If you are looking at this on a mobile device you may need to go to the bottom of the site and click on @view the web version" to be able to take the short form thurvey. Thursday is a day of hope, as it seems we can make it to the weekend. We can hold our breath that long if we have to. So it is the perfect time to take stock. The weekly survey. The Thurvey. We'll try something different again this week. You can give essay answers to the Thurvey, as usual, or if you wish, simply take the simple survey that appears above or beside or somewhere close to the post depending on the device you are using at the time. I know some of you don't want, or don't have time to write your thoughts, but, this will give you an opportunity to simply click on a few responses. Of course, it is important to hear the thoughts of those who still wish to respond to the traditional survey, please continue to do that if you wish. There have been some really cool responses the past few weeks. The point and click Thurvey is self-explanatory and quick once you find it. The traditional essay is the same as always. Enter your responses as comments to this post.
#1 A fact about Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan that has been overlooked is that he loves to noodle. Before you women (or you men who may have a man crush or otherwise) get too excited, please check the link, it may not be what you think. If you think you're significant other is a cold fish, then perhaps you can relate. Anyway, do stories like this affect the way you view a political candidate? What other present or past candidates' favorite past times have affected how you feel about them? Have you ever noodled or anything like that?
#2 It seems the Iowa State Fair has become an important forum for Presidential candidates as they stand on a stump and speak to the crowds. But the Iowa State Fair has a larger claim to fame. You can buy almost any food at the concession stands, all deep fried. Being a southern boy, this claim by Iowa to frying superiority is troubling. What is the most unusual food you have eaten, or refused to eat, fried?
#3 Speaking of fried foods, a new report out this week ranks Alabama as the fourth most obese state in the union. Why is that? (You can go either way. Why are we so obese, or why are we only number 4?)
#4 The days are getting shorter, the leaves are fading, the vegetable vines are wilting, the temperatures are slowly dropping. Autumn is a month away. What are you looking forward to the most in the fall?
#5 What is the solution to our health care cost problem?
#6 Do we pay enough taxes in Alabama? Why or why not?
#7 What question of your own do you want answered this week?
I like Ryan a little more because he noodles. I like Obama cause he plays basketball, thinks he can sing well, has trouble quitting smoking, and seems to like fast food. I for one like the story about Romney and his family road trip with the sick dog on top of the car. I know it is probably wrong on my part, but it just like knowing that Romney was just a normal exasperated Clark Griswold at some point. I like both presidential candidate's relationships with their wives.
ReplyDeleteI like cooler air and colorful leaves and golden sunlight of fall, all right before a football game.
Fried oreos.
Apparently we don't pay enough taxes in Alabama, cause we can't afford the little we do even with the feds funneling millions back to us.
1) Doesn't impact my decision
ReplyDelete2) chicken liver (singular)
3) Lack of exercise and POOR dietary choices.
4) Cooler weather/football (all levels)
5) Well, it couldn't hurt to allow companies to sell across state lines rather than having a BC/BS monopoly here in Alabama.
6) Depends on who you ask, I suppose. I think the bigger issue is the lack of trust that most people have in our lawmakers (regardless of political affiliation) to do what is right even if we paid more taxes.
7) Will Joe Biden eat both feet this week?
1. Watched a PBS special on noodling. That's as far as I'll go.
ReplyDelete2. I attended a great concert at the Iowa State Fair years ago featuring the group, "Alabama".
Deep fried Little Debbie oatmeal creme pie (not that amazing); battered/deep fried squash blossoms picked and prepared by my Italian grandma, Rosalina Fusco Zannini.
4. Less frizzy hair; orange/red leaves against a blue sky backdrop.
5. Have health insurance be more like auto insurance, and not expect it to pay for EVERY LITTLE thing wrong.
7. What should my boys and I do this weekend for a big summer break ender?