Category: Culture

1. Despite being thought of as least likely to be a father (for an abundance of reasons), I became a father before almost all of my friends.
2. I have worked at many jobs, starting when I was 14. All of my jobs have been computer-related, no fast-food mcjob ever.
3. I took 3 years off from working to raise my daughter.
4. She was born in a minivan in front of the gynecologists’ office on the way back to the hospital after the hospital kicked us out for not progressing enough.
5. We were the first gay couple to have a child at the hospital where she was scheduled for delivery.
6. She is biologically related to one of us. We may know which one, we may not.
7. I am amazed and grateful that her birth did not make the papers or TV news.
8. Aside from the vaguely buddhist concepts of balance and cycles, I have a very low tolerance for supernatural concepts.
9. I have yet to watch a full episode of any “reality” show. (This is not intended as a challenge) Daytime TV bugs me almost as much as “reality” shows.
10. I find it very difficult to go to sleep if there is any light or sound in the room. Once asleep, I usually am down for the count.
11. Once in 1987 we tried to go see a movie, but didn’t because we had already seen every film that was showing in Austin at the time.
12. My daughter learned the word “sarcastic” before she was 4.
13. I accidentally taught her the word “ass” when she was 2.? I consider it a minor accomplishment that she only learned one syllable.
14. My best moment of parenting ever was at her first visit to the coast; we were all laden with beach accoutrements, and she went running ahead. A wave knocked her over, and I dropped what I was carrying to go rescue her.? Before I could get there, another wave had spun her around. As I reached her, she was getting ready to (deservedly) start wailing. I said, “Ocean, you are getting a TIME OUT!” just as the undertow went back, so instead of crying, I got giggles. Saved the day and every beach trip since.
15. Since she was born, I have taken about 3000 photos and videos each year, and saved all of them.
16. The best camera is the one you have when you need it. My phone preference is for a camera with a phone attached, not a phone with a camera attached.
17. As Dell Computer’s first webmaster, I taught Michael Dell to surf the web back in 1994. The very first webserver at Dell ran on stolen and borrowed hardware (ESDI drives, anyone?) and ran linux 0.93; the first production webserver ran BSDI. I only physically saw that box once, after I had run it for over a year.
18. I have been on the internet since 1987.
19. I hate driving in traffic more than you.
20. I’ve been reading ebooks since 1994, and rarely purchase paper copies anymore. We still have the largest library of any household I know.
21. We get the local paper daily, and the New York Times on weekends.? About once a fortnight, one of them passes the trash and gets into the house.? Sometimes the survivors get read.? Every time I try to stop the delivery, there is a minor argument, so now I just laugh at it.
22. I have had glancing blows with fame.? People knowing who I am (without me knowing who they) are creeps me out; I would rather stay behind the scenes.
23. I have the signatures of Phillip Glass, Charles Fleishman, and Ryan Stiles on my palm pilot. None of them have touched my current one.
24. I will work very hard in order to not have to work hard.
25. The only redeeming features of southern California are warm weather and? sunsets over the Pacific.? New York City is superior in every other way.

Things you have done during your lifetime:

() Gone on a blind date
(X) Skipped school
() Watched someone die
(X) Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been to Florida
() Been to Hawaii
(X) Been on a plane
() Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
(X) Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
() Cried yourself to sleep
() Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
( ) Sang Karaoke
() Paid for a meal with coins only (man that waitress was PISSED)
(X) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t
() Made prank phone calls
(X) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
() Danced in the rain-naked
() Written a letter to Santa Claus
() Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched a sunrise with someone
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies
(X) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
(X ) Been sky diving
(X) Gone snowmobiling
(X) Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
(X) Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
() Been on a cruise
(X) Traveled by train
(X) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horseback riding
(X) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
(X) Been to Disneyland
(X) Been to Disney World
( ) Truly believe in the power of prayer
() Been in a rain forest
(X) Seen whales in the ocean
(X) Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
() Swam with dolphins
() Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
() Been spinnaker flying
(X) Been water-skiing
(X) Been snow-skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
(X) Been to the Louvre
(X ) Swam in the Mediterranean
(X) Been to a Major League Baseball game
(X) Been to a National Football League game
(X) Been to an NHL Game

1. YOUR REAL NAME:
Singletary Harold Snyder, Jr.

2. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother and fathers middle names)
Harold Tonne

3. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother’s dad, father’s dad)
Singletary forgotten

4. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
Snyja

5. DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Purple Gnu

6. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, town where you were born)
Harold Manhattan

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add “THE” to the beginning)
The Green Diet Coke (actually, the nadir)

8. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Sisn

9. STREET NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie)
Mint Chocolate Chip Chocolate Chip

10. PORN NAME: (1st pet’s name, street you grew up on)
Tuffy Von Hugecock.  (Sorry, Larry David.  I’m not grown up yet.)

11. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets)
Black Nivet

12. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy
Stetson Junior Mint (Wow, that didn’t work out well!)

Am I the only one who realized that 12, 20, 25 and 36 were missing from the list?

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My father and his father before him
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Been a while…
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Not even.? There is a reason I type…
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Turkey
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? One
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Maybe. Would I be more or less of an asshole?
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? Do I use anything else?
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Never.? Skydive, but no bungee nor scuba.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Eggs.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Never.
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? melted Chocolate Chip Mint
13. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Hair
14. RED OR PINK? Purple
15. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My temper.
16. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
17. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST? Eh.
18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Tan shorts and white golf shoes.
19. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Kids running and playing.
20. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? I would be a red dry-erase marker.
21. FAVORITE SMELLS? Johnson’s baby soap
22. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Cy
23. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Golf
24. HAIR COLOR? Black.? And grey.? Hints of brown and red.
25. EYE COLOR? Blue with green flecks.
26. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes
27. FAVORITE FOOD? Sushi
28. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Dramatic endings
29. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? 1984
30. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Light blue golf shirt
31. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
32. HUGS OR KISSES? Depends on the other person involved…
33. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Not sure
34. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Not sure
35. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW? Footfall
36. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Ummmm… a mouse?? Actually, a touchpad.
37. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?Colbert
38. FAVORITE SOUND(S)? Grace’s giggle
39. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? The Beatles
40. WHAT’S THE FARTHEST YOU’VE BEEN FROM HOME? San Francisco
41. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I have a superpower.? I am The Nadir.? Give me any scenario, and I can make it worse.
42. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Manhattan
43. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Not sure
44. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER? Through my mom.
45. COFFEE OR TEA? Diet coke.
46. BEER OR WINE? Old fashioneds.
47. SUDOKU OR SCRABBLE? Both.