aye, I love snow, and the cold (to a degree but boy the last two winters have been rough) and all the pretty white but I confess, a little less of it wouldn't be a problem at all!
grapefruit juice?
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aye, I love snow, and the cold (to a degree but boy the last two winters have been rough) and all the pretty white but I confess, a little less of it wouldn't be a problem at all!
grapefruit juice?
Nay
Hail stroms
Nay - either snow or rain (when it's not winter), thankyouverymuch.
(love grapefruit juice and woodstoves)
Henri Cartier-Bresson?
Aye ! ... though my knowledge of him was quickened through your question. I still have an old Brownie Box camera that I once used on a bicycle trip to Yosemite. Perhaps I'll dust off some of the photos and digitize them to share; the camera undoubtedly needs dusting too.
Enya ?
Very cool, and very Ansel Adams. I would certainly like to see them.Quote:
Originally Posted by tailor STATELY
Nay, but I'm not that familiar with her music.
Minor White?
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute... How did we get from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Enya? Please tell me we're still living in a universe where that don't make sense or I'll have to stand in a wastepaper basket and sing.
Minor White...Just looked him up and couldn't give a rat's fanny, so nay.
Obscure Fijian holidays.
Nay... (lol) is that payback ? Actually I love Enya's music and read a lengthy article about her yesterday... so yeah; she has a new album just out too.
Zoos ?
Aye, I haven't been to one in ages. Would be nice to see one again.
Graphic novels?
This is an interesting question. I have read a few graphic novels that I really liked, but usually find them difficult to read because I can't follow the logic of storyboarding, if that's the right term. I never know the order I'm supposed to read them in, or the dialogue, and so gave up trying a long time ago. The same applies to manga, which I really wanted to be able to get into a long time ago, and still might, 'cause I've been way into anime at different times. So I'm giving it an Aye because I love the idea of it, and the art and imagination involved.
Ancient terra cotta toilets uncovered at a dig site in Hoboken, NJ, when all they were trying to do was lay the foundations of a new Remnants R Us.
hmm, im not sure how one can say anything other than aye to an unearthed discovery, no matter how seemingly mundane, so, aye. smiles...
I asked this one in another thread I think:
cross-over stories?
It depends. If you mean Batman vs. Superman, I say Nay and a painful death to every Hollywood exec responsible for such abominations. On the other hand, in the world of fanfics I've seen some interesting stuff. I've nothing against it in principle, it just has to be done well and for the right reasons. And how dare you refer to my terra cotta toilets as mundane. For all you know, they were used as altars by a highly evolved ancient civilization.
Chocolate covered strawberries?
Chocolate covered strawberries? Big Aye.
OTC cold remedies ? Thag you very much.
Nay, I Don't really take anything for a cold, I just ride it out.
Sleeping pills
Sleeping pills, as in Ambien, is a no brainer for this chronic insomniac: AYE!
Decaffeinated tea/coffee?
Nay
Herbal teas ?
I'd sooner drink battery acid. The taste is about the same, anyway.
Battery acid, as a beverage or weapon, your choice.
nay, except maybe defensive use only...otherwise its making me think of the horrid god-awful acid attacks on women around the world.
I love herbal tea---tyrion, try it sweetened and thickened with about a 1/4 cup of apple juice. I would steer you towards some of the more strongly and recognizably flavors too, like peach, or raspberry, lemon, apple-cinnamon are safer bets than chamomile or sleepy time. (had some French vanilla once that was fantastic)
grapefruit without sugar?
Preferably.
Tea without sugar?
I drink tea without sugar all day and most of the night, and wouldn't know what to do without it, so Aye. However, in the past, I have also enjoyed tea "the English way," with milk and sugar or lemon or honey.
Chicken wings, which I just had at the diner, your choice of mild, medium or spicy.
(no sugar in my tea either, or milk or lemon or honey, although a bit of honey or sugar is tolerable)
Aye, and medium.
Sibelius's Finlandia?
I'm listening to it now and its magnificent, so freakin' Aye. ;-)
Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor? (NB: In the interests of full disclosure, I should point out that anyone answering Nay will find me coming through the internet to defenestrate them--which, I point out, is a good word for our Devil's Dictionary.)
turns out i have this, just gave it a listen and i'll say aye....safe from from internet defenestration for another day!
tom cruise's and julianne hough's singing in rock of ages?
bounty, until you mentioned this, and I went to YouTube to investigate, I had never heard of it. I was in blissful ignorance of whatever this abomination is. Now this tragic example of experimentation with hormone replacement therapy on aging actors is emblazoned in my brain. I'll have my revenge, just you wait. In the meantime, however, a huge...freakin...NAY!!!
Pomelos, one of which I'm eating right now
laughs...I wont steer your towards the alec Baldwin singing parts then...
well I confess ive not heard of pomelos and had to look them up. I like grapefruit and see they are supposed to resemble them, so I say aye.
tribute bands?
A few years ago I would probably have given a shrug of the shoulders at best to tribute bands, but since then I've discovered that not only are some of them rather good, but it has now occurred more than once that a member of a tribute band is recruited by the actual band to whom he was paying tribute. As some of the great bands of yesteryear age, they occasionally pluck a replacement member from these younger bands that are already well-versed in the music, look and style of the original. So Aye.
Having a fire on a mild winter day (and so far where I live there's no sign of any other kind) when you don't need the warmth, just for the comfort and fun of it?
Aye, as long as it's well contained.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrion Cheddar
Karl Amadeus Hartmann?
heck north star, I knew that was going to be some composer id never heard of!
next time maybe ask about paavo nurmi or lasse viren? laughs...
lemme pass him along to the more classically inclined:
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Alright well I can only do a half-arsed job of answering this one since I never heard of him until now and have only just listening to a sampling on YouTube. It sounds like modern classical to me, the non-melodic variety, that is, of which I am not and never have been a fan, so I'm going to say Nay.
Prunes?
Aye ... a great snack though I rarely indulge.
Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" every year ?
Nay. I've never watched it, never will.
Generic brands of your favorite food or other things, but if Aye, try to find a reason other than price.
definitely aye, yes for the price but also because I like rootin' for and supporting the underdog. also, in many cases, the product is just as good or even better. although, as to that latter point, I am mingling "store brand" with "generic brand."
a non-white Christmas? (or winter for that matter!)
Used to have them every year as a kid. Now we seldom get enough snow, but there's a skiff out there as I type this, so Yea.
12th night celebration?
As a Jew, 12th night (apart from the Shakespeare play of the same name) is about as meaningful to me as a cluster of farts, but I love the beauty and pageantry of the celebrations y'all have at this time of year, so definitely Aye.
Beautiful and inspiring arrays of lights on people's houses at this time of year, when they are left on for some time after the holidays have ended.
i say aye and nay...nay if the Christmas-themed ones extend past the Christmas season, which to me is about new years...but aye if the other lights, though much less of them, stand as a sort of light in the darkness against the still dark months winter months.
however, its hard to be "beautiful and inspiring" I think without crossing over into ostentatious. I lean towards less is more...especially after Christmas.
frosty the snowman, Rudolph, the Grinch, Charlie brown and all those other old Christmas cartoons from the 60s/early 70s?
What about them? Oh, oh, I see. :-0 Well Aye, of course! They were pivotal parts of my childhood, me being of that generation. And I don't agree about some of the lights people put on their houses necessarily being ostentatious, as there are some around that are elaborate without being so, just very beautiful. In principle and in general, though, I too am a 'less is more' kind of guy.
Cute pet/animal videos on YouTube?
Aye. Good for a laugh.
Gallows Humor?
Without gallows humor, life would be unlivable. It is what preserves the sanity in the face of the inevitable, of one's mortality. Certain ethnic groups, what's more, have developed gallows humor to a high art, like my own Jewish peeps, and the Irish.
Wildean:
Aye sometimes a little Oscar Wilde hits the spot, especially his children's stories like "The Selfish Giant."
Walden?
Aye
Christmas Movies?
for me nay, but I know they are otherwise popular, so I say aye.
im much more of a fan of the old Christmas cartoons from childhood---Rudolph, frosty, the Grinch, Charlie brown, etc.
shopping at the underdog place even though it might be a smidgen less convenient and/or cost a teenie bit more?