19 posts tagged “qotd”
Love it or hate it, many of you lost an hour of sleep last night due to Daylight Saving Time? Worth It? Do you like it more/less now that Daylight Saving Time occurs earlier (and later) in the year?
Dude, this QotD discriminates against us Arizonans (or rather, this recent Arizonan transplant from Oregon). However, I am glad that Vox got "daylight saving time" right. It's not "savings," but "saving," as in life-saving device (though putting a hyphen in the name would probably make it more clear.
In any case, it makes sense that we don't get an extra hour of sunlight in Arizona. We'd be running our air conditioners for an extra hour, thereby increasing our energy consumption. Also, it's only 76 degrees F outside and I'm already feeling the heat. I don't think I'll need to see more of Mr. Sun when it reaches 110 F around these parts.
What's the worst thing that could happen to you today? Bonus question: How would that thing potentially benefit you?
A piano could fall on me, or I could get hit by a bus. Potential benefit: Not needing to do my taxes, ever.
When was the last time you surprised yourself?
The last time I kissed someone for the first time. Kissing is usually involved in surprising moments.
List three things you'd buy with your last $20. One practical, one frivolous and one of your choosing.
Practical: A phone card--I'm going to be calling a lot of people and asking for a couch to surf on, some money to borrow and a plane ticket to my parents' house.
Frivolous: A couple of scratch-it lotto tickets--If I can spend $5 to make a possible $50, I think I'm willing to take the chance.
One of my choosing: A huge breakfast burrito--because if I'm not going to eat anything for a couple of days, it's gotta be very hearty. Maybe I'll make it two breakfast burritos.
If you could teleport to any place in the world right this second, where would you go?
Which breed of dog is your favorite? Post a picture of it.
Submitted by Melissa.
Who's the coolest culinary celebrity?
I'd have to say: Anthony Bourdain. You take a man who has gotten high while at work and snuck off to look
in the fridge to "conceptualize," likes to make Rachel Ray the butt of jokes on his TV show, and "re-enacts" taking a psychoactive mixture made by a Peruvian medicine man, and you have the only celebrity chef who I actually take time to watch. Sure, I don't think I've ever seen him cook once on No Reservations (okay, maybe once), but it sure beats watching Emeril spout another catchphrase. He even makes Cleveland seem like an interesting place to visit (no offense, Cleveland).
What's a leap of faith to you? Have you ever taken one?
Yes. Literally. This photo was taken in August 2006 near the village of Stockhorn, Switzerland. I bungee jumped from a gondola situated 450 feet above a tiny alpine lake. It was pretty awesome.
If you could have one superpower, what would you choose?
Submitted by J.T.
I've mulled over this question during many a daydream. I've even looked over this expansive list of superhero powers on Wikipedia and thought about it some more.
Now, what would be optimal would be some combination of superpowers. Superman, of course, has too many to list here. Spiderman has a few powers that work together well. Even the Tick has two powers (strength and nigh-invulnerability), plus some cool antennae.
Choosing one superpower is tough. You could pick flight, which is useful, but if you don't work out you're going to have a tough time saving someone from a burning building. You could do a great job as a courier, though. Super strength is great for rescuing people trapped under rubble, but not so good for fighting criminals armed with guns. Maybe you could find a job in construction? Invulnerability is great, but even though you can take a beating or a bullet, you can still be subdued or captured by someone who's stronger than you. At least you wouldn't need to buy accident insurance.
Being a fan of Heroes, I've taken a liking to one of Hiro's powers, which is the ability to stop time (the others are to travel through time and space). People trapped in a flaming building? Though it would take a while, require that the stairs be clear of flames and be physically demanding, you could stop time and pull people out one by one. The collapsing building scenario would be tough to solve, though if you were there when the building started to collapse, you could stop time and pull people out, again as long as the stairs were clear. Criminal with guns? Stop time, disarm them, and maybe find some duct tape to tie them all up. About to be captured? Stop time and evade your captor.
In addition to all the heroics you could perform, imagine all the practical applications. You'd never be late for another bus. You could take as long of a lunch break as you like. If you're having an argument with someone, you could take a break, step back, calm down, and return to the argument with a refreshed outlook. Finish that book you're reading, and still get a full night's sleep.
Of course, there are a lot of nefarious and profitable things you could do with this power, that that would make you a supervillain, wouldn't it?
