4 posts tagged “qotd”
What's your middle name? Is there a story or history behind it?
None of the Brierley men have middle names.
That's what my dad has always said, anwyay, and I've always thought that was pretty cool. I chuckle to myself whenever I fill out a form and leave that field blank. I guess it's pretty unusual, though. Most people look at me blankly when I tell them I don't have one. I imagine all those form readers out there in the world, scratching their heads in confusion when they look at my forms.
I don't know how my brother feels about it now, but when he was a kid he didn't like it much. He went so far as to invent his own middle name. It was Michael. He signed all of his first grade papers with it. I'd say that's pretty conservative for a first grader.
Personally, if I was going to invent my own middle name, and I was in first grade, it probably would have been Spider-Man.
What's your favorite drink or cocktail? What's in it?
Question submitted by charm.vox.com
I love manhattans. Someone once told me that a “real” manhattan contains Canadian whiskey (which is just…weird) but I've always concocted them with:
- 2 jiggers of Bourbon
- 1 jigger of sweet vermouth
- 1 cherry, 2 if I'm feeling saucy
Why? Because that's how my mom makes them, and it is from her that my manhattan obsession sprung.
For as long as I can remember, manhattans have been my mom's drink. Usually, she and my dad would have a glass of wine in the evening, but often–particularly on those bad days we all have–she'd have a “bomb”.
Burgeoning alco-philiac that I was, I'd often take a small sip and then breathe fire for a few minutes. Back then, they tasted awful (oh how that would change). But one thing I loved was the cherry. My mom hated them and never included them at home, but at a restaurant, after she was done with her drink, I'd fish out her booze-soaked cherry. They were wonderful.
It was the memory of those booze-soaked cherries, I think, that prompted me to try a manhattan again years later. It's been love ever since.
Who is your favorite Muppet? Why?
QotD submitted by knitwitology.vox.com.
Oh Muppet Show, how I miss you. My favorite Muppet is poor, miserable Beaker. I think he's the Muppet who most looks like his personality. Very. Afraid.
Whenever you saw him and the good doctor, you knew Beaker was in for a world of hurt. And, really, what's funnier to kids and adults alike than other people's misfortune? I submit to you: nothing.
Fozzie, my bear, you were close. So close. Wocka wocka!
