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Well I haven't been bored in my own company in at least three years, and even if you mean lack of things to do in a professional capacity (so sitting around twiddling my thumbs at my desk) I'll always take the boredom as I don't deal with overwork very well.
Living on a houseboat or a fully functional treehouse?
A houseboat, since I would presumably get to travel in it.
Having a servant to do everything for you (hypothetically) or doing things yourself?
Stuff like cooking and cleaning? I mean presumably I'm paying the servant right? And I can afford it? I'll take a servant but I would have to be filthy rich before that made it into my list of reasonable expenses. If I lived in Vietnam or India though I would hire someone and pay them a good (by Vietnamese standards) wage, most likely (at least to have them kill the cockroaches for me, ugh).
In the daycare circuit here, there was a Phillipino woman who had signed a contract while overseas which saw her working as a full time, live in, (day and night) nanny to five young kids while making minimum wage (on a forty hour week) and paying her own room and board. The man who employed her literally owns a world renowned ski-hill... I mean come on.
Governmental redistribution of wealth from the absurdly rich to the absurdly needy or no?
No. Breaking down the cycles and structures that keep the poor down is the way to go. Laws aimed at certain practices of the ultra-rich are not out of the question, but "redistribution" of someone else's money doesn't work.
Same question.
No because I don't really understand the reasoning behind it and I don't think the government has the right to redistribute anyone's wealth except to construction crews who build roads or firefighters, etc.
Borges or Calvino?
I haven't read either, so I'll let someone else answer. Sounds like the kind of thing North would love to tell you about. :)
I figured you might not have, I think both are terrific but I don't know if you would like either of them much.
I would like to read both but haven't had the chance yet.
breakfast foods for dinner, or dinner foods for breakfast?
Dinner foods for breakfast, especially if they are already made and I can just eat them cold with no fuss like hamburgers, pizza or leftover Chinese food!
Going to see a movie or going to see a sports game?
Cold spaghetti is a good for breakfast, too.
Neither one is a high priority for me, mostly because of the cost. If American movies weren't so vapid, I might not be so offended at their prices. But maybe I would. I'm just not forking my money over to the entertainment industry and wagging my tail about it. But sports are a thousand times worse. I'm very proud that I am not addicted to professional sports like most of my sex. I like baseball (an unavoidable and ontological condition coming from Boston), and I used to love going to Fenway when it only cost a dollar to get into the bleachers. I went several times a week in college. But I'm not paying what it costs now. Not for a ballgame. What the hell is wrong with people?
Garlic or onion?
I like both but if I had to choose onion
A singer/band with really good lyrics but not a great sound or a band with a great sound but uninteresting/unoriginal lyrics?
The question with rock is does it rock?; and with jazz, does it swing? So sound over lyrics. But lyrics are more important to rock than to jazz (on occasions when jazz even bothers with them).
Same question.
Lyrics always. Sometimes the music covers the words so all you here is an occasion yelp. That's no good.
Classic groups like The Eagles or Modern Groups like Maroon 5?
I would have to say Classic, I don't listen to much modern pop.
Hip Hop or Country?