission as an agent and also the shipping charges,Immediately u get the check,you will go straight and cash it instantly at a check cashing place in which u will deduct out ur money and send the excess funds thru western union money transfer to my client shipper in africa the same day u get the check via western union ,If u agree on this,kindly send me ur contact mailing address to send the check to with ur phone number. N.B ; He will be sending u a check of $4800 in which u will cash instantly and send the excess funds thru western union to my client shipper the same day u get the check. I await ur reply. have a great day. Pls if u agree end the auction imemdiately and send me ur name and address to send the check to. I can also send u list of check cashing place in ur area to cash the check when u receive it

Nice try. I checked into things, and Heinrich reminded me that this was just another form of the Nigerian counterfeit Bank Check scam. I didn't think it was possible, with cash in hand, to be held accountable for someone else counterfeiting, but apparently this is how things work.

I'll keep the secret service out of my little scooter sale, thank you very much. Here's more on this kind of scam.