{"id":327,"date":"2003-03-28T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-28T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/?p=327"},"modified":"2003-03-28T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2003-03-28T13:51:00","slug":"learn-xooz-by-alphabet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/2003-03\/327-learn-xooz-by-alphabet","title":{"rendered":"Learn Xooz by Alphabet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got this one from <a href=\"http:\/\/elexa.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">elexa<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>A<\/font> &#151; <b>Act<\/b> your age? Never; I usually seem 10 to 20 years younger than my chronological age.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>B<\/font> &#151; <b>Born<\/b> on what day of the week? Thursday.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>C<\/font> &#151; <b>Chore<\/b> you hate? Dishes. And laundry.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>D<\/font> &#151; <b>Dad<\/b>&#8216;s name? Leon.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>E<\/font> &#151; <b>Essential<\/b> makeup item? Lip balm(?). It&#8217;s about the only thing I wear makeup wise, unless I&#8217;m getting &#8220;all gothed up,&#8221; in which case someone else is definitely doing the work!<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>F<\/font> &#151; <b>Favorite<\/b> actor? Mel Gibson.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>G<\/font> &#151; <b>Gold<\/b> or silver? Silver, definitely. It&#8217;s a Cancer (zodiac) thing; we can&#8217;t stand yellow metals.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>H<\/font> &#151; <b>Hometown<\/b>? Belleville, Ontario.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>I<\/font> &#151; <b>Instruments<\/b> you play? I played trumpet in public school, then switched to tenor sax, though I haven&#8217;t touched either in over 25 years.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>J<\/font> &#151; <b>Job<\/b> title? Computer Systems Consultant.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>K<\/font> &#151; <b>Kids<\/b>? Delicious if they&#8217;re cooked right! (I like being an uncle&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>L<\/font> &#151; <b>Living<\/b> arrangements? Live alone (or rather with my two budgies but not other humans) in my own house.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>M<\/font> &#151; <b>Mom<\/b>&#8216;s name? Eleanor.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>N<\/font> &#151; <b>Number<\/b> of people you&#8217;ve slept with? Do you mean just sleeping, or actually having sex? Let&#8217;s say 20, and 7.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>O<\/font> &#151; <b>Overnight<\/b> hospital stays? Tonsils (age 2), hernia (age 7).<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>P<\/font> &#151; <b>Phobia<\/b>? None severe, though I don&#8217;t like bugs.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>Q<\/font> &#151; <b>Quote<\/b> you like? Oh, there&#8217;s <b>LOTS<\/b>! &#8220;Life is too short to be taken seriously.&#8221;&#151;me, or perhaps &#8220;It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.&#8221;&#151;Agatha Christie.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>R<\/font> &#151; <b>Religious<\/b> affiliation? Jewish.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>S<\/font> &#151; <b>Siblings<\/b>? one sister, two brothers.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>T<\/font> &#151; <b>Time<\/b> you wake up? First alarm is set for 6:06 am, the second for 7:11 am. I get up sometime around then.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>U<\/font> &#151; <b>Unique<\/b> habit? <i>(i&#8217;ll have to think about this one&#8230;)<\/i><\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>V<\/font> &#151; <b>Vegetable<\/b> you refuse to eat? None. I am the &#8220;King of Vegetables&#8221; as my dietician recommended.<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>W<\/font> &#151; <b>Worst<\/b> habit? <i>(see &#8220;U&#8221; above&#8230; i&#8217;ll have to think about this one, too.)<\/i><\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>X<\/font> &#151; (wasn&#8217;t on the original list)<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>Y<\/font> &#151; <b>Yummy<\/b> food you make? My all-time &#8220;impress the girl&#8221; dinner is &#8220;Chicken \u00e1 l&#8217;orange, with mixed white and wild rice, and green vegetable.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><font COLOR=\"#0000FF\" SIZE=+2>Z<\/font> &#151; <b>Zodiac<\/b> Sign? Cancer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got this one from elexa: A &#151; Act your age? Never; I usually seem 10 to 20 years younger than my chronological age. B &#151; Born on what day of the week? Thursday. C &#151; Chore you hate? 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