Just Some Questions

Below are questions I have asked myself throughout the past week. Instead of writing what my answers to them would be I am interested in any answers you may have, or additional questions you have asked yourself.

For the week starting Saturday November 21, 2009 here are some questions I have had:

Is your charitable giving 2009 more, less or the same as 2008? Than 2007?

Two toppings on a pizza?

Gravy with or without giblets?

What do you do to clear a creative block?

Is life too short to hold a grudge or too long to hold a grudge?

Is “just pass something” acceptable?

How is unauthorized “street art” any different than graffiti or vandalism?

What word do you most commonly and consistently misspell and get corrected by SpellCheck?

What website do you visit, however often, that seems to have the most loony commenters—almost always with pseudonyms?

Going Rouge?

How much is the revenue from bail every year?

Do you think the Obama and Democrats from Congress “job summit” will lead to higher taxes on businesses?

First dish you went to for seconds?

Thirds?

Is the couple sneaking into the White House State Dinner more of a concern or a laugh?

USC or UCLA, who do you want to win (not who do you think will win)?

Best place to travel for Thanksgiving if it is not in your home?

Do you go shopping on Black Friday?

Is it more important to be right or to be friends?
Do the leaked/purloined emails showing GlobalWarmist scientists used coercion and deceit to prevent alternative studies from being included in media accounts and scientific papers change your view on the issue?

What if the “jobs summit” creates more spending to save jobs in city, county and state governments, how does that sit with you?

After the Christmas shopping season which major retailer will call it quits?

Favorite Thanksgiving leftover meal/snack?

Cookies or Pie?

So those are the questions, what are your answers? Click on the comments button below and let us know what you think.

Mappin' "Anchor's Aweigh!"

photo courtesy of tripod.com

The beauties of Netflix are many, among them is the opportunity to expose the kids to some classic movies (one of Leslie's plusses is the ability to watch Gene Kelly again, and again, and again, and...) Recently we viewed Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly in "Anchors Aweigh" and it remains a wonderful movie. It was an easy one to put in the DVD since both girls, especially Jenna, love "Singin' In The Rain" and this one does not disappoint. Seeing a very young Frank Sinatra crooning and playing the dumb rube from Brooklyn, Gene Kelly performing amazing dance after amazing dance and a great love story plot made for a great MAPN (pronounced "Mappin' " for MovieAndPizzaNight).

Every Friday when we are home we have MAPN and rotate who gets to pick the movie. We started this a couple of years ago and it has become a great routine/tradition for us on Friday nights. We all start to think ahead when it is our week to pick a movie we enjoy. Netflix has really opened up to variety we watch, for some reason it is so much easier to browse and pick on-line than it was to cruise the aisles of Blockbuster. We have seen a lot of the old Disney movies from the Sixties (Appledumpling Gang, the original Flubber, Ugly Daschund...), plus the musicals and movies from the '40s and '50s.

As an added variable we also rotate which local pizzaria to enjoy the different offerings and pies (Dad has a rule: no Dominos! tastes like cardboard!). So while keeping a routine we add some variables to keep it from being a rut.

I envision the time far in the future when the kids are back from college, or visiting over a holiday and we all gather for Mappin', we will have to, it's Friday night!

"Anchors Aweigh" gets a solid: Comfy on the couch

(See below for rating system).

Start your own Mappin' with your family!

If you are like Leslie and a big Gene Kelly fan here is a site of pictures