As a R&T Reward...

...I am getting to Pope Terry's questions sooner rather than later. Away we go, and as per usual my answers are italicized.

1. As a stranger who knows near to nothing about you how would you describe yourself to me, physically, emotionally and mentally?

Wow, you don't hold back, do you? Right out of the gate and you're making me work. Okay, physically: I'm of average height and build, especially now that I've lost some weight. I have dark brown hair, blue eyes, and wear a mustache and goatee, sometimes a full beard. Emotionally I'm rather reserved. Mentally, I'm mental. I'd say I'm of above average intelligence, though it has been indicated to me several times through my life that if I "applied myself" I could be more than above average. I have no interest in that, though, no real interest. Not at this stage of my life.

2. Your invited to a party at Chevy Chases house, but your told he will constantly be in his 'Fletch' persona, do you go and what dish do you take along with you?

Hell yeah, I do. That'd be hilarious. Plus, if you know he's going to be Fletch, it probably won't be as annoying. I think I'd take this awesome broccoli cheese casserole that Jessie makes. We haven't had it for awhile (aforementioned diet) but it's awesometastic.

3. You write Haikus, what is the attraction to this form of poetry, and can you make one up about anything

I like the fact that it's structured very short and precise so you have to really think about what you want to say. Make one up about anything? Sure.

Anything is vague
A term for general use
Not precise at all.

4. How is your new mazda going, you chose grey, is this a display of your personality or something more simple like the dealer only having that color?

It's going awesome. I really enjoy driving it. I haven't enjoyed driving in a long time. As for the gray, it was a matter of me not wanting white, red or yellow, and preferring blue. However the blue the model comes in is a very very light blue. Too light. So that left me either with the black or gray, and I would have been fine with either of those. I think the gray is cool though, reminds me of dark chrome.

5. You obviously enjoy baseball, why, it seems so slow and confined. What did you think of that whole Barry Bonds steriods thing, and what do you think the government should do about it.

I enjoy it exactly because it's more relaxed and slow, though I'm not sure how it's any more confined than other organized sport. I also like the fact that you can't hold on to the ball, or run a clock out, or anything like that. As Earl Weaver, Hall of Fame manager for the Orioles, said once, "You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."

On Barry Bonds, I don't like him beyond the steroids/performance enhancement drugs thing, and that doesn't help. He's already tied the all time home run record as of this post, and breaking it is a foregone conclusion barring major tragedy to him. I'm pleased that I'm alive to lay witness to it but I also hope I'm witness to Alex Rodriguez crushing the record in about 8 years or so. The government should keep their noses out of it, though. I'm glad they are forcing the issue since it helps baseball clean up the game, but I don't want them actually doing anything besides forcing MLB to do it themselves. Government's got too much to worry about already.

6. Asshole drivers seem to only you, does anything else and have you ever acted on any rage enduced moments you may have had.

Not sure what you mean? Did you mistype and mean to say anger you? I get miffed at a bunch of stuff, and I have definitely acted on rage moments, though way less than in the past. I have a pretty wicked temper and I do my best to keep in check.

And that's that. Thanks for playing.